I gotcha realistic black riiiiight herre ;)

WOOT!

Orig -
http://www.highresautoimages.com/dodge/ramsrt1016.jpg
First, duplicate your layer/copy & paste as new layer. Then, go under your color adjustments menu and play around with your color curves till it looks like this... I like the blue cause it gives the resulting black a VERY rich look...

http://www.automotivetech.org/photopost/data/525/427blacktut1.jpg

Then go under your hue/saturation/lightness adjustments, put the saturation as low as it will go so it turns black, and adjust the lightness until you have the desired shade. Then clean up your badges and stuff, and you get....

BAM
http://www.automotivetech.org/photopost/data/525/427blacktut2-med.jpg

Note that the lines and highlights are pretty well preserved. Not quite as good as Omicron's, but close, and easier to do than the version he had up on psc.com. I used PaintShop Pro 8 to do the dodge, and I did a viper earlier in photoshop. Photoshop is much more sensitive with the color curves... Doing that in paintshop didn't take but 10 minutes or so. :) Enjoy

thanx emily! :D

ho hoooooooo
good stuff
thx

thats good, but i know a faster way to do it and get the exact resualts.

Its a Small section of a Door! Do the whole truck that way. now that would be Something................
So what im trying to say is thanx for showing me something I learned 5 years ago

Ungradful bitch!

Ungradful bitch!
RIGHT ON BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cool trick... probably more realistic than the way I've been doing it. thx for posting that

lol, glad you find my way long and exentive. :P
It takes me like 5 minutes to do black, if that. Most of my time is spent outlining the car/truck. It's only long if you can't do it right. :)
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/172black.jpg

Its a Small section of a Door! Do the whole truck that way. now that would be Something................
So what im trying to say is thanx for showing me something I learned 5 years ago


well maybe other people didnt know.
as much as you dont want it to be, ur not the only one on the board :flipa:

lol, glad you find my way long and exentive. :P
It takes me like 5 minutes to do black, if that. Most of my time is spent outlining the car/truck. It's only long if you can't do it right. :)
http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/172black.jpg

wow, we got the same problems.. i mean, coloring is easy, the selection part takes time.. nice example.

nice! i'll try it later on see if it's better than the way i used to do that :)

omicron... for whatever reason, when I used your method, photoshop like refused to change the color to that green tint... so I found a way around it :)

GirlBear... you'll get yours when I get back from the club... wanna see a full car done? You got it.

YOU ROCK! thanks for the little tutorial!!!

mentel??? is that you? i tought you knew how to color cars into black, your not a noob.

Its a Small section of a Door! Do the whole truck that way. now that would be Something................
So what im trying to say is thanx for showing me something I learned 5 years ago


http://www.automotivetech.org/photopost/data/525/427buahaha.jpg
:D

Please excuse the sloppy edges.

lolz u go girl!

hhahaah lmao

YOU ROCK! thanks for the little tutorial!!!
Hmm, it's an ok tutorial, needs work, but it's 1 of the many ways to do these things.

btw, that car looks pretty grey, more grey than black. Trust me, if you people take the time and read carefully over my tutorial, you'll find it works. I'm not the best at putting these things to words cause it comes naturally to me, it's like a reaction. I've done many black cars, and none of 'em look grey. :nono:
:) :2cents:

http://www.automotivetech.org/photopost/data/525/427buahaha.jpg
:D

Please excuse the sloppy edges.
YUCK!

http://www.automotivetech.org/photopost/data/525/427buahaha.jpg
:D

Please excuse the sloppy edges.


:owned:


ahahahaha nice one!