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Carbon Fibre Hood

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Added: Mar 24, 2005 Rating:

Level: Experienced Software: Photoshop


	16. Make a selection of the current layer (Ctrl+Click on the layer).

	17. Use the "Motion Blur" tool (Filter> Blur> Motion Blur) to apply the following properties: Angle: 0º Distance: 200 pixels Click OK.

	18. Use the "Image Size" tool (Image> Image Size) to resize the image to the size of the pattern. For this step, I've chose a width and height of 5 pixels.

	19. Define this document as a pattern (Edit> Define Pattern). Type in "Carbon Fibre" as the name and click OK.

	20. Close the current document without saving and switch back to the photo.

	21. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J).

	22. Select the canvas (Ctrl+A) and clear (Delete).

	23. Use the "Paint Bucket" tool (G) to fill the current layer with the following properties: Fill: Pattern Pattern: Carbon Mode: Normal Opacity :100%

	24. Unlink the current layer with its layer mask.

	25. Use the "Transform" tool (Ctrl+T) to distort the image into the vehicle's perspective.

	26. Make a selection of the current layer (Ctrl+click on the layer). Select the layer "Background" and copy (Ctrl+C).

	27. Create a new document with the following properties: Preset: Clipboard Click OK.

	28. Paste (Ctrl+V) into the new document. Use the "Healing Brush" tool (J) or the "Clone Stamp" tool (S) to remove all reflections of high contrast. This document will be used as displacement map that will be used later. Save this document on your desktop as "displace.psd".

	29. Close the current document without saving and switch back to the photo. Increase the selection (Select> Modify> Expand) by about 1/50th of the hood's width. For this step, I've selected 3 pixels. Remember the amount of pixels you've used in this step.

	30. With the top layer selected, use the "Displace" filter (Filter> Distort> Displace) to apply the following properties: Horizontal Scale: Amount of pixels you've used in step 29 Vertical Scale: Amount of pixels you've used in step 29 Displacement Map: Stretch To Fit Undefined Areas: Repeat Edge Pixels Click OK. Navigate to your desktop, select "displace.psd" and click OK. Repeate the filter (Ctrl+F) once or more until the layer starts to form a shape.

	31. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J).

	32. With the new layer selected, use the "Apply Image" tool (Image> Apply Image>) to apply the following properties: Source: filename Layer: Background Channel: RGB Invert: Uncheckmarked Blending: Normal Opacity :100% Click OK.

	33. Desaturate (Ctrl+Shift+U) and set the current layer's blending mode to "Multiply".

	34. Here is the final image of a low resolution version to show the pattern used in this tutorial. Your final image should not look like this. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.

	35. Here is a cropped area of a high resolution version with a hood that is too flat. If your image looks similar to this, you need to go back to step 30 and apply the "Displace" filter (Filter> Distort> Displace) filter more.

	36. Here is a cropped area of a high resolution version. The carbon fibre pattern is properly wrapped to the vehicle's hood.