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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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i know alot of you guys on here are using a photoshop program to do things like change wheels and colors and such... id really like to get into this for my own stuff so i can see as im looking to change my color soon and would like to see different color schemes.... my questions is 1. how hard is it to do things like crop different wheels and change the color of a car and 2. what exact program do you guys use to do this kind of stuff... im more interested in the color changing aspect of it... any helps is appreciated... thanks
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 10:37 AM
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I've never used photoshop before I got it and I picked it up after a couple of weeks. I have Photoshop CS2 and there's TONS of tutorials online that cover just about everything. And if you want to go more in depth, I picked up a book called Adobe Photoshop CS2 one-on-one by Deke McClelland that was helpful.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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If you don't want to pay and don't want to download PS illegally, you can get GIMP. It's a freeware open source version of PS.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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Transmaro, it's easy. There are free tutorials on the web in lots of places. I use the magic wand option and adjust how specific the color choice is to select items. Works good!

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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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i have it, and dont know how to use it! annoys me
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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ahha all buy one says its doable.... so this cs2 program is adobe? and on this program i can do the color changes and stuff... about how much is the program...iv seen ones forsale about $300 in stores.... that about right? thanks to all who replied
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well i downloaded a free trial of photoshop cs3 and im trying to figure out how to change the color on my car... i cant figure it out... i looked for tutorials on the subject and come up with nothing... if anybody can just tell me how to do it really quick or at least point me inthe right direction on how to do it thatd be really cool... thanks
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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^select your car go to image>adjustments and there are a few different ways to change the color. Myself I would desaturate it then go to hue/saturation (click colorize) and just experiment.
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ok ill try that... iv been croping things and going to adjustments and variations and doing my car panel by panel... but its just hard to crop it using the mouse... but thats been working ok.... ill try it your way tho... thanks
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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the easiest way for me to select the car is using the polygon lasso I can do that reasonable quick
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I use GIMP.....heres an example...





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