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Read
this first!:
This is one long and complicated process to creating a carbon
fiber look. There are many methods that will work, and to
tell you the truth this is a pain in the ass and this method
will not work on every picture. For the quick and easy
fix, just select the hood and turn the saturation down.
Click
here to download the Original
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Here
is our test subject. We are going to create a carbon fiber
hood and also create the carbon weave pattern. (as opposed to
just changing the hood to black, which is common)
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Using
the polygon lasso, we are going to select the hood of the car.
Once we have that selected, make a copy of it on a new layer.
You should now have two layers:
1. Your Background/Car pic
2. A copy of the Hood
This isn't
necessary, BUT, it will make life much easier as you will soon
see.
Tools used this
step:
Poly Lasso
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Now
that we have our car prepped and ready for the carbon fiber
hood, we are going to create a new canvas so we can create the
CF pattern.
Go: "File
- New"
Make the size 12px x 6px.
Be sure to select "TRANSPARENT"
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Zoom
in to the new canvas all the way (1600%).
With the
rectangle selection tool, select the top/left quarter of the
canvas.
Now bust out the gradient tool and fill the selection area with
a black-to-white color scheme.
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Now
select the bottom/right quadrant of the canvas and repeat the
gradient filling process.
After that, go:
"Select - All"
then:
"Edit - Define Pattern"
then:
Type in "Carbon Fiber" and hit OK.
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Now
this is where it gets tricky.
Create a new layer (this should be your third layer) and
go:
"Edit - Fill"
then:
Select
"Pattern" from
the dropdown menu, and click on your Carbon Fiber
pattern you just created.
After
that, you should have an entire layer over the car that
is filled with the pattern as seen but the picture on
the right.
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Now
to make sure the pattern has that 3D appearance to it,
we are going to use:
-Edit
-Transform
-Skew
Now
drag the corner points inward for the top portion and
outward for the bottom portion.
Press "enter" to confirm your
transformations.
Now we have a 3D look.
To
shake things up, while we are on the CF layer, go:
-Edit
-Transform
-Rotate
and rotate the pattern say maybe 30 degrees, so long as
the pattern still overlays the hood portion of the car.
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Remember
the copy of the hood we made earlier? Time to use it!
Hold down "Ctrl" and
click on the hood layer. It should make a selection in the
shape of the hood. Pretty cool huh?
Now, go:
"Select - Inverse"
then,
press "Delete" to erase all the portions of the
CF pattern that aren't over the hood. |
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Now
as to not make a blocky texture, we are going to make sure our
selection is the the shape of the hood (Ctrl - click on the
hood layer) and go:
-Filter
-Twirl
Use similar
settings to the one on the right.
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Now
make sure your CF pattern layer is active, and change the
Layer's Blending mode to "Multiply" as seen on
the
right --->
To wrap
up the package, make the hood layer active and go:
"Image - Adjust - Hue/Saturation"
Now slide the "Saturation"
slider to the left. But not all the way!
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Now
that should do it! Take a look at the "TIPS"
below to strengthen the carbon fiber experience.
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TIPS:
- -If
you want to add more of a sun glare to the carbon fiber hood,
make a copy of the layer with the carbon fiber on it.
Rotate that layer just a little bit, and then change the Layer's
Blending Mode to "Hard Light."
Erase portions of the layer that don't overlay the hood.
Erase the edges with a soft brush so it blends a little better.
Here is another example. The original hood was stock and
red:
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