In this tutorial we'll take a look at a way to get retro colours in Photoshop
(6.0).
We need a fitting photo and I therefore chose Turquoise
R4 2 by sugarplumk at SXC.hu:
Now the lighting must be changed to fit the car's age.
First, we'll have to make a gray version, and in this case, we'll do that in image
> calculations
I won't dwelve too much about your options here, but for this tutorial, just select
red, Blending: normal and Result: New document.
OK, so we have a gray car. Now convert the document to grayscale and reconvert
it to RGB afterwards.
Then we need to give the gray picture a warmer look. Go to image > adjust >
selective color
Select neutrals and adjust Cyan to the left and Yellow to the right. 15%
will do for both of them, but just experiment. After Neutral, do the same for
blacks.
Now the car looks like this:
Drag this version over the original car as a new layer and choose a blending method.
Now the fun starts! A lot of them will work really well and give different results.
Screen:
Overlay:
Soft light
Hard light
Darken
Lighten
Hue
Color
Luminosity
Now, if you combine this with some aging techniques, you can get a really good
result.
I don't know which car to pick. Do you?
