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Someone asked how to do this from another topic, so here goes, i'll add pics 4 most of the way

19pics all up, everything was done in Photoshop, i'll add the original pics to this post if any1 else wants 2 try :D

When i did this in Photoshop, i was being kind of lazy, i didn't zoom in to get the edges perfect, i'm not fussed as i'm just messing around, if you want it to look really good, take the time and zoom in as much as you can on the area your working on.

Finished Photo

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Originals: open the pics, then right click on them and click 'Save Image As'

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you need 2 get 2 shots, lock your camera off on a tripod or something stable so it won't move.

Get the 1st shot, doesn't matter which 1 first (bonnet up or down)

DO NOT MOVE THE CAMERA AT ALL DURING THIS TIME, OR YOU"LL JUST GIVE YOURSELF MORE WORK FOR LATER

2nd shot is just the opposite to the 1st (with the bonnets)

use any program that can edit with layers and masks (good old Photoshop)

open both

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if you want to be lazy, hold down SHIFT & drag one on top of the other (ends up with one file and two layers)

holding down the SHIFT key centers the image

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Here you want to SAVE the file but with a different name (downside of being lazy ^^) if you don't change the file name, and you mess up the bottom layer and save, you would have just destroyed the original and it's not that easy to get back (esp if it's ur only copy, had this happen a few times :( )

so SAVE AS, call it what ever you like

I've got the bonnets open as the top layer

add a layer mask to the top layer

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should look something like this

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Select the Brush Tool

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change brush size

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change the brush opacity, if it's to strong, you might get a bit trigger happy and erase to much (you can always go back)

anywhere around 75% - 80%

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make sure the layer mask is still selected (i've missed this a few times, CTRL Z :blink: )

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down the bottom of the TOOLS window, make sure the foreground colour is set to Black, if it's set to White, you'll just paint nothing

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now with the brush tool, start painting out the parts you don't want

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now that you have discovered that this is all you really have to do, you might notice that you got a bit excited and erased to much, you see on the closest cars bonnet. ooopps :D now to fix that, back down the bottom of the TOOLS pallet, you'll need to change the foreground colour to white

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you might want to make the brush size a bit smaller, or not, then just paint out CAREFULLY the bad bits

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so that could b an easier way to get a photo of your car with the bonnet off

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if you want that smoked bonnet look, heres how, back down to the bottom of the TOOLS pallet, make sure the colour is set to black

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turn your brush OPACITY down, if it's to high, then when you try to paint your bonnet back on, it will look to dark, and you'll lose the effect your going for

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then just paint over where the bonnets should be, try and use the BRUSH tool like a brush, pick 2 points and paint for one to the other, should give you a more even look

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Finished Pic is at the TOP :D

Now i can stop typing this, as it taken me longer to type this post than the Photoshop work :wave:

Anyone wants to add, feel free, this is just a very quick example

Once you do this a few times, it will get real easy

Enjoy :)

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sssshhh steve, your giving away all the good secrets :D

haha, yeah twisty, gotta share the wealth :)

thought i should give something back as i've learned a lot about my car from these forums

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i tried this quick whilst watching a movie, its a bit hard using the laptop thumbpad lol instead of a mouse but ill refine it later,

its my brothers r33,

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Edited by Silver_R34_GT-T
i tried this quick whilst watching a movie, its a bit hard using the laptop thumbpad lol instead of a mouse but ill refine it later,

its my brothers r33,

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lol damn thumb pads, but u got the right idea, might i suggest (assuming ur using p/shop) use the eraser tool, set it to a quite large setting, about 1/8th the size of the bonnet, and change the eraser type to the one that fades around the edges, that should give you a nice even fade in/out between the bonnet and the engine:D

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