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Transparent hood effect
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:13 pm
by MrHatchWagon
So basically, I stuck my camera on a tripod and took a picture with my hood open, and one with my hood closed. In the future, I will find a better background than my driveway and play with post-processing some more, but for the moment this is my first attempt and I like the concept. It was a lot of fun.
So here we go, hopefully this will inspire a new creative movement on GV and we can share our results and improve upon one another!
I think I need a background with more contrast, maybe make the hood a bit more transparent, and play with lighting. That should definitely make the engine pop.
I've shown you mine, now show me yours

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:18 pm
by Mariachi
I actually have pics with my hood open and closed taken with a tripod because I intended on doing this whole "transparent" hood look.
The pics WERE NOT taken with my Canon so i'll have to do this again.
nice editing though!
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:15 pm
by MrHatchWagon
Thanks! I used the eraser tool at about 50% opacity, but if I do it again I might just select the whole hood with the polygonal lasso tool and bring down the opacity for that layer, we'll see. (Using Adobe Photoshop CS3). If you want some good editing software, and I think it's free, ask A Psycho Martyr. He uses Gimp or something, if I'm not mistaken, with great results.
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:09 pm
by Mariachi
I will definitely take that into consideration as I would like adobe CS3 for photo editing. I just need a faster computer. I think I will be looking for a new computer this weekend maybe.

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:39 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
I'm editing mine right now.
I'll upload when I'm done
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:20 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
Here they are:
I saved the clear hatch photo edit as a psd file.
I'll email it to ya if you wanna check out my layers to see how I did it.
Text me you email to (256)347-9037
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:46 pm
by MrHatchWagon
That's awesome! My e-mail is
christopherwest_7@hotmail.com, it'd be great if I could see how you played with the layers to achieve that result.
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:59 pm
by Mariachi
I NEEDZ PHOTOCHOP NOW!
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:58 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
If you supply me the pics, I'll edit em up for ya in the mean time

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:06 pm
by tpollauf
Nice work Brandon

And to think just the other day (more like a year or two), you were a rookie at doing this kind of stuff

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:22 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
tpollauf wrote:Nice work Brandon

And to think just the other day (more like a year or two), you were a rookie at doing this kind of stuff

Thank you and yeah, I've saved some OLD, OLD sigs and see a million ways to improve em now
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:03 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:12 am
by mac99d
This is cool.. Seeing how I am no editing specialist if I was to take some pics of my car with the hood open and closed and the front bumper on and off could someone hook me up.

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:58 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
absolutely man. Gimme the photos and I'll edit em up for ya.
Just send them to my hotmail. (pm me for my address when you're ready)
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:30 pm
by mac99d
Sweet now I need to find a tripod.
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:28 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
BUMP!
anyone want an edit of their Vibe like this?
I got bored today and edited some stuff, now I got the fever again.

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:43 pm
by mac99d
Cool, finally got a tri pod. Now just have to wait till a decent day. Plan to do the hood and the front bumper so you can do the BOV and intercooler.
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:48 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
niiiice, that'll look killer.
You picked a place for the photo? Or just garage?
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:19 pm
by DVibe
I just saw this and thought I would give it a shot... Just an iphone and the app. Juxtaposer (sweet app!) took less than 10 min. I just had to make sure I stood in the same place..lol

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:16 pm
by A Psycho Martyr
nice, I say successful edit
Looks WAY cooler on your 2zz too

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:32 am
by A Psycho Martyr
Here's my official photo taken with a Canon T2i.
Previous was taken with a Casio Exilim

Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:40 pm
by DVibe
Nice! That looks so crisp! I like how you fade the hood, it blends nicely. That is a sweet location too!
Re: Transparent hood effect
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:27 am
by Mariachi
i need to learn how to do this already! (removed)