Tutorial: Side Vent (airbrushing from scratch!) This tutorial shows you how to create scratch side vents on cars. Airbrushing is the main part of creating this vent, so make sure you are up to scratch with doing this. Side Vents Difficulty – **** You first need to plan out your vent.. I usually do this by making a new layer.. and then planning it out with... [Read more]
Tutorial: Opening the windows! The easiest thing you can do to a car.. for quite a big effect.. Opening the window Difficulty – * Must be getting a bit warm in that BMW of your’s mate? Lets open the window! Lasso tool is used again this time. go around the top of the window and around much like I have done in the picture. Right, go to Image>adjust>Brightness/contrast,... [Read more]
Tutorial: Mirror Window Tints Quite hard this one, and it only appears to work with certain pictures :( but if you get it right and get it on the right car, the results are pretty amazing. Mirror Tints Difficulty – **** Fiat Seicento, normally driven by the cooler people of society ;);) needs mirror tints!! Grab the lasso tool (L) and draw it very loosely... [Read more]
Tutorial: Lowering Program: This tutorial works with Adobe Photoshop – please note that some of the menu structures may vary from version to version. Introduction: A chop isn’t complete if it hasn’t been lowered! Follow these basic steps and get the low-down.. boom boom. Difficulty: 3/5 – Requires some experience of a few basic tools Lowering Difficulty... [Read more]
Tutorial: Lexus Lights Quite hard this one, and can only be done on SOME cars! Thanks to Max Hogblom for giving me the idea. Lexus Lights Difficulty – *** The lights on this car can be made into lexus style lights. FIRST, Lasso (L) around the outside of the light. Hold Alt as well as using the lasso tool, and begin deselecting the areas you want... [Read more]
Tutorial: Intercooler Adding an intercooler can be pretty easy.. Intercooler Difficulty – *** In this case we are gonna add a ‘cooler and the pipework to a sporty Punto. You’ll need a car that has a fair amount of large vents. If not, you could make some vents yourself. Select the vents with the lasso tool and fill with black, with the fill... [Read more]
Tutorial: HID lighting Simple way to add lighting to your car image! HID Lighting Difficulty – * We want to add lighting to this Lancia Delta Intergrale. Now, go to filter>render>lens flare. Select 100% brightness. And then 105mm Prime option. THEN move the crosshairs on the picture to where you want the light to project from. Click ok, and... [Read more]
Tutorial: Eyebrows Eyebrows are a worthy addition to any car. They make it look mean/sleepy whatever you like! They are quite easy to do too, all you have to do is decide on what shape you want them to be! Eyebrows Difficulty – ** Audi A3. This shows the light before any modifications. Now we need to create a new layer. This is basically another... [Read more]
Tutorial: Convertible Conversion Easy way to remove the roof in Photoshop, this is quite hard, but once the principles are learnt, you can easily practice. Convertible conversion Difficulty – **** a First, we need a donor open top car in the same position as the car we are converting. Here, we can fit the Astra Convertible onto the Toyota Corrolla. Draw around... [Read more]
Tutorial: Colouring a white car Strange it may seem, but without the correct steps, it is extremely hard to get any type of colour onto a white car. Here is the best method I can possibly think of. Colouring white car Difficulty – *** Guess this isn’t necessarily a white car, but it is a light shade of grey nevertheless. Basically the idea behind this ... [Read more]
