Messed with Photoshop, (ChrisPA, help!)

[SpoolinDSM]

Well I went into photoshop and messed with some pics changing the Curves, Levels, and colors like Chris told me to, and I think they look better but I still can’t get them to look like his pictures :cry: After I save the copy it looks like crap IDK...

Before:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages011.jpg
After: Too overexposed
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages011Changedcopy.jpg

Before:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages005.jpg
After: This one turned out like ****, but I liked the blue lol
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages005copy.jpg

Before:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages006.jpg
After: It's more overexposed than it looked but oh well.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages006changedcopy.jpg




Chris maybe you can take one of my before pictures and mess with it then show me how it turned out so I can compare it to my after pictures. Thanks.

[resisTm3]

i think all the before ones looked better...

[Spocknasty]

Step 1: Learn how to take better pics so you'll spend less time correcting your photos.

[SpoolinDSM]

i think all the before ones looked better...

Yea I know, but I just kinda liked the colors of the cars in the pics

[SpoolinDSM]

Step 1: Learn how to take better pics so you'll spend less time correcting your photos.

that was a little harsh lol

[SpoolinDSM]

i think all the before ones looked better...

They looked alot better in photoshop, then after I saved them they came out weird, IDK

[nopistons94]

think u need a better camera bro

[Vypurr]

What is the quality setting when you click Save for Web?

[SpoolinDSM]

What is the quality setting when you click Save for Web?

Thank you! It was set to low, **** I'm stupid lol

[Spocknasty]

Didn't mean to be harsh, but I would focus more on learning how to correctly take a photo before you tackle the 'shop!

[SpoolinDSM]

How this

Before:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages007.jpg

After:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages007copyjont.jpg

Before:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages004.jpg

After:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages004copy2.jpg

[SpoolinDSM]

Didn't mean to be harsh, but I would focus more on learning how to correctly take a photo before you tackle the 'shop!

I get what your saying but it isn't too hard,- Position, Focus, Snap....

[TROLL]

yeah the biggest help will be to get the best originals you can... a lot of those shots are really glarey and contrasty which will make them hard to improve much. watch your composition and your backgrounds to keep the photos looking clean, and watch the light, especially when shooting cars which are really reflective.
once you get some decent photos to work with then just make small changes using levels or curves to adjust exposure and contrast, then you can adjust saturation too if you like. sharpen them if need be and you should be on your way.
but yeah, try to get some easier photos to work with first, those would be hard to save.
bryan

[SpoolinDSM]

think u need a better camera bro


The D1x was around $3,000 and the tamron lense was like $360, tell me again how I need a new camera? lol I think I just suck at picture taking, my dads the pro, not me lol

[Vypurr]

You just arn't working with great pictures to correct. Take a lot of time to use your camera and take the same picture like 50 time using different settings, figure out what makes the best picture.

[TROLL]

wow you have that expensive gear? you shoudl take a class or something. after all, the camera doesnt take the photos, the photographer does.

[SpoolinDSM]

yeah the biggest help will be to get the best originals you can... a lot of those shots are really glarey and contrasty which will make them hard to improve much. watch your composition and your backgrounds to keep the photos looking clean, and watch the light, especially when shooting cars which are really reflective.
once you get some decent photos to work with then just make small changes using levels or curves to adjust exposure and contrast, then you can adjust saturation too if you like. sharpen them if need be and you should be on your way.
but yeah, try to get some easier photos to work with first, those would be hard to save.
bryan

Yea all the originals were taken when it was getting dark, so there is ***tty exposure to begin with... I just need to find a nice day and a nice place.

[SpoolinDSM]

wow you have that expensive gear? you shoudl take a class or something. after all, the camera doesnt take the photos, the photographer does.

Yea, well it isn't mine, It is my dads, he's a photographer, but I don't think he would be able to help me too much with car pics, and he is always to busy to help me with photoshop also.

The d1x is my dads, I only have a N90 which is only like $700, it's old, it's a film camera lol that is why I use his D1x

[SpoolinDSM]

You just arn't working with great pictures to correct. Take a lot of time to use your camera and take the same picture like 50 time using different settings, figure out what makes the best picture.

Thanks, this is a lot more helpful than CRXed just telling me to take better pictures hahah

[Gorilla Unit 33]

i didnt know that camera took such small pics did u save them this small?

anyways heres my 4 minute edit on the first one...
http://i11.tinypic.com/29qmfs3.jpg

[SpoolinDSM]

i didnt know that camera took such small pics did u save them this small?

anyways heres my 4 minute edit on the first one...
http://i11.tinypic.com/29qmfs3.jpg

Damn you! That looks nice lol I just made them that small cause I put them on my myspace and I didn't want them taking up half the page.

[SpoolinDSM]

Here's another try on a bit of a better original picture

Before:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Talon_015-2.jpg


After:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Talon_015-1.jpg

[Crzyguy972]

change the quality setting

[SpoolinDSM]

And another

Before:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/DSC_0025.jpg

After:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/DSC_0025-1.jpg

[SpoolinDSM]

Eh, I used too much red on the engine pic

[Bsaint]

you are still making them look worse.

[SpoolinDSM]

you are still making them look worse.

Goddamnit, I know the engine pic is worse but I didn't think the rear shot was, sh**!!!1!1!1one!1!!

[SpoolinDSM]

Is this any better?!

Edit: I removed the picture due to crappyness lol

[SpoolinDSM]

God, now that I put it on here it looks like crap.

Screw it from now on I'm going black and white lol

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/dsc_0025.jpg

[05Accent]

ill give an A for effort.. :thumbup:

[SpoolinDSM]

ill give an A for effort.. :thumbup:


:lol: Haha Thank you! :afro:

[BradC]

practice, practice, practice.

you are working with pics you took, right? Visualize the way it looked (or you wanted it to look) in person, and **** around until you get that. You will get the hang of it.

[SpoolinDSM]

practice, practice, practice.

you are working with pics you took, right? Visualize the way it looked (or you wanted it to look) in person, and **** around until you get that. You will get the hang of it.

yea, these are just pic's I took when I was bored, I wasn't trying to make them look professional or anything, but I just thought I would practice with photoshop to make them look nice, but obviously I can't do that lol

[Gorilla Unit 33]

photoshop lessons $30 an hour

[Broken5hift]

before you do things to the photo think of what will make it pop. maybe isolate the engine block and use a slight blur on the rest of the pic like this

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/DSC_0025.jpg

simple things usually work best. make the focus of your pic just that, the focus

[Chris_PA]

I would def work on taking better shots to begin with
It makes that much less work in post processing

Cant really do a whole lot in PS to make those real good looking

[SpoolinDSM]

before you do things to the photo think of what will make it pop. maybe isolate the engine block and use a slight blur on the rest of the pic like this

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/DSC_0025.jpg

simple things usually work best. make the focus of your pic just that, the focus

Damn, that looks nice, I hate you lol

[Broken5hift]

Some quick fun ones

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Thewhipages1.jpg

I know the right side is greyscale :D

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Thewhipages2.jpg

[Gorilla Unit 33]

any new ones ... class sucks!

[Broken5hift]

huh???

[Gorilla Unit 33]

i was wondering if theres any more pictures this guy wanted edited. im in the middle of western civ 2 bored off my ass. Also the only kid awake lol and then again im the only one with a laptop out haha

[Broken5hift]

lol. only laptop FTW

[Gorilla Unit 33]

the bright lights of my macbook pro put everyone to sleep in this dark ass class room. not to mention the most feminine voice ive ever heard come out of a male teacher in my life also ads to the discomfort and boringness of this class.

anyway..... thread/

[SpoolinDSM]

Some quick fun ones

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Thewhipages1.jpg

I know the right side is greyscale :D

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Thewhipages2.jpg

I must say, I am very jealous of your talent lol

[Broken5hift]

that stuff is insanely simple to do, if you want you can always shoot me a PM if you have any questions on how to do it

[SpoolinDSM]

any new ones ... class sucks!

Sorry I was in school also, so I couldn't get on a computer. But I'd like to see what can do with this one, or the rear shot, thanks


http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages007.jpg

[SpoolinDSM]

Or this one,

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Thewhipages001.jpg


I really need a paint job, that wrx just stands out much better than my car does lol

[Broken5hift]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Thewhipages007.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Thewhipages001.jpg

[SpoolinDSM]

What the hell! You are insane with photoshop, that took you what, 5 minutes? Damn I give you props.

[SpoolinDSM]

Here is an ok one

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Taloncopycopyjondiss-1.jpg

I want to lighten it up and blur the background though.

[Broken5hift]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Talon_020.jpg

[Broken5hift]

Here is an ok one

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Taloncopycopyjondiss-1.jpg

I want to lighten it up and blur the background though.

Select the background layer and go to Filter > Motion Blur

go to the copied layer with the car and Select Layer options > screen

[SpoolinDSM]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/Broken5hift/Talon_020.jpg

OMG I love you! lol

[grimm]

wow you really need to play with photoshop more. i haven't seen anything here that is difficult to replicate at all. (no offense broken) for me photoshop is a great playground where you can achieve nice subtle effects, or you can go buck wild with and create some insane images.

[SpoolinDSM]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Taloncopycopy-1.jpg

[SpoolinDSM]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Taloncopycopy-1.jpg

I did a shi**y quick cut job... but I like the white Ora looking thing around the car lol

[Broken5hift]

wow you really need to play with photoshop more. i haven't seen anything here that is difficult to replicate at all. (no offense broken) for me photoshop is a great playground where you can achieve nice subtle effects, or you can go buck wild with and create some insane images.

none taken :mrgreen: everything was done in like 5 mins so i agree completely. you can spend hours in photoshop playing with images. im just bored and wanted to throw up some quick pics :cyberguy:

[Broken5hift]

I did a shi**y quick cut job... but I like the white Ora looking thing around the car lol

erase the white edges and use the outer glow function

[SpoolinDSM]

erase the white edges and use the outer glow function

The white edges are from the paste job after I cut it, for some reason the car wont fit back to where it was cut from so edges were left around the outside, and when I blured it they spread, so... lol IDK

[Broken5hift]

better cut job = better final product

[grimm]

if you pasted the car on a separate layer, you could wand select on the area where there is no car then under select, invert the selection, then under select/modify, you can constrain it to make it tighter around the car, in certain spots it might make it too close or too far in, and in those areas, hold shift and use the polygon selection tool to add back in the areas that are too close. (this is just a quick way to get a decent selection. ) then use selective color and change the white to black... or any color actually.

[Vypurr]

No offense, but you should have other people photoshop your pictures for you! lol

[foss]

put some borders on them, looks more professional

[SpoolinDSM]

No offense, but you should have other people photoshop your pictures for you! lol

Oh none taken at all, I know I suck lol

[SpoolinDSM]

Call me stupid, but I don't think this one turned out all that bad

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/Talon_017-1.jpg

[SpoolinDSM]

Ok, now that I thoroughly look at it, it sucks still, I quit Photoshop lol

[SpoolinDSM]

This is one of Broken5hift's photoshops, I just added a border and his signature, looks pretty professional

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/soufeastpenn/broken5hiftchop.jpg

[grimm]

i wouldn't give up, just take more time with one picture. try everything on it. and save every version you like, then just go back in the history window and undo some steps and do something different. it doesn't come instantly, and most good chops are ones you have a hard time telling is chopped. ;)

[SpoolinDSM]

i wouldn't give up, just take more time with one picture. try everything on it. and save every version you like, then just go back in the history window and undo some steps and do something different. it doesn't come instantly, and most good chops are ones you have a hard time telling is chopped. ;)

Yea, I have patience when it comes to puzzles, but not this ****,

"and most good chops are ones you have a hard time telling is chopped."
That's the thing, Stevie Wonder could tell my photo is chopped :mrgreen:

[Vypurr]

The chop doesn't make the picture, it merely enhances it...Here's an example...

Here's the original...
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1031/10362ee4.jpg

Here's the final...
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4465/1036uz7.jpg

All I did was auto color correction, crop it, blur the background slightly, border it, and add my name. Not a lot, but I think the final picture is much better than what I started with!

[grimm]

The chop doesn't make the picture, it merely enhances it...Here's an example...

Here's the original...
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1031/10362ee4.jpg

Here's the final...
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4465/1036uz7.jpg

All I did was auto color correction, crop it, blur the background slightly, border it, and add my name. Not a lot, but I think the final picture is much better than what I started with!

i kind of like the un-edited one. :( I'm not liking the blurred background.

[Broken5hift]

just keep messing with it and take your time. plan things out in advance, thats all

[grimm]

haha my version. less then 5mins.
before
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1031/10362ee4.jpg
after
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p174/grimm5577/10362ee4.jpg

[Broken5hift]

lmao @ "hotshot"

[grimm]

hahah... what i don't have a big ego ;) j/k

[SpoolinDSM]

Yea I guess I need a lot more practice...

Lets see some more photoshops!

[Broken5hift]

need more pics!

[SpoolinDSM]

Well since my original pics are bad to begin with I wanted to see some before and afters of your pictures

[SpoolinDSM]

C'mon ladies I'm bored, lets see some chops!