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OmicroN
05-04-2004, 03:51 PM
*these pictures have been reduced in quality for space saving on my host*
#1 Take this picture...
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/4306origSUV.jpg

#2 Next, make a duplicate of the image. Make a selection, then hit the "layer mask" button and everything except what you selected will be covered up. Use the brush tool to uncover more areas, click on the layer mask screen then use white to make more show up, and black will cover the image.

#3 Set the blending option to "darken"
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/4306darken.jpg

#4 Hold control-u, or go to image>adjust>hue&sat. Change the settings to this.
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/4306hue_satchange.jpg

#5 Next, make a duplicate of the origional, and place it above the other duplicated layer. Set the layer mask to the exact same selection as the first duplicated layer. You can grab the same selection by holding control and clicking on the first layer mask. Set the blending to "soft light"
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/4306softlight.jpg

The layers should now look like this...
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/4306layers.jpg

Now, your all done, you have a red car with some nice highlights.. This is the end result.
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/4306final-med.jpg

Note that the settings will not all be the same on every image...

ChickenNinja
05-04-2004, 09:28 PM
Awesome!

Works best on high-contrast grays.

brasher
05-10-2004, 11:39 PM
great tut omi, well done.

hav_lova
05-11-2004, 02:39 AM
great tut!

SirSuspended
05-26-2004, 11:29 PM
nice tut wilde should put this on the tuts page like you said haha