• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

Photoshop

MADN3SS

MADN3SS

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I've been playing around with Photoshop when I get a chance. Learning from books and from some guys on another site. There is a class that I would love to take from the author of the book I'm using. He just happens to live in the Tampa Bay area. Anyway, I'll post the pictures in here.

Mosaic tiled background
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Black and white background
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Looks great buddy, and I love the car! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I have tutored many people on Photoshop here in SW Florida. If you are ever in the area, I can gladly show you some things. I've been using it for years and years, so I know that program like the back of my hand. The offer will always be on the table if your interested and in the area :thumbsup:
 
I just discovered photo shop too. Heres a few of my creations.

My car in graphic pen mode I think it was called,

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And a 2004 Z06 hood emblem in "neon" reverse,

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And some with blurred backgrounds.

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MADN3SS, I've been trying to figure out the black and white thing but haven't quite gotten it yet. I have a photo program that's not as fancy but it will do the negative photo, black and white, and pressed tin appearances.

Well I'll keep on trying.
 
Heck, I have played with Photoshop for years but I certainly don't consider myself an expert. And I love the filters you can apply to some photos. Neat idea doing this with the car pics. Maybe if I get a chance I'll play too..... :)
 
Z06 Rocket said:
MADN3SS, I've been trying to figure out the black and white thing but haven't quite gotten it yet. I have a photo program that's not as fancy but it will do the negative photo, black and white, and pressed tin appearances.

Well I'll keep on trying.
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I love the graphic pen mode! I'll have to see if photshop has something like this. I have a few more that I want to do. I'll post 'em when I do them.

Scott
 
I played around with some filters for just a few moments....
 

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A while back the wife and I were at one of these local fairs you see here and there and some old couple were selling "paintings" that were obviously photographs done with the PhotoShop neon filter and then printed out on a color printer. I had to laugh when I heard the woman telling everyone what a great artist her husband was with those things. Heck, they looked about 90 years old, so I didn't want to burst their bubble. Probably most of the people there didn't know the truth because they were all about the same age.
 
This would be my graphic pen entry.

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And a colored pencil of just the background for good measure

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I tried learning how to do just a color change on the car. I didn't outline the car very well, so whatever color I made it, it had a little silver around the edges.

Scott
 
Yeah, using color sections to select only a particular object can be tough unless there is a stark difference between the object and the rest of the photo. You can sometimes do a better job by first selecting a rough area around the object to limit where the selection will act on. Trying to do an actual outline by hand can be pretty tedious to do. And I have yet to find any software product that does a real good job of it.
 
Yeah, I've pretty much cut out the car by hand. I've tried the lasso tool, which is very hard. The easier way to get the car I believe is to create a duplicate layer, then make the background invisible. Then erase everything but the car.

Scott
 
What you really need to do is to plan ahead and take a photo with a backdrop that does not have any color at all that is on the subject matter. That way you can easily remove the background with the color selection tool. One of these days I might even listen to my own advice.... :banghead:
 
:iagree: Take a bunch of poses in front of something easily removable. I actually have a list of places and things that I want to take a picture of my Z. Some really cool ideas.:thumbsup:
 
Did this one for a friend of mine who drives a Firehawk, obviously. Glows kinda like the one you did Rich. Also I've attached a signature that my friend did for the Firehawk forum. Love the fire in the nostrils! :thumbsup:

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With the number of third party filter packages available for PhotoShop, I guess a person could spend their entire life doing this kind of thing. I used to have a program called Fractal Design Painter that was pretty neat for this kind of stuff. I'm not sure the program will even run on my latest Windows operating system, but maybe I need to dig it out and see. I'm pretty sure it was bought by someone, but I can't remember who. Either Adobe or Corel, I think.
 
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