I can see how to color the cars, but how the hell does he get reflections in the paint and all?
Once you make a mask around the car, you can take the selection and alter the hue, saturation, and density pretty easily using a tool that pops up in photoshop if you hit ctrl-U.
Here is my friend's 911 turbo that I was taking care of while he was away working on a film in Sweden. I took it out one weekend, snapped some pics, and sent
telling him that I managed to get his car to finally turn heads.
Basically reflections and shadows are luminance information (black and white). If you just change the value to purple, using color replace, all that other stuff stays there.
I have to say... I've got what I consider pretty decent PS/PSP skills, but damn if Austin didn't just do a fantastic job on this one. I bow down to him for his skills.
Basically reflections and shadows are luminance information (black and white). If you just change the value to purple, using color replace, all that other stuff stays there.
It isn't a color replace as much as changing the color space of the selected area. The reflections will shift color too but most people won't notice.
The reflections should change color. If they didn't it wouldn't look real.
The reflections do change color though. In the instance of changing the color of the car, you select the car, not the color. You then alter the color space of car and everything shifts over, not just one color. This somewhat mimics reality, but isn't totally correct. Close enough in most instances that hardly anyone notices though.
The reflections do change color though. In the instance of changing the color of the car, you select the car, not the color. You then alter the color space of car and everything shifts over, not just one color. This somewhat mimics reality, but isn't totally correct. Close enough in most instances that hardly anyone notices though.
I just used the color replace command in photoshop and in 5 minutes changed the car to blue (not quite the right shade unfortunately) that looks just about as convincing as what is seen here. Granted, my edges are not super straight because I am using the pad on my laptop, but photoshop makes it very easy to do this. Don't mind slight color bleed onto other surfaces. It was a quicky job to prove a point, not a final product. blue Viper.jpg
HUH!
I have an absolute state of the art comp I custom built, and I have never messed with photoshop all this time.
I am going to go in there now and see what I can create.
Thanx for the info guys!
I just used the color replace command in photoshop and in 5 minutes changed the car to blue (not quite the right shade unfortunately) that looks just about as convincing as what is seen here. Granted, my edges are not super straight because I am using the pad on my laptop, but photoshop makes it very easy to do this. Don't mind slight color bleed onto other surfaces. It was a quicky job to prove a point, not a final product. Attachment 14953
Try using the method I put in my post above. I think that photoshop does a similiar calculation to adjust the color, but with changing the hue, density, and saturation usign the ctrl-U tool, you will have far more control with changing the color space.
