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TheSmiler
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PostPosted: 19:51 - 29 Aug 2016    Post subject: Anyone an expert of Gimp, changing colour of a vehicle Reply with quote

I'm using gimp to change the colour of an image below I know someone could do it for me however I want to learn how to do it myself and can't find clear instructions online. I was just wondering could anyone be so kind to do step by step instructions. I've got a few more images I want to play around with to see. Hope someone can help me.

https://i.imgur.com/DD8q2HPl.jpg
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PostPosted: 20:01 - 29 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why you no photoshop? Gimps far too restrictive and has a crap UI system IMO. Download Photoshop CS5 portable or any version, select area using magnetic lasso tool, copy and paste area to a new layer and then CTRL + U to play around with colours. I just did it in shorter time than it took to write this out (that's in Photoshop).

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or

https://www.wikihow.com/Recolor-Anything-on-Gimp
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PostPosted: 20:06 - 29 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

NJD wrote:
Why you no photoshop? Gimps far too restrictive and has a crap UI system IMO. Download Photoshop CS5 portable or any version, select area using magnetic lasso tool, copy and paste area to a new layer and then CTRL + U to play around with colours. I just did it in shorter time than it took to write this out (that's in Photoshop).

edit:

or

https://www.wikihow.com/Recolor-Anything-on-Gimp


I've lost my "copy" of photoshop that was on my external hard drive. I haven't got the download capacity to get a new copy. If you know what I mean. Otherwise I would have been using that already.
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 29 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 21:34 - 29 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Couldn't tell you how to use GIMP, although it's one of the best free alternatives to Photoshop, it aint no Photoshop.

I've taken the liberty of changing the colour of your exhaust for you, bitches love pink zh0rts.
https://i.imgur.com/vmNZ90C.jpg
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TheSmiler
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PostPosted: 21:49 - 29 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jayy wrote:
Couldn't tell you how to use GIMP, although it's one of the best free alternatives to Photoshop, it aint no Photoshop.

I've taken the liberty of changing the colour of your exhaust for you, bitches love pink zh0rts.
https://i.imgur.com/vmNZ90C.jpg


Isn't that more of a purple.. tempting though.
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PostPosted: 01:13 - 30 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's purpink, all the rage I hear.
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PostPosted: 08:29 - 30 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jayy wrote:
It's purpink, all the rage I hear.

That is truly raging.

+1 on https://www.getpaint.net/ doing 90% of what you'll need most of the time, with plugins available to add another 9% or so like smudging.

Magic Wand select anywhere on the tank, then play with the tolerance slider to select as much as possible. Then zoom right in and use "Add (union)" mode and Lasso select to add manual areas, or "Subtract" mode to remove any unwanted bits.

Adjustment -> Hue/Saturation is probably what you want to recolour.

Here I was lazy and didn't quite get all the red in the selection. You can do better.

https://i.imgur.com/lUiRNXE.png
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PostPosted: 11:24 - 30 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
Jayy wrote:
It's purpink, all the rage I hear.

That is truly raging.

+1 on https://www.getpaint.net/ doing 90% of what you'll need most of the time, with plugins available to add another 9% or so like smudging.

Magic Wand select anywhere on the tank, then play with the tolerance slider to select as much as possible. Then zoom right in and use "Add (union)" mode and Lasso select to add manual areas, or "Subtract" mode to remove any unwanted bits.

Adjustment -> Hue/Saturation is probably what you want to recolour.

Here I was lazy and didn't quite get all the red in the selection. You can do better.

https://i.imgur.com/lUiRNXE.png


Interesting would that method work on the side panel as well. I'm turning it all black. That's why I ask apparently this can be a real pain.
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PostPosted: 11:30 - 30 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188253/_oth/green_bm.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188253/_oth/yeller_bm.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188253/_oth/bleh_bm.jpg

You can download the .xcf and fiddle with it yourself. I've put the colours as layers. To make another colour, duplicate one of the layers and flood fill the coloured section.

I did done a ewetewbe for you too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=225bFdjppvE Shows a number of different ways to extend the area selected. To add new selections to existing ones press and hold the shift key while selecting the new area.
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PostPosted: 11:56 - 30 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 13:00 - 30 Aug 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use the magic wand select tool to select the area I want (Set it less sensitive and hold shift to select multiple areas).

I then copy the selection and paste it into a new layer and anchor it.

If you want the side panel too, do the same again and paste into an additional layer.

Make sure your new layers are transparent background.

Using layers, you can work on each part independantly.

Black is trickier than a hue change. I usually slelect the desaturate option to make it monochrome then fiddle with the cntrast and brightness to get a matt black.

Here's the 2 minute version with the not very careful selection of the tank.
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PostPosted: 00:19 - 01 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
I use the magic wand select tool to select the area I want (Set it less sensitive and hold shift to select multiple areas).

I then copy the selection and paste it into a new layer and anchor it.

If you want the side panel too, do the same again and paste into an additional layer.

Make sure your new layers are transparent background.

Using layers, you can work on each part independantly.

Black is trickier than a hue change. I usually slelect the desaturate option to make it monochrome then fiddle with the cntrast and brightness to get a matt black.

Here's the 2 minute version with the not very careful selection of the tank.


Thank you for all the replies especially this one as it has helped me sort out the design of the bike. Shame there isn't a piece of software that you can use to build the bike yourself but I guess we can't have everything.
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