Okay since there was a question on how to make some flames on a truck I did I figured I would go ahead and write a little tutorial on how to do it. You can also apply this to changin the color of a vehicle also since its basically the same thing..

Here is the starting picture that we are going to use.

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame1.jpg

Next you need to get a picture of the flames you are going to use. I chose this design for this tutorial. I do have a few different flame designs. You might want to do a Google search to find flame pics or even use different vehicles as a basis for your designs .

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame2.jpg

With the next picture we are going to stretch the flames to suite our needs. I chose to stretch them and skew them a little bit by grabbing the sides while pressing down the CNTRL key you can then skew the diesign. At this point you will also position your design where you want it placed on the picture.

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame3.jpg

The next picture I used the Magic Wand Tool and the Polygonal Lasso Tool to highlight the area that I wanted to place my flames. When you have selected where teh flames should go you get a screen like this

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame4.jpg

When highlighted you then press CNTRL+C to copy and then CNTRL+V to paste to a new layer. You should end up with a layer that resembles the following picture.

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame5.jpg

(Remember I hid the other 2 layers to show what you should have after the paste.) With this layer we are now going to change the color. To change the color I am going to use the Color Balance. You get this click on Image, Adjustments, Color Balance. You will then get to this screen

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame6.jpg

You now play with the sliders to get your desired color. You may have to perform this step more than one time to get the desired color. You will get something like this next window

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame7.jpg

This next screen we need to go through and clean up the flames that are overlapping the areas that they shouldn't be like the wheelwells.

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame8.jpg

Now to get the shadow in the flames you double click the flames layers and it will open up the Layer Properties. In the Layer Properties click in the box next to Drop Shadow. Here you will adjust the shadow to make it look right for your design

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame9.jpg

Finally you should end up with something similar to this.

http://members.cox.net/lkfrx/flametut/flame10.jpg

If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask. I will try to answer them to the best of my ability. Also if there is something else someone wants to see let me know.

Also you might want to check out PhoshopJunkie.com (http://www.photoshopjunkie.com) and Photo-chop.com (http://www.photo-chop.com/forums/) as there are some talented people over there and they have some good tutorials over there also..

Awsome tut Man... Hope Fully some of these guys will put it to some use and Find out how EZ it actually is to photoshop their own trucks:)

true.. just takes practice.. and well of course you kind of need photoshop... Some people can't afford the real thing thats why they don't do it..

Me I am lucky to have PS7 at work and PS6 at home.. the more I use PS7 though I tend not to use PS6

Originally posted by nusensesd
true.. just takes practice.. and well of course you kind of need photoshop... Some people can't afford the real thing thats why they don't do it..

Me I am lucky to have PS7 at work and PS6 at home.. the more I use PS7 though I tend not to use PS6

PS6 doesn't even compare to 7 in my book...since I upgraded, I haven't looked back. I like it tooons better.

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just so you know the owners of this board do not advocate the use of illegal software. Even though it is out there they would rather people not mention it or where and how to get it..

This was one thing that they had a problem in the original photshop board...... So please for future reference do not make any posts about what you have, how you got it, or tell others where to get it.. If people want to download illegal software then they can find it on their own..

Damn Man that Sucks I Didnt know that... If thats how its gonna be ill just not Post my Photoshops ... Sry To anyone who took affence to that And i apologize for sharing. If Anyone has a problem with What i Said, Please Please Feel Free to PM me Or Email Me. Because i Would Like Nothing more then for this board to stay open For the rest of u guys. Good looking out nusensesd
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Thank u And Sry for your inconvenience.

Originally posted by myst3k
Damn Man that Sucks I Didnt know that... If thats how its gonna be ill just not Post my Photoshops ... Sry To anyone who took affence to that And i apologize for sharing. If Anyone has a problem with What i Said, Please Please Feel Free to PM me Or Email Me. Because i Would Like Nothing more then for this board to stay open For the rest of u guys. Good looking out nusensesd
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Thank u And Sry for your inconvenience.

I didn't mean it that way.. You are free to post all the chops you want.. Just don't make it public on how to obtain illegal software..

i think is would be "Sticky" worthy for the PS board??
What does the Mod think bout that, sence nusensesd spent his time to write it up for every1.....

How do you get the 2nd pic (the flames) on to the same screen as the 1st pic (truck)?

which step are you talking about?

are you talking about after everything has been selected? then after pasting it..

Sometimes they don't line up perfectly.. You might have to move them up a little, but mostly they paste right where they should be..

Ok in the third step when you say grab it then hold control,how do you grab it and what tool do you have to be on?

um where did you find the stencil that you used???

Made it a sticky. :drunk:

Originally posted by PimpSplash
Ok in the third step when you say grab it then hold control,how do you grab it and what tool do you have to be on?

You should be using the arrow control so that you can resize the flames. With the flames layer selected you should see the boxes on each of the corners and in the middle. With the arrow you press and hold the control key down while you click on the sizing boxes.

Originally posted by Krazed-Ranger
um where did you find the stencil that you used???

http://www.rcxotic.com/mask.shtml if I remember correctly this is where I got the mask for these flames..

Originally posted by Matt S
Made it a sticky. :drunk:

sweet... thanks..

Originally posted by nusensesd
sweet... thanks..
Youre welcome ;) ...j/k ,but hey when you say with the flames layer selected how do you do that? I know these must be some dumb questions but im just starting to figure this stuff out. Thanks

when you paste your design into the picture (flames) that creates its own layer. So with that layer selected (you also have to see the Bounding Boxes) thats how you resize it to fit how you want them to look. If you look at the difference between the second and the third pic the flames are a little shorter ad streched a little from how they originally looked.

how do you lower a truck on photoshop.

I start working on a turtorial for ya..

you ever do that tutorial?

anyone find a sit with some bad ass flames to use for this.......i can't seem to find any good ones

Originally posted by DCSHOECOUSA
anyone find a sit with some bad ass flames to use for this.......i can't seem to find any good ones

I use the google image search. Try different search terms like flames, tribal flames etc.

http://images.google.com/images?q=flames&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

Good Tutorials A (http://www.digimods.co.uk/tutorials/tutorials.htm)

Good Tutorials B (http://www.photoshopchop.com/index.html)

I like the basics of this tutorial, however I don't like to be restrained by someone elses flame designs. I use the pen tool to draw out my flame pattern, then tweak it until Iam happy then turn it into a selection. It gives my the freedom to make any type of flame I want. And the pen tool path or the selection can be transformed easily to fit the design. :fire: