Limo Tutorial

Stretch any car to VIP status

Step 1: Choose the right car for the right job. I'm looking for something classy, so why not a Caddy.

Step 2: Take your Poly Lasso tool and outline the back portion of your car including the entire background behind it. Get as much of the front door as you can before it curves down for the a-pillar. Also make sure to follow along the bottom of the car up to where the front wheel well would start. This part will cover up the original back wheel. Copy this and Paste it as a new layer.

Step 3: Move this new layer back as far as you want the car stretched. If the car is at a 3/4 angle, you'll have to Transform (Ctrl+T) this layer. While holding down the shift key to keep proportions correct, scale it smaller so the perspective doesn't look "out of place" for your final image. I eyeballed this one, but it's best to draw a couple reference lines from the bottom of the car and at the window trim line to get things just right.

Step 4: Go back to your background layer and with the Poly Lasso tool, outline the door and window area of the original car. Copy and Paste this as a new layer. Bring the new layer to the top of the Layers menu by hitting Ctrl+Shift+] or you can drag it manually up to the top of the menu.

Step 5: Drop the opacity to around 30-40% and Transform (Ctrl+T) this newest layer. Stretch it across to meet both the front window and where your new rear window is. You may also have to rotate and distort it a little to get all the seam and trim lines to line up perfectly. It's critical at this stage to get them to line up exactly.

Step 6: With the opacity still lowered, take the Poly Lasso tool and outline the excess parts that don't line up or cover areas you want to see in the end. Delete these selected parts.

Step 7: You'll have an extra door seam in the middle that will need to get covered up. The easiest way is to Cut another extra section from the top layer and Paste it over the seam lines to hide them, you can use the Smudgetool very gently to blend in this extra filler layer and clean things up. I also made a new layer and outlined all the side glass. I Filled it in, then used a Gradient Fill with a light color to give the look of tinted glass. Make sure to keep any pillars or glass seams visible.

- To finish it off. Take the parts of the background and either stretch them to fill in the gap, or find a new background that is more appropriate for your new ride.