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Deke's Techniques 053: Capturing a Real-Life Cast Shadow

Submitted by deke on 10 January 2012 - 12:15am.
Deke's Techniques 053: Capturing a Real-Life Cast Shadow

It's one thing to impeccably mask an image into a new scene. But it's another to get the masked image to interact with its new environment. And oftentimes what that masked image needs is a shadow.

In this week's technique, I show you how to capture and cast a shadow from one scene into another.

Garsh, this is a yummy one. Here's the official description from lynda.com: Read more » 

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A Car of Many Colors

Submitted by LouBrz on 13 December 2011 - 12:15am.

If you've ever seen a Photoshop demo, you've probably watched someone change the color of a car (or other object) using the well-worn method of targeting and shifting colors with the Hue/Saturation command. Problem is, while this technique is straightforward and even sexy, it rarely works as advertised.

In this article, we'll change the color of a car. However, instead of applying Hue/Saturation in its relative mode, we'll employ it in its absolute mode to achieve not just successful but stellar results. Then we'll use a channel, a mask, and a couple of blending options to turn the car black. The original car (red) and its alternatives appear below.

The original red car from the Fotolia image library

The same car, rendered in gold in Photoshop

That same car again, this time made black in Photoshop

Today's article is based on Deke's Techniques 054 and 055, presented by lynda.com. The base image comes from the Fotolia image library. Read more » 

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Deke's Techniques 033: Changing the Color of a Car

Submitted by deke on 16 August 2011 - 12:15am.
Deke's Techniques 033: Changing the Color of a Car

Have you ever noticed that an awful lot of Photoshop experts spend an awful lot of time doing an awful lot of stuff to pictures of cars? As an equal-opportunity image editor, I've never quite understood the car fixation. (I own a Jeep. So, seriously, I'm lucky to put gas in the damn thing.) "But, you know," I thought one enlightened afternoon, "Maybe it's me. Maybe I'm the guy who's spending too much time on image stacks and 3D type and ink drawings and synthetic starfields and artificial wood grain and stereoscopic imagery and fake monsters. Maybe I should jump in a jalopy, roll down the windscreen, and edit a car."

And so this week I have. In fact, I do the most typical thing imaginable: I change a car's color. Only in the least typical, and most reliable, way that there is.

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If Ever My Life Seems Glamorous

Submitted by deke on 17 August 2008 - 4:42am.

Then just read this, and that misperception will go away.

Oh, and before you go any farther, no info to impart. This is pure screed. I don't screed lightly, so this is a good one, but still.

Kinda long, too. And it begins like so:

Make Me Hertz

Oh, hey, nice graphic. Car rental company, plus my suggestion for a new tagline. Catchy + really super accurate. I also considered "Make me" followed by their supremely ugly corporate logo. There's so much you can do with "Hertz." Please, suggest your favorite. And never rent from them. I hate them so. Read more » 

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