I know they aren't Mazda's. Let know what you think, I am just getting started chopping...

X5 Original



X5 Chop



RSX Original



RSX Chop

 

How do you get such crisp lines around the car?? What tool within photoshop do you use? And a brief description of how, Please???

 

Polygonal Lasso tool & zoom in! It takes time to get used to. Make sure you make really short moves with lasso.

 

But if you zoom right in, how do you continue to make selections of parts out of the screen??

 

Just continue to move the mouse. The pic will go along.

 

Duhhhh, sorry about that.... just found out I was using the other lasso and when you move it to move a zoomed image, it can't be adjusted... tried the poly lasso and works much better... Didn't even know it was there!!! Thanks!

 

No problem. Keep working at it, it will get frustrating at times, but practice really does make perfect with chopping!

 

All I want to know is how to change the colors of cars? I've been working with photoshop for like 2 months and still can't figure it out.

 

Take the polygonal lasso tool, zoom in really tight, and make short moves surrounding the entire outside of the car. You will then have parts you don't painted, so hold ALT and deselect these parts with the same polygonal lasso tool. Once you have the parts selected that you want painted, go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and remove all Saturation. Next go to color balance and play with the colors until you achieve the color want. To tweak even more, after the Color Balance, go to Levels and Curves to tweak it to your liking.

 

Here is a link to the tutorials that I used, they're pretty straight forward.

Photochopping 101

 

Thanks 2002BlackMP5 and GOBLUES.

 

Dam, that was the best I'm twice as smart now.

 

Here's a couple more...

Chop-It-Up
Photo-Chop

These helped me some, but not nearly as much as Photoshop Junkie, they rule! I proposed a Photoshop Forum here and at the other forum, but I have heard no response.

 

Dude, that pictures of the RSX is by far the cleanest photochop I've ever seen. I am humbled and amazed.

 

Thanks!