A little worried about how the car is gonna look when I'm done, so I borrowed a couple of pics from Ian and Andy and fiddled with them...

A little inspiration from Paul's site too... http://vortx.chockymonster.co.uk/content/view/15/34/





I reckon it'll look okay... ? I suppose that's all that matters really.

Anyone else got similar types of colour schemes on their cars?

Chris...

i'm hoping to make mine red down the plastic in the car (ie scuttle, bonnet, nose and rear panel with ali sides (unless i can find a way of getting red cheaply) and black wheel arches.

I thought about two tone myself. It looks good with that shade of red. Gel coat often comes out more orange than that.

Good point bud.

Quite pleased with the colour to be honest...



Chris.

well i like that red its very nice!

i wasnt that bothered about colour really just the car its self- i havent touched my bodywork yet if ya want orange LOL

Chris,

did you de-saturate the top picture? It looks a bit dark?
You may get more luck putting a white layer over the desaturated layer. Then you can play with the levels abit.
Which red did you go for?

Paul

Hey chocky.

Yeah I desaturated then fiddled with the colour balance to get the colour that approximated to traffic red (RAL).

I didn't put a white layer over the desaturation though.

You use Photoshop a bit? How you learn about it? Job? Or fiddling?

Chris.

Photoshop is a bit of a mix really. I do a fair bit of web design as a hobby and it's a necessity.

Closest approximation I can get to traffic red is #d20b00.

What mode are you using for the layer? some colours don't respond well and changing the mode of the layer often helps.
Rescued attachment trafficred.jpg

if I can offer any pointers then please ask, just don't ask mechanical stuff cos I'm pretty clueless about that

I found changing the black layer to soft light makes it look a lot better.
Rescued attachment black-red--bonnet.jpg

That looks much more accurate chocky!

I'm using default 8bit RGB. What you using?

I've got the tub in black and everything else in traffic red. Seems a good approximation the #D20B00...

We'll just have to see how the colours turn out. I am going to put two black lines down the middle of the car too, to break up the lines a little.

Cheers all,

Chris.

That second piccie looks stunning!

Good effort!

I'll have to play a little more me thinks...

Chris.

Do you reckon you could reproduce the same piccie with a black tub and Traffic Red arches, cone, bonnet and scuttle? I just don't seem to be able to get the same results...

Is Ian's car as easy to modify in the colour department, being all black?

Cheers bud,

Chris.

[Edited on 17-3-06 by Winston Todge]

Once the colour is desaturated it shouldn't matter. I can't find the original to have a play with but if you mail me over your .psd file then I'll have a go.

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Originally posted by chockymonster
Photoshop is a bit of a mix really. I do a fair bit of web design as a hobby and it's a necessity.

Closest approximation I can get to traffic red is #d20b00.

What mode are you using for the layer? some colours don't respond well and changing the mode of the layer often helps.

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Hey Russ.

Yeah, I'm still wondering if the black arches and everything else red would have looked better...

Still, we'll see and compare them once they're both done!

Chris.

Chris,

only one stripe but you get the idea.
Sorry it's a bit rough but perspective has never been a strong point!!
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Thanks again Paul.

Should be making an appearance on the website in the not too distant future!

Chris.

"bit rough" ........ pah, looks blooming fantastic compared to what i can do!

Ta for the picture Paul!

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