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Dodge Charger, asking for C & C please


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Bosch232

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This is merely a practice exercise, I have no attachment to the work. The car was parked (obviously since there is no driver) :wink:

I sharpened the car, added motion blur to the BG, added the tire smoke, radial blur on the front tire, desaturated everything, and darkened all windows. (Not in that order.) The result is below. I want it to look better. Opinions, please.



charger_zps03eb441c.jpg







And here are the final touches: Desaturated more and added grain. Again, open to any and all suggestions.


chargerwithgrain_zps8f2ec422.jpg
 
Looks good....

Try increasing the smoke opacity a bit more. Add a slight hint of tire burn tracks and create a spinning motion blur effect to the tire rim and threads. Probably raise the front end of the car slightly to simulate the force of rev/sudden acceleration.

Too much , I know ... but it's what I might like to see :cheesygrin: dunno what others have to say....
 
The smoke should be thicker and emanate mainly from where the rubber comes in contact with the road . Tho smoke accumulation will occur in the wheel well, it's not as thick. With a bit of opacity tweaking , that smoke layer serves well as the buildup of smoke around the wheel most especially in the wheel well.
 
If your POV is from the initial stage (standing start) of the jump rabbit/rubber burn, you may want to go for a slight variation of this look.

burnrubber.jpeg

google search for car burning rubber for inspiration ....
 
I second the skid marks and the wheel spin blur on the rear treads.
 
I've done many of those .gif files and renders, it's actually pretty fun
 
DV8, I say look up some cars drifting! The front end lifting would be a fantastic detail! Great call! A bit more involved, but a very nice detail!
 
In the old forum, I remember creating an animation AW style... as a roast on a members new car.... with matching smash-up :bustagut:. I went overboard on that but the effect was great.....

I wonder if I can find that in my storage.....
 
OK, I doubled the smoke with Ctrl+J, gaussian blur to the rear rim, and managed to create some semblance of tire marks.

Lifting the front end...? Not yet. :wink:
Keep the comments coming...


ORIGINAL IMAGE AS PHOTOGRAPHED:

IMG_2842LR_zps62e53db7.jpg



CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS:

chargerwithgrain_zpseaaebd4d.jpg
 
You're getting there.. Maybe extend the envelope of smoke or add a touch of smoke to the car's rear end and under rear axle? I notice a poke through on the rear tires inner edge.

With those skid marks, adding matching counter skid marks to the front with a tint of burn smoke kicked up by the front tires may complete the look as well.
 
Good points, dvx. I would also recommend tinting the windows, including the windshield, to mask the lack of driver in order to maintain the illusion.
 
The front of the rear tire wear rubber meets cement would be very thick smoke.
 
More homework from you guys - thank you.
I'll work on those items this evening.
This is a practice exercise before I attempt a friend's Corvette.

Anyone care to share the basic steps I'd go through to lift the front end?
 
Bosch232 said:
More homework from you guys - thank you.
I'll work on those items this evening.
This is a practice exercise before I attempt a friend's Corvette.

Anyone care to share the basic steps I'd go through to lift the front end?
Click to expand...

just use the Pentool or brush set in mask mode to isolate the car (less the front wheels) and duplicated on a new layer. CTRL+T to rotate in a tiniest fraction. Make sure to move the center anchor point to the rear of the car (where the rear tire meets the pavement) this will be the pivot point. when done to your liking, clone the dark areas of the wheel well to close the gap. You may have to reconstuct bits of the tire as well. And clone the pavement over where the rotation exposed parts of the car in the original layer.

A lot to do, you may say..... But that's how it is if you take on image manipulation. Once you get used to the tricks involved, you tend to come up with a work flow that would make the job easier with less things to do.
 
And if ever you do feel like making this as a major edit project on the side, ..... imagine a car advert glamor poster..... take out the residential background and set the car into a different surrounding - say Monument Valley Desert with the mountain buttes in the back with setting sun and matching lens flare. Car kicking up dust and all that.....

Slave driver, aint I...... lol...... nah..... just giving ideas of what can be done with a simple everyday pix you take.....
 
chop.pngtry this to start with .... Place it over the original photo posted, it's going to look like crap just this layer if you tweak it, it's something to work with there's numerous layers combined to just one for posting
 
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