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 »  CodeCrunch  »  Software Tutorials  »  Photoshop Tutorials  »  Photoshop Car Makeover Part II
Photoshop Car Makeover Part II
By Cory Crampton | Published  05/7/2006 | Photoshop Tutorials | This tutorial viewed 6581 times
Bringing the Photoshop Car to Life
Now that we have the basis for our eyes, we can begin to start working with them and the other small details to bring some life to our photo. The next part will be alot of trial and error as you will have to adjust the eyes how you want them.

You will notice I made mine a little different this time too. That's the nice thing about this tutorial, you can really come up with your own creation by changing very little.

  • Now we need to take that new eyeball we have and paste two of them on our car image. Then place the eyes over the headlamp assemblies.

  • Blur each eyeball layer to make them a bit out of focus. You don't need too much, just enough to make them meld with the image better.

  • Then comes the part of this tutorial where you will simply have to find your own way. You need to mess with Edit > Transform , and all the settings under here to get a look that you like. Here's an example of what fiddling with those settings can do for you :




    It may seem vague, but you'll just have to simply try fiddling with the skew, perspective and other Tranform settings for a while until you get something realistic. You want to keep in mind the angle of the light coming in, and the perspective of where the eyes are looking. If you decide you want to add some 'eyelids' like I did this time, follow the steps below :

  • Once you have each eye properly fitted into the headlamp assembly, we'll add a dropshadow and an inner glow from the global lighting angle to create an eyelid effect. Here are my settings for both layers :





And that's all there is to the eyes. If you want, you can apply a global lighting effect with the eye layers selected to bring out certain features. This all depends on your taste - and where you are headed with your Photoshop creation.

On the next page of this tutorial, we will close up by adding some small stickers to our vehicle, adding a spoiler to the rear, and adding a custom logo layer to the hood and side panels.


Tutorial Series
This article is part 2 of a 2 part series. Other articles in this series are shown below:
  1. Photoshop Concept Car Makeover
  2. Photoshop Car Makeover Part II
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