Car coloring not looking realistic?

[crmoore]

I used to have a huge problem with coloring a car to a different color. I had an idea to kind of fix the problem. its sort of like the air brushing.. i'm not sure if this is a well known thing but it could be useful for someone who is having the same problem.

Here is the original color.


I selected all the areas i wanted to be red. This is how it turned out.


I set the layer blend mode to "overlay" but it still seemed too red. didn't look very realistic.


So i selected the areas that should have been lighter (a few at a time depending on their location), went into "refine edge" and gave it a bit of a feather.. grabbed the gradient tool with a gradient from white to transparent with a rather low opacity


The final product


*I know its not perfect. it was sort of rushed. but it does give a pretty general idea.*

[elmaster]

belive me...

u are so good at it

[Gimpee]

yea that looks alot better

[Dj Twinkles]

Its not that bad actually but when I get that kind of problem I duplicate the coloured layers and set one to colour and the other to overlay and then I play with the opacity to get the look I desire...

[crmoore]

sorry i forgot to mention. on the final pic the blend mode for the red layer was "Multiply" not overlay. sorry

[crmoore]

actually there is a much easier way to select the brighter areas. dont know why i didnt' think of it before.

Select the original layer
go to SELECT>COLOR RANGE
select the brighter area of the car body. adjust accordingly. Press ok.
Go to new color layer and use gradient tool. white (with low opacity) to transparent.