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 layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and then use the line tool (set on a white colour) and begin drawing lines like on the left. This kinda looks like a spraying action yea? Hmm maybe not..

Okay.. right.. Smudge tool (R) time! Select quite a large brush set it on 50% and begin smudging out those lines. Complete..

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 about, so try looking for those on modified car pics. Just for you, I have got a little collection of them for you to use! Just right click them, and save to an area of your hard drive.

Righty.. Copy and paste the required vent onto the car! And transform it, so it looks correct on the car. The Transform option is accessed using Ctrl+T. It’s a basic grab handle system (hold the shift key to skew it).

It SHOULD look like summit on the left! Just make sure it looks part of the car (same angle and perspective etc!)

Lower the opacity of the layer to about 50% (using the layers box (bottom right).Then, use the eraser tool (E), and begin blending it into the bodywork. Select a suitable brush size for the application.

Increase the opacity back to 100%. Now we can begin to colour code it. So, desaturate it

Then head for Image>Adjust>Variations. In this case, I wanted a hell of alot of blue, so I added loads of blue.

Next you go to image>adjust>hue/saturation… and FINE TUNE the colour so it matches perfectly. In this case I needed to adjust the colour slightly and the intensity of the colour. This is done by sliding the adjustment bars.Ok, once you’ve done this, adjust the opacity slightly to around 90% so it blends in nicer!

Complete! Looks sweet huh?!

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 to suit.
I picked some Mercedes style ones, with the built in indicators.

You can see that original mirror is still showing…..

…… switch back to the background layer. Use the lasso tool to select the surrounding areas, copy paste and move them about to cover over the original mirror… EG: The window rubber..(Copy/Paste then drag over the old mirror.) Hit Ctrl+E to blend the layer down.

Complete.In some cases you may have to replicate some form of reflection and/or shadows from the new mirror onto the bodywork.

Another problem may be the fact that the colour wont match.
A simple way to colour match the mirror would be to use the Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation feature. Adjust the sliders to get a fine colour match.
A common mistake: Don’t forget about the other side!

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 adjust the selection.

Grab the lasso tool…. and using the SHIFT key, select a bit of the tyre tread too!

Copy, paste and move the bloody thing outwards like so…..

Delete any excess crap, and then switch to the background layer.. Grab the smudge tool* (R)and begin to click and drag like on the picture… Set the smudge tool to about 60% strength.

If you cant find it… its the 7th tool down on the left..

That it really. Really needs a front bumper adding, and some rims!If you need to.. fix up the bumper line with the line tool…..

That’s it really, the bottom half is ready for a bumper extension and some big big rims!!

Grab the Eclipse lasso tool and draw loosely around the wheel and tyre.
Then go to Select>Modify>Transform and adjust it using the grab handles (Shift to skew it).
Copy (ctrl+c) and then paste (Ctrl+V) it onto the image you are adding it to..

Hit Ctrl+T and then transform the wheel so it is at the same angle and is the same size as the original.
If need be use the Eraser tool (E) to blend it nicely into the rest of the tyre.

You should then repeat it for the front wheel. If the front overlaps like so…

Use the line tool and delete the overlap (as shown on the diagram). If the front overlaps like so…

Use the lasso tool and delete the overlap (as shown on the diagram). Completed =D

Ok, First, use the lasso tool and draw around the edge of the window, ensuring you leave a bit of a gap, as this will be the dark edges of the panel van.

Now, select a base colour for the panel. In this case, I’m gonna use the colour of the car. Using the pipette tool (I), select the colour next to the bottom left of the window.
Create a new layer, and fill in this lasso selection with that colour.

Looks ok, but a bit flat… So let add some highlights, and reflections.
Now, in this case, if you have a look on the original and you will see a difference in colours about half way up,
this is lighting change, so lets do it on the panel!!
Select the area, pipette (I) the nearby lighter colour, and fill this with the airbrush

OK, looking better now, maybe a good idea to add some more detailing, exactly the same way as before.On the top left of this civic window, there was a reflection from a tree, so I shall add this too.
Also, using the blur tool, just slightly blur out some of the rough edges of the panel.

It should look a bit like this.Next, you need to fill in the other window on the other side. Use a very dark blue colour for this, or use the pippette (I) and select a colour from the interior.

Use the lasso tool and select the area. ……like this….. …and fill it in with the airbrush tool! Done.

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 by using the little layer dialogue box in the bottom right of the screen.

Righty… the neons layer is now semitransparent. and we can now grab the ERASER (E) tool and begin to eraser the bits not required. Contrary to popular believe, neons don’t light up fresh air, so ensure you rub out all the bits not required. Try to make sure you only keep the bits where it would light on the floor. ;)

Here we go.. finished product :D

You can duplicate the neon layer if you want to make the effect more intense. It works nicer on pics that aren’t particularly bright, as it is hard to see neon’s in the daylight

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) it.

Now hit Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate it. Then go to Image>adjust>variations. This allows to you to add colour..
All you have to do is click on the appropriate colour as many time as you like to increase the intensity. Or, you can mix colours like red and yellow to create gold. But here, I’ve gone for blue.

You cant see it all too well on the above picture, but we have also coloured in the vents on the bumper in blue as well.
Which we don’t want! So just use the lasso tool, select and delete those areas using the delete key. We are now done.
You should complete the picture by hitting Ctrl+Shift+E to flatten the new layer you made.

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.

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 “spin” setting and you’ll have to adjust the amount by how fast you want the car to be going.

I set mine at about 40.

Then repeat the same steps for the rear wheel.

Now then. The rims are moving.. but the car isn’t?? Don’t you worry, we can sort that.

Use the lasso tool (L) and select the area as shown. Then hit Ctrl+Shift+I… this inverses the selection.

Then go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. From this, you can figure out how to do it yourself!! You can adjust the intensity of the filter (IE: how fast the cars going) and the angle.

Its moving! But.. wait! the bits in the windows aren’t! Not to worry my good friends, follow the same steps above on each of the portions of the window (ensuring its the same intensity and angle)..

That’s it, we are complete!