Ok, maybe a stupid question, but how do you change the colour of the whole car like that, and still retain the light refelction?..Is it as hard as I imagine?..or is there a more simpler way?
Thanks, both of youâŚyeah, I was playing with PS for a while, then found out Iâd hit my limit with what I knew how to do. I should be looking at tutorials, but I find them a big brain drain for some reason. Thanks, guys
hereâs what I usually do:
âcut outâ the vehicle from its background (using a layer mask rather)
add a new layer and group it to the vehicle one
change blending modes (overlay, color etcâŚ) and play with this new layer
Ok, and please excuse my ignorance, but when you say layer mask (and yes, as soon as I reply with this, Iâm doing a search for a tut) you are saying that the layer mask will âcut outâ the car for me? I appreciate your help, and I promise to do my homework
alright youâll see that normal knocking out occurs too with layer masks (ie using lasso tool, extract etcâŚ)
whatâs great with layer masks is that you can paint out what you donât want.
On the attachment I provided you see that I added a blue background color, thatâs to better contrast the cut-out part with the rest of the train. What i did there since itâs pretty much straight lines (and I have a wacom for selections) I only used the poly lasso tool, close the selection, select the layer mask, and fill selection with black (so it means the blue underneath is revealed)
Now keep in mind that you can paint directly on the mask, so it means when you have very small details or are handy with a cursor, you can âpaint offâ directly⌠I use it when I have curves too difficult to handle with normal lasso, or magnetic lasso)
layer mask & vector mask are very powerful tools, make sure you know how to handle them !
Thanks. mlkâŚI will give this a goâŚgot family coming over for dinner VERY shortly, but I will give this a go⌠Thanks for your time, youâre a big help
yeah, actually that is useful for me too⌠Iâm realizing i havent been putting my masks to good enough use! Iâm still probably much newer to PS than the majority of this forum and usually just use it alongside the gradient tool to fade things. Thanks mlk, i will definitely be using masks a lot more now. :thumb: