The Photoshop Thread

[Charger1973]

hey that looks pretty decent

Yeah all except that black strip along the bottom.  To me that screams "My cars rusting out but im too cheap to fix it and paint it"

[Arthu®]

hey that looks pretty decent

Yeah all except that black strip along the bottom.  To me that screams "My cars rusting out but im too cheap to fix it and paint it"

that was the first thing I thought when saw the request from bronze... We used to do that at the shop when a owner just wanted to drive it and didn't have the money or didn't want to spend the money on a paintjob. I say lose that idea.

Arthur

[parkerswede]

ds440 - thanks very much!!!! That is really cool. Can't wait to print it off and hang it somewhere. Thanks again!

[69bronzeT5]

Thanks man, thats awesome!

[71ChallengeHer]

Well, It made up Shelby's mind how she wanted to paint the Daytona. Thank you- you gave her , her vision. And the body shop called and offered her a $6000 Custom paint job for the same price as you photoshopped. 1500-2000 grand . And she says thank you very much she's painting it the way she wants it. If you come to Carlisle , we owe you dinner.

[ds440]

No problem, guys.

71Chally, if your daughter does decide to get that paint job, don't hesitate to post the end result.  I'd be curious to see how it turns out.

[71ChallengeHer]

No problem, guys.

71Chally, if your daughter does decide to get that paint job, don't hesitate to post the end result.  I'd be curious to see how it turns out.

I sure will. She already decided. She loves it since she saw your photoshop. It will be done for Carlisle. The body shop offered to do a custom paint job on it. It's called LectraFinish. It's a $6000 paint job. Our estimate was $1500-2000. He was gonna do the custom paint for the same price . He wanted to do it for advertisement for his shop. We looked at the sites photo gallery. It looks great on a bike but is over kill on a car. So, thank you very much at least now we know now  she will like it. And she did decide she's putting something back on the hood. Either Shelby or Dodge the same color as the stripe. Thanks again.

[HITMAN 149]

hey challenger HER...
does the body shop wanna do my charger for advertisement?!?!?!?!? 

[71ChallengeHer]

hey challenger HER...
does the body shop wanna do my charger for advertisement?!?!?!?!? 

You want his # ?

[HITMAN 149]

where in pa? i'm in central jersey (monmouth county)

[71ChallengeHer]

where in pa? i'm in central jersey (monmouth county)

I'm in York about 45 minutes south of Carlisle.http://lectrafinish.com/website_alt.html

[69bronzeT5]

Here you go, Bee.

I know you said that I didn't need to change the color, but I did it anyway.  No big deal.  I used the image you sent as the basis for the color.  Also I wasn't sure if you wanted to get rid of the side markers - it looked like you did - so I took them off (rubber stamp tool).  And I dropped in the carbon fiber stripe.

Couple of tricks:
The blue/halo headlights - select the area (lasso tool), then go to IMAGE >> ADJUSTMENTS >> VARIATIONS.  A dialogue box will open and you can uniformly add color.  For the headlights, I clicked "more blue" like 5 or 6 times.  That trick works pretty well - give it a try.

Silver, white and black paint can be tricky.  In reality, the paint isn't void of color.  If you just desaturate the color (making it grey, white or black) the car will look like it's out of a black and white photo.  So what I do is take the airbrush (like 20% opacity) with a light blue selected and give it a single swipe along the upper character line (basically the upper fenders).  Then I go back and erase the blue along the upper portions of the car.  It doesn't need to be a real heavy blue.  Very faint.

Another trick with the rims, is sometimes I will "turn" the front wheel.  For example the front tire in both images is the exact same wheel.  I just copied/pasted one from the other, then flipped it horizontally.  It's an easy way to avoid changing the perspective of the rim (which is by far the hardest part - as you well know).

Let me know if I missed anything or if you're looking for something else.  Thanks.

What kind of wheels are those??? Hey DS...can u take those two pics of the bronze RT and the grey RT that u made for me and can u add those wheels?

[Wheels of Terror]

Can anyone transpose the bent trim over the headlights and grilles?   To look like the one on the bottom? Much thanks in advance!

[ds440]

Here ya go, Brock.

Two tones:
-Sky blue
-Cream
-Dark Burgandy

[ds440]

...and here's the Sunburst RT/SE.

This is the best that I could do.

[Brock Samson]

oh that's great i like those THANKS MAN!!!!!   

[ds440]

What kind of wheels are those??? Hey DS...can u take those two pics of the bronze RT and the grey RT that u made for me and can u add those wheels?

Foose Nitrous Greys....

[ds440]

Can anyone transpose the bent trim over the headlights and grilles?   To look like the one on the bottom? Much thanks in advance!

[69bronzeT5]

Thanks DS. I can tell u one thing, those wheels look awesome with those colour schemes!

[Brock Samson]

hey bronze that third one looks great to me,.. i ain't too fond of the bronzes myself.. sorry neil.. 
I LOVE THIS THREAD!

You Da' Man! 

[ds440]

Here's a couple of revisions, Brock...

I wasn't a 100% sure what you were looking for....but I think I'm close...so I did a couple of quick revisions.  Don't be afraid to MS Paint me what you're thinking.

If there is a particular view you want to see, drop it in here.   I just grab whatever I can find.

[69bronzeT5]

I just got a cool idea. Hey DS..can u take the picture of that regular copper 69 that u made for me and do sorta what u did with brocks car..like with the stratocaster in the bg and matching the colour of it to the car? heres the guitar id like in the background and the colour match for the car.

[Steve P.]

I'm loving all this,,,, but,,,,, all these pics have got to be burning a hole in the bandwidth...

[Wheels of Terror]

Can anyone transpose the bent trim over the headlights and grilles?   To look like the one on the bottom? Much thanks in advance!

Thank you sooo much!!!    ;DHe looks great!! You've got talent!

[Dave22443]

Step One: Get ds440 to photoshop you a paint scheme. 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,21149.msg256021.html#msg256021

Step Two: Build a 3-Dimentional Model depicting said paint scheme. 

Step Three: Build the car!  (still working on that one)