Can someone Photoshop?

[CrypticRacer13]

Hey guys not sure on the thread placement But can any of you with skills photoshop my truck Desert tan for me

[1971ford]

no, because it needs to stay blue

[Mancar1]

I'd like to help ya out, but I have enough trouble just plain ole shopping.

[Calfdemon]

Well, its more of a Desert Pink, but I did this in about 2 minutes while at work. I could do it a lot better if I had more time. But it should give you a basic idea of what you might be looking at:



Of course, if it were MY truck.. :



But then, I am a green fiend and your truck looks absolutely bad ass as a military type highboy!!



Ill leave Photoshop open with your picture loaded and highlighted throughout today until I go home this afternoon. So if there are any other colors you want to check out or different shades, let me know and I can throw it up here. It will take me about 20 seconds for each color...

[sargentrs]

Well, its more of a Desert Pink, but I did this in about 2 minutes while at work. I could do it a lot better if I had more time. But it should give you a basic idea of what you might be looking at:

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How the H!!! did you do that so clean? Is there a wizard I don't know how to use yet? I can get the color and the big spaces changed but I have a heck of a time keeping the edges clean. I'd be interested in your technique. Also, my hood is primered and my truck is blue and when I paint over the hood, like with red, it's darker than the body. Not intending to hijack, Cryptic!

[Calfdemon]

No trick... I just used the magic wand to select the similar color large areas, and then held shift to keep adding to it with other similar areas... Once I had all of the blue selected, I then used Ctrl and the lasso tool to subtract the few areas that spilled over into non-blue areas. If you were to zoom in, the edges are not clean at all.. I just kept the magic wand edges and then changed the color... If I had been doing something I really cared about, I would have zoomed in all the way around the made the edges extremely clean.

What made that picture so easy is that the light blue was a nice contrast to the background. That would have been a lot tougher if the truck color was simliar to anything in the background.

[sargentrs]

Thanks for the tip! I've been playing with pics of my truck and various different colors. I'll try your technique. 'preciate it! Now back your regularly scheduled program. Thanks, Cryptic!

[CrypticRacer13]

Sweet thanks Rich! Army green would be sick as hell hahaha
How about Matte black?
My only thing with tan or army green is the chrome areas might look off ya know

[Calfdemon]

Matte is hard to do with an existing photo as the method I am using just uses the existing sheen. But here is about as close as I can get to a matte black in 20 seconds... I left a slight hint of color (dark green) in there so that the black did not completely wash out all of the shapes and highlights.. Anyway, it gives you a basic idea.



And as for the tan or army green with the chrome, I was thinking the same thing until I saw it. The photoshop picture actually pulls it off pretty well even with the chrome! I think it looks sick!

[CrypticRacer13]

HAHA dont lie you just wanted green in the black still haha
Black would be the easiest to pull of right now but im not sure ye. The tan has been stuck in my head since i got the truck in june hmmmmmmmm that and i cant see myself painting all the chrome on the truck just for that look ya know

[Mancar1]

Not perfect, but not bad for a old don't know how to photo shop Old Fart. Color is Desert Sand.

[CrypticRacer13]

Even has that well used and abused look to it, i like it!

[CrypticRacer13]

How about White to match my ohter three vehicles

[Calfdemon]

Sure! No problem (luckily I had to go back into work tonight and still have it up on my computer).

[SomersMerc]

I like the Dark Green color, but then again green is my favorite color.
The truck looks great.