Photoshop Tips Thread

[ROCKINtheASTRO]

Originally posted by sarujin
Why don't you just use the history toolbar? it lets you go back about 30 undos, or however many you set. Its very very useful
sarujin

i forgot about that one




~~when youre using the poligon lasso, you can hit the backspace button, and itll undo any messup clicks you did

~~when yousing the magnetic lasso, you can click the mouse and itll stay put

thas it

[BeEfCaKe]

sweet... now i don't have to bother saving every other second ^^

[ci5ic]

Usually, when I'm shaving door handles, etc., I use the air-brush and sample tool. I set the sample tool to use a 5x5 sample area, and set the airbrush pressure at 15-20. Sampling at a 5x5 area when working on an image will give you a better average of the colors in the area you are sampling (rather than picking just one pixel). Having the airbrush pressure really low means you have to make several passes with the air-brush, but you get a much smoother result. I also vary the brush size, working from bigger to smaller, first getting the basics, then concentrating on the details.

Every time I have a new addition to a car, I create it on a new layer. That way, I can manipulate each object individually, and I can go back later and fix anything I screwed up. I don't "flatten" the image until I'm 100% done.

Also, I pay just as much attention to the background as I do the foreground.

[boingo82]

Originally posted by ci5ic
Usually, when I'm shaving door handles, etc., I use the air-brush and sample tool. I set the sample tool to use a 5x5 sample area, and set the airbrush pressure at 15-20. Sampling at a 5x5 area when working on an image will give you a better average of the colors in the area you are sampling (rather than picking just one pixel). Having the airbrush pressure really low means you have to make several passes with the air-brush, but you get a much smoother result. I also vary the brush size, working from bigger to smaller, first getting the basics, then concentrating on the details....

Why not use the Rubber Stamp? I think it'd be easier. That tool's my best friend.

[ci5ic]

Why not use the Rubber Stamp? I think it'd be easier. That tool's my best friend.

Never thought of that... guess I never really played with the stamp tool too much, but I'll give it a try! Thanks.

[BeEfCaKe]

LoL, better yet, the new healing tool in 7.0 does the job quite well.. it is very similar to the rubber stamper, but it matches the surrounding too.. of course, rubber stamper would still be the better option in some cases...

[crxlvr]

ahhh 7.0, so many new features

[sarujin]

Healing Tool in 7...

and you say there are many new features. I may have to go and get photoshop 7. So do you people think I should get it?

sarujin

[Si 2 Si]

umm...boy, I have tons. I think I'll add somthing like this to the tutorial site.

Here are a few off hand.

-Try not to desaturate anything 100%
-Get to know the "Color Range" under "Selection" It is a big help when you need to clean up little scraggly bits of color laying around.
-KEYBOARD shortcuts! http://www.photoshopjunkie.com/shortcuts.html

[ci5ic]

Here's one I started using a few days ago, seems to work pretty well!

For clearing out amber (or any color) lenses, do the following.
Select the area of the lens that you wish to clear.
Choose Image:Adjustesaturate from the menu (this will remove all color from the lens)
Then choose Image:Adjust:Brightness/Contrast... Adjust these levels tell you get the look you're going for.

P • E • A • C • E

[StevieMo]

heres one i found pretty handy
if your lowering a car and changing the colour change the colour first..
because you can just ctr+click on the paint layer.. then press ctrl+shift+i
to invert the selection then modify it a bit so only the bottom is selected... saves lotsa time if you can make any sense of it

[Pennzoil GT-R]

a question. How do i get rid of race logos and multicolours on race cars? and also how to change rear wings and flare arches??? Thanks in advance

as for tips:

make good use of the smudge tool.
work on individual pixels if you want the best finish.

[jsb88]

Where do you find things like psoilers and body kits? I can never find any!

[Zammo]

Other car Photos Desktop wallpapers are the go & Scanning Maga__ Um Pictures. I Have 120 sets of Wheels which have three angles of the same wheel, Flat, 45 Deg, 70-80 Degrees, 30 full body kits 800 high quality car wallpapers 5 Disk and caliper sets recaro momo and other interior products aswell as engines and there accessories there all in there respective folders Trimmed Of exsess Pixels ready pasting & A copboard full of fast fours hot fours street machine wheels & motor

[jsb88]

you must have been searching for ages.