cjmcguinness Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it This isn't a really a tutorial in the strict sense, as it does not really demonstrate any type of effect or technique - it's just a bit of fun. We are going to take a picture of a full-sized sports car and modify it to look like a cool Toy Car. Start with a picture of a car - must be taken completely side-on for best effect. Start with the Rectangle Select tool and select the front area of the car - ahead of the wheel arch, from top to bottom of the picture. (If there is a flare on the wheel arch select outside that as well, it'll look better). Now, switch to the Move Selected Pixels tool and, selecting one of the middle points, contract the size of the selected shape by 50% (so, if your selection is 100px wide, squash it to 50px) Switch back to the Rectangle Select tool and now select the middle area of the car, the whole area between the front and rear wheels. Again, use the Move Selected Pixels tool to squash this selection to 50% of it's original size. Then, using Rectangle Select again, highlight the are behind the rear wheels. Once more, use the Move Selected Pixels tool to contract this to 50% of it's original width. Now, you need to move all the pieces back together, so that they join up neatly. The simplest way to do this is with Madjik's Gravity plugin. Press CTRL+D to make sure any active areas are deselected - alternatively you can press CTRL+A and select the entire canvas; either will work. Then go to Effects > Distort > Gravity: Select the direction as 'Left' or 'Right' and all the pieces will be moved back together. To get rid of the left-over space, use the Magic Wand tool and select the transparent area of the canvas. Press CTRL+I to invert the selection and go Image > Crop to Selection (CTRL+SHIFT+X) and voila - you have turned a full sized car into a toy version. This'll work for any car as long as the pic is taken directly side on... Like this..... or this..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone2016 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Before: After One of the best tuts ever! Maybe because I love cars and the end results look so real. PS: The car is a MclarenF1 100th Post!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moc426 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 That is cool, I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Really funny! Thanks! Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 That's hilarious! Thanks for sharing that! Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlackLamb Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Ooooh, you squashed a BMW, I wonder what Rick's gonna say to that? Quote dA Son, someday you will make a girl happy for a short period of time. Then she'll leave you & be with men that are ten times better than you can imagine. These men are called musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Any tutorial that uses my Ink Sketch effect gets sticky'd... Just kidding, this is a great tutorial! Nice job. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Wow! Thanks BoltBait - I never expected in a million years that this would get sticky'd. Hope everyone has some fun with it. Here's my latest - Father & Son Bugatti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone2016 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 How about this: From this: same idea just use the headlights as your "tires" so from headlight to headlight then no more resizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 @ Someone2016 I like it, looks like it belongs in the Pixar movie 'Cars' Never thought of doing this effect on a head-on shot, cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone2016 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 now we should try cars at angles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone2016 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 before After not as good but give me a little bit and I'll have it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 I tried this on car images at various angles. It's do-able, but can look kinda weird. Like this..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone2016 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 yours is a lot better than mine, but why stop at cars. Humans, monkeys, penguins. Edit: A genetically altered mini-monkey, then a regular monkey then a genetically altered super tall monkey mini-monkey: reg.: tall: searched on google to get these pics and they are by mongabay.com (can't violate a copywright) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Look at this: I just cropped it a bit if your wondering: Heh. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjo1986 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 These are my three attempts at the tut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmgWtfBbq Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 That monkey one looks GREAT when it's put into mini version ;D Good job on the tut CJ and to Someone16 for the monkey. Posting my results when done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Why be a genius cj? Why do it? Back from being mass banned from computer. Got me a new laptop too Quote Watch this space. It will do tricks, sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Wow, very cool tut. You shouldn't be quite so hard on yourself Cjmc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joost Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Great stuf! :shock: Ill try this when i have time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jud@s Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Nice little tut, and a lot of fun to play around with too. Suprised I'm the first to do a bike, took a HD Fat Boy and made a Flat Boy outta it. Jude, who's into "chopped" bikes Quote 100% PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aron Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 SMART RULEZZ!! Quote My Deviant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydo Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 GREAT TUT Quote Broken toaster = (Rushes to HomeBase!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 That's just plain funny. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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