cf tutorial

CARBON FIBER TUTORIAL

ok guys, this is my tutorial to make cf:)

lots of steps, but plz folow for best results.

this tutorial was made for adobe photoshop 7.0 By foto_choppa.

feel free to post this on other forums provide youask me first, and give me the credit i deserve.

click pictures to enlarge.

step #1

select around your hood with the polygonal lasso tool. once selected-layer via copy.

step #2

select around the washer jets, then gently smudge them out with a small brush {how many people have carbon washer jets?}:p

step #3

take out most of the colour, not all-most real carbon has a tint of bronze, just a little.

step #4

time to make the pattern. create a new document(12p X 6p)

step #5

hit 'D' to get default colours, select a 1/4 of the square, then fill with the gradient tool and do the opisite corner so it looks like the one shown below.

step #6

define pattern.

step #7

create new (3000p X 3000p)-big i know, but its good.(sometims you might need a bigger one, there is no problem with having excess pattern.)

step #8

now fill with your newly made pattern (edit>fill)

step #9

once filled, free transform while holding shift, resize it to about this size on 16.67% zoomed

step #10

copy the cf pattern that you just resized onto your car, but resize it using the free transform tool (ctrl+t) to get it to a realistic size.

step #11

filter>distort>twirl>55:p

step #12

now flip, skew, transform, perspective to make it get smaller as the further away it is, till it looks just right.

step #13

now hold ctrl + click on the layer of the actual hood layer (in this picture its layer 1), it should select around the shape of the hood, now hit shift+ctrl+i now hit delete

step #14

change the opacity of your pattern to about 30-40, should look like the picture below.

step #15

now change the brightness of the orig. bonnet, i normally add some contrast to make it look more shiny-dont make the bonnet too dark, or too light

step #16

and you are done:D, here is the finished product, i couldnt help but add some gauges lol

hope it werx 4 u!

AND PLZ TELL ME IF YOU GUYS NEED ANY MORE TUTORIALS!