How to make Car Advertisement Mock-ups | Virtual Tuning Tutorials'
Important: The right base color
Before we start, it is very
important to choose a picture, where the car has the right color. We
want something that is as close as possible to light-gray.
The
reason is that we need to preserve the light and shadows of the original
picture. A dark car (like a red car) will distort the areas of shadow,
making it very hard to make bright colored graphics. Similar, a white
car will have too many areas of light, making it hard to create dark
graphics.
Any semi-bright body color will do (because we will convert it later).
Preparing the car - step by step
Before
we can start adding graphics, we need to prepare the car. Adjust the
lighting and shadows, make reflections, and a layer for the graphics.
We will start out with this:
First select the body of the car - without the windows, headlamps, decals, etc. With the car selected
create two new layers with the content of the selection. But, disable their visibility.
Tip: for convenience call these "Car", "Graphics", "Reflections"
Now
we got our foundation and the only left is adjustments. We need make 2
major adjustments. The first one being that we make the car white, the
second that we create a "reflections" layer.
To make the car white
re-select the body of the car and
adjust the brightness levels of the original layer. With white do not mean pure-white, but that the car appears to be painted white.
The power of light
Before
we make the reflections layer, I want to show the importance of light -
in this case the reflection layer. Many people do what we have done so
far, and then just added colors or graphics using the "multiply"
blending mode.
The result is this. The colors look uninteresting - there car does not seem to shine.
What is missing is light (or reflections of light) - the most important element when creating realism.
To add the reflections turn on the last layer. First
change the blending mode to "Screen".
Then
open "levels" and adjust the darkness of the layer until lightness of the body paint no longer shows. And voila we got realism.
The graphics
The
last step is the graphics, which can be practically anything. Just
change the middle layer (the one called "graphics" to whatever you want -
or attach additional layers to it.
Tip: Enable "Lock transparent pixels" to lock the layer.
Tip: If you want, add two "lens flares" to turn on the headlights.
Examples
Petrolhead =
A person who is overly reliant on the use of their car, resisting any suggestion to use other means of transport.
A bogan who is overly fond of his car or motorbike and enjoys showing it off and making noise with it.
A person involved in motor racing as either participant or dedicated spectator.
A car enthusiast....