Hi all Total newb here

[Blighty]

Hello, as stated above i'm a total newb to all this PS.. i've seen it done on may forums but never had ago a it myself... i have asked many people who i have seen do a bit of PSing on forums to change a colour of a car to a 'matt metallic' finish and been told it cannot be done???... it this true or is it actually do able??
Cheers in advance
Blighty

 

[Hoogle]

Hi and Welcome I am sure you will learn a lot here for example changing a car colour from metalic red to metalic black Just by copying the green channel over the red you get the highlights and the black version.


And here is the psd for you to have a look at
View attachment Red car to black.psd

 

[Blighty]

Hi Hoogleman, cheers for the link.. judging by this forum i have lots to learn once i get involved with PS could get lost in it for hours lol...

can the 'matt' effect be created in PS do you know???

 

[Hoogle]

Yes I dont see why not save that red image and start with basic colour change first
open it up in photoshop press control +J to duplicate it then go to IMage > adjustment hue saturation
in the pull down bar that currently says master change to red and move the saturation slider all the way down also tweak the bottom slider lightness down a bit
You may have to also repeat this for magenta channel as well

 

[Blighty]

yea i defo need to learn to 'walk before i can run' me thinks... where would be the best place to post a 'request' to see what i would like to try and do done on the forum?

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

Hi Blighty

Welcome to PhotoShop Gurus

PS is the most powerful graphic editing tool out there, so you could count on that, depending on the complexity of the image, it can take you from a couple minutes to hours of work, but the results that you will get, it will be very satisfying and worth it, you just need to know, how PS tools work and lots of practice.

Here is a quick example of flat color to glossy fx, just by using the default plastic wrap PS filter "Filter>Artistic>Plastic Wrap"





Have Fun.

 

[Hoogle]

very abstract and arty Sir Max

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

very abstract and arty

"LOL" thanx, wasn't mean to be art, but yeah is a very quick abstracty piece.

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

Hi Blighty

I've moved your request to a most appropriate place in the general photoshop board, it will help getting more advise, from our community members.

Good luck

 

[Blighty]

Thankyou Mr Maximus, on first impressions this site seem to be very friendly and i'm sure to find the answers to the questons and problems i will no doubt come accross lol

Thanks once again
Blighty

Hi Blighty

I've moved your request to a most appropriate place in the general photoshop board, it will help getting more advise, from our community members.

Good luck

 

[sam123]

welcome to the forum

 

[KG14]

Welcome I'm new myself