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Old May 14, 2009 | 08:33 AM
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theres too many ways to count to do stuff like that. including photography tricks, that are as simple as taking hundreds of pictures of 1 car, and using one of those pictures as the reflection to another picture.
Old May 14, 2009 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by digitalcos
looks good except the spokes on the wheels don't line up and the mirror looks weird. Besides that it looks awesome. How did you do it?
Old May 14, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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BTW one guy had a thread titled Playing with my crayons (or something like that) and he had many many reflections.
Old May 14, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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that guy was a god... you cant count him
Old May 14, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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Yeah, there's a lot wrong with it. Those elements can be fixed. I just wanted to get you in the right ballpark to guide you along.

The trick is to that you're never going to be able to just cut out the whole car and treat it as one object. You've got to look at the individual parts of the car and how they would look in the reflection. I started with the whole side of the car as one large piece first. Then broke out the individual parts of the grille and moved them into place.

This is one of those cases where the only way to get it to look right is to put the time and work into it. No simple automated way.
Old May 14, 2009 | 03:21 PM
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nice thanks for the tips!
Old May 14, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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Here's a good place to start...

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/853307..._in_photoshop/
Old May 14, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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Very good tutorial. It didn't end up mattering much in the end, but He should have moved the reflection of the door way lower on the canvas, but that was very informative.
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