my first try

[GreyGoose006]

well, here's my first attempt at photo editing. i'm poor, so i used GIMP (free) instead of photoshop, but it still works.

let me know what you think.

here, i attemped to change the car's color. dosent really look that great.
before:


after:



here, i made the car stand out by making the background black and white.
before:


after:

[G-man422]

Hey man, thats some great work for them beeing your first trys. I think the 2nd one turned out great! The 2-tone adds a lot to it. Nice stuff, and keep practicing. I just did my first chop a couple of days ago too.

[GreyGoose006]

how do you go about changing the color of a car?
my way was to put the original image at 100% opacity in back.
i put a flat blue layer in front at around 70% opacity
in front of that i put a copy of the original with a transparency set to let the blue thru in specific places.
there has to be a better way to make it look better.

[GreyGoose006]

actually if you look carefully at the first one you will see that i forgot to do the reflection on the ground... the harderst part was the shadows. i had to airbrush the opaque layer like 50 different ways before it looked real.

[GreyGoose006]

ok. hows this. just did it.

before:


after:


what i did:
background => black and white
lowered about 2"
very slight body section
window tint
shaved door handles and side mirror
exhaust pipe relocation. (gone from pic)

hows it look?

[GreyGoose006]

heres the latest...


what i did:
chop top.
remove accent strips on side.


does anybody know how to do wheels?
mine always look horrible