so after a year or so without photoshop in my life i finally got my hands on cs3, i know its not cs4 but it'll do. im personally used to 7.0

but here my first image ive done in a year or so

new enkie rims with new rotors and calipers
lowered suspension
shaved door handles

What do you think?

 

Not bad!

 

this was the last one i did before my computer crashed and lost photoshop....

dubbed the coolarado: shaved handles new rims dropped to the floor, reflection, smoked headlights, blued corners and tails

 

wow now that i look at that old truck i see lots of mistakes

 

Edit>transform>flip horizontal is your friend.

 

for sure

 

damn my paint looks good

 

you also shrank the trash bin.

 

good catch but its part of the technique, you gotta select half the background

 

i did this quick so theres flaws all over the place

 

put a soft light layer over the car and background/ground

oh and i used PS7 too since my computer died thats all i had on cd lol, same shet

 

Is there any easy way to do the "reflection" or "mirror" effect in Photoshop?

 

what do you mean?

 

its a gradient layer.... i cant remember exactly how to do it but its pretty simple. theres online tutorials...

 

Like the picture of the lowrider truck.

Gradient layer is what it's called.

Thanks I'll it.

 

it doesnt seem that hard to do, copy the image, flip it vertically, turn the opacity down and erase what needs to be erased

 

Yeah I thought about "flipping" the image but fading out...

 

just use a large eraser brush with soft "faded" edges, or a large white paint brush if your ground is white

i did this in litterally 2 minutes

 

Thanks...I'll try that out.

 

That is pretty cool.

 

cheaters..... trust me learn the gradient, you can do more with it.

 

my shot at it............

 

Nice chop!

 

one thing i noticed you did that did as well.... check the reflection on the closest to you rim.... the tire isnt reflected it starts at the rim... try skewing or rotating