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Step 1 is to find a car you want to tint. I’ve decided this Mustang Cobra would look good with a little work done.
Step 2: I usually tint the back hatch window first, so grab your poly lasso tool and start
outlining the back glass. Once you have it outlined, right click on it and select Layer via Copy
Step 3: Go to Select > adjustments > brightness/contrast. Use the sliders to bring the contrast
down a lot, while bringing the brightness not quite as much. Once you get it where you are happy with it, click Ok.
Step 4: Continue the same process as step 3 to darken the remaining interior window on the far side of the car. Remember
when making your selections, you need to be on the background layer. On the windshield, you are only selecting the door glass
(not the dash, a pillars, door panels, etc...).
Step 5: Now we’ll start tinting the windows on this side of the car. Begin by using your poly lasso
tool to select the drivers door window. Once you have that selected, right click and layer via copy.
Now you want to merge this new layer with the layer of the rear hatch window (layer 2 in this case). Hold down the ctrl key
and click on your rear window layer. Then right click on either one and select merge layers .
Step 6: Open the brightness/contrast window again and darken until you are happy. Don’t make
it too dark. You should still be able to see highlights through them.
Step 7: On the quarter window, you want to make the selection only the glass that you can see through. You will need
to select the rest of it later, but not quite yet. Layer via Copy and merge with the rear glass layer
(1 in this case). Brightness/contrast to darken.
Step 8: The windshield is a little different. First you want to select the whole thing, and layer via copy. The difference
is, you want to darken it slightly before merging with the door glass.
Step 9: Ok, now that our windows are nice and dark, we need to add a little reflection to them to make them look more
realistic. The first thing to do is make a new layer on top of all of the others. To do that, click on the top most layer
and hit Ctrl+Shift+N. Hold down the ctrl key and click on the door glass layer thumbnail (layer 5 in
this case). That will load your selection around the door window. Grab your poly lasso tool and while
holding down the shift key outline the whole quarter glass. Now you have a selection of both windows.
Grab your gradient tool and make sure it’s set the same as mine. Hold down the alt key to activate
the eyedropper and click on a color from the sky. Lay down your gradient by starting about an inch
below the window and finishing about halfway through (arrow). Ctrl D to deselect, then play with the
layer opacity to blend.
Step 10: Create and new layer on top of the last one (Ctrl+Shift+N. Now hold down ctrl and
right click on the windshield layer thumbnail. This time, start your gradient from above the windshield and go diagonally
across it (arrow). Ctrl D to deselect and lower the opacity to blend.
That’s it. You can play with the opacities to blend a little better, but that’s all there is to making a convincing tint job.
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