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Step 1: Find your choice of car and open it up in photoshop.
Step 2: It’s a good idea to zoom in so that you can see the edge of the body better. Grab the polygonal
lasso tool from the tool menu and outline the bottom of the car body (leaving out the tires). Use a lot of small cuts
rather than fewer big ones to better follow the curves of the wheel wells. Once you have cut the bottom of the car, continue
around and cut the whole top portion of the background (see pic). Copy (cntrl+C) and Paste
(cntrl+V) this as a new layer.
*Tip: I like to use the space bar to move around on your work space. The spacebar activates the grab tool and makes
it fast to move from one side to the other without having to deactivate the tool you are currently working with.
Step 3: Use the Move tool or the arrow keys to bring you new layer down to your desired ride
height. Now that your car sits lower, it creates gaps around the bottom of the fenders. To fill these in, first select the
background layer. Grab your poly lasso tool tool and outline the area to be filled. With the area outlined,
you won't be able to brush "outside of the lines". Grab your Brush tool and set the opacity up to 80-100%.
Hold down the alt key to activate the eye dropper, and select a color from inside the wheel well. Release
the alt key and start brushing. Once the area is filled in, hit ctrl+D to deselect it. Do the same
steps to the other wheel well.
Step 4: The lower fender would cast shadows on the top of the tires. To create them, first create a new
layer (ctrl+alt+n) over the background, but under the body. Using the poly lasso tool again,
outline the area where the shadow would be. With your Brush tool set the same as step 3, use it to
fill in the outlined area. Hit Cntrl+D to deselect and then follow the same steps on the other tire.
Once they are both filled in, drop the opacity on the layer until the shadows look convincing. You can also use the Blur Filter to help blend the shadows.
Step 5: An issue created when lowering the background is the original background shows through at the top of your image.
Using the crop tool, you can cut away that part of the image. With the crop
tool selected, click and drag starting from the bottom left corner to the top right. Once you let go of the mouse button,
you can make adjustments by dragging the edges of your selection. Once you’re sure you have what you want to keep selected,
double click on the image, or hit the return key on the keyboard to crop .
Once you have lowered a couple different cars and you feel comfortable with the steps, move on to the next tutorial to start
building your skills.
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