Tutorial: Purge Valve Really cool valves which shoot out shots of nitrous into the air. I’ll be honest here and say that this is my first attempt at a purge valve, so please bear with me, as I’m learning too! lol.. Purge Valve Difficulty – **** First, hunt for a suitable location for the valve. I’m tempted to go for the scuttle panel on my Digimods MX5! So there. Create new... [Read more]
Tutorial: Adding BMW Z3 style wing vents A pretty unique styling modification, that, once practiced, is pretty easy to master. Z3 style vents Difficulty – *** For this tutorial, I’m using a Ford Focus as the test bed, I’m gonna pop the vent on it just above the side indicator.. First you need to find a suitable donor image. There are a few after market ones... [Read more]
A nice set of aerodynamic mirrors can really set off a car… here’s how Wing Mirrors Dif ficulty – * * Ge t rid o f this ugly mirror…. Get your ass onto google.com and image search for large image of some mirrors.. Now select it and then copy and paste it onto the car they are to be fitted to.Hit Ctrl+T to transform and change the shape and size... [Read more]
Tutorial: Wide arches Quite hard this one! Well, follow it by the rules, and it shouldn’t be too hard for you. Wide Arches Difficulty – **** Standard arches ready for widening. Make a selection like on the left (using the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M), ensuring that you include the edges of the arch and the bottom of the tyre..Select > Transform Selection to... [Read more]
Tutorial: Wheels Upgrade to some nice sporty rims with this basic tutorial. Wheel Change This Mini Cooper S looks pretty nice on the standard rims anyway, but lets make it slightly better! Try and find a donor vehicle at the same angle as the car! Otherwise it will not look right.. I’ve found some wheels off a Saab Concept car. Grab the Eclipse lasso tool and draw loosely... [Read more]
Tutorial: Van Conversion If you have a 3 door hatchback, its pretty easy to get it to look like a van. Here are the step by step details.. Van Conversion This is a Honda Civic, about the right shape for some van action.To do a van conversion, we basically have to carry on the paint from the sides of the car onto the windows to create a panel that voids where the glass used to... [Read more]
Tutorial: Neons Add that underglow to your chops. Neon Difficulty – *** Standard car… ready for neons. Make a new layer by going to Layer>New>Layer. And then use the Lasso tool and go around the car like the pic on the left. Fill this lasso’d area with a nice neon colour.. (We’ll try bogey green, btu you can use any!). Then change the layer style to OVERLAY... [Read more]
Tutorial: Two Tone Paint In a modifying world where wackiness is the key to success, a standard single tone paintjob will not suffice! So here are the instructions to create two tone paint. Two Tone Paint With this car, we shall attempt to colour the bottom half blue. Draw around the area you want colouring with the lasso tool (L) and then copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) ... [Read more]
Tinted Windows Get ready for some pimping action ;) Go around the outter edges of the windows with the lasso tool (L). Then go to image>adjust>brightness/contrast and lower the brightness.. DONE! Or if you fancy some Jap style tints why not go to image>adjust>varitaions and add colour to the selection. Read More →
Tutorial: Still to Motion A simple way to make you car look like it’s moving. Still to Motion Difficulty – *** The car you want to set in motion really should have a driver in it! If not it looks rather stupid. Now, zoom in on one wheel and use the lasso tool (L) and slowly go around it. Then head for Filter>Blur>Radial Blur. It’ll need to be on the... [Read more]
