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vRS_Pagey:
Hi guys,

Last year I installed a copy of the photoshop software in the title, since then I have been playing around with it but something that has constantly frustrated me!  All I want to do is photoshop the wheels on my car to a smoked chrome or anthracite finish, if I want to change them to a 'colour' I simply use the paint brush tool using the pipette icon to extract a colour then apply.  However when I try that with a more greyscale tone it doesn't work, so far the only way I have figured to achieve the look I'm after (kind of) is to use the free hand selection tool, carefully trace the outline of the wheel, copy then paste as a new image, then alter the colour with the colour changer tool, unfortunately this will colour the caliper also.  I then select the finished wheel, cut then paste as a new image over the original picture and drag it in to place............. :S

Sorry, but its really hard to explain the problem, perhaps someone with the same or similar software can complete the task and post a how to?



The picture below shows where I can change from a grey to a colour, in this case the blue areas of the wheels -



Finally this picture is an example I did using the cut, paste colour changer procedure, pretty carp if I'm honest -



Thanks in advance for any help.  :thumbup:

stealthwolf:
You should be able to select the whole wheel (as you have done) and then "subtract" everything not in the wheel. This leaves you with just the alloy, which you can fiddle about with and then paste back in.

Don't have the same software but it's the basic process. You may have the ability to "smart" select the alloy, but I find this crap at selecting. It's only really good for selecting ~70%, leaving you to sort out the remainder.

vRS_Pagey:
Any idea how to 'subtract' stuff?

stealthwolf:
It'll be one of the keypresses eg alt, ctrl or shift. Press and hold whilst you freehand select the area and see which one works.

vRS_Pagey:
I've found the 'remove' but when you select an area nothing happens........... :confused:

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