Car edit help

[renee warren]

Hi damien. Im doing up a few car shots (picture attached)  and would love to know how to achieve this look within the link. Not so much the black and white but the hd looking shiny paint job. thanks

 

[Damien Symonds]

Hi Renee, what makes you think it's an editing thing?  Have you seen some of Lawson's "befores"?  I mean, what makes you think it's not simply a very polished car?

Are you aiming for yours in black-and-white too?

[renee warren]

no mine will be in colour i should have posted one in colour im sorry.

It could well be just the car itself, however this same orange car belongs to a friend of mine and has had photos done by lawson before. Hes car was also very shiny in the shot and im fairly sure it wasn't when the photos were taken lol. I would love to show you but i cant find it on his page. only the photo that was sent to me by the friend and i believe that is against the rules to post here? 

 this is what ive done so far...

[renee warren]

oh i found the link... 

 

[Damien Symonds]

Surely you can see how the building is reflected in the side of the car in Lawson's photo?  That's not made up, the building really is there.

Your photo hasn't got anything reflecting in it.

[Damien Symonds]

Anyway, what about something like this?

[Damien Symonds]

Or this?

[renee warren]

Yes that second one is much closer to where I wanted to go. I see on yours it's got shine and reflection where mine is just flat. how do I achieve that? Thank you for your help! 

[Damien Symonds]

Download the PSD file

[renee warren]

great thank you! whats your high pass set at for that? 

[Damien Symonds]

12 minutes ago, renee warren said:

great thank you! whats your high pass set at for that? 

It's irrelevant, because I was working on a small web sized file.  You'll need to experiment on your own and find out what looks best on the full file.

[renee warren]

I just figured that myself lol, Setting the saturation layer on overlay was something new for me, took me a moment to realize what you did there haha. Worked a treat! thanks heaps again

[Damien Symonds]

May I see?

[renee warren]

would love to but its not letting me upload? saying im only allowed to upload 19.53MB? 

[Damien Symonds]

Gosh, how big is the jpeg you're trying to upload??

[renee warren]

Same as before. I even lowered it and still wouldn't upload. Is there a Max amount of photos I can upload here? 

[renee warren]

Ok maybe not lol. It letting me upload a screen grab so maybe the Jpeg is to big now 

Edited March 8, 2016 by renee warren

[renee warren]

So much easier!! ive done 5 others like this already yay! thanks heaps

[Damien Symonds]

You're most welcome.