Automotive Image Editing/Post-Processing: Before and After

LiberationFrequency wrote in post #15162999
Super simple edit, when you get the body lines right in the camera, not much else is needed.

After:

Great light! I would maybe try to cut some of that distortion, however.

I will try to explain this one.
Please tell me if my english is too bad

Original photo:
2 hotshoe flashes. Almost completly dark outside, had to use the rearlight on the car to focus.

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^^ Great job here

Before

Granlund wrote in post #15164112
I will try to explain this one.
Please tell me if my english is too bad

Original photo:
2 hotshoe flashes. Almost completly dark outside, had to use the rearlight on the car to focus.

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Lightroom:
-Cut the picture and made it 16:9
-Adjusted to colder colortone and greener colortone.
-Put up the exposure a little bit and also the contrast.
-Adjusted the red color.

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Photoshop:
-Removed the reflections on the car from the flashes (clamptool)
-Made the windows darker bypainting it black and lower the layer opacity.
-Removed dirt from tires/rims with clamptool
-Dodgetool on pillars
-Made the ugly graffiti-tag in the background a little bit lighter
-Removed some trash from the ground at the back of the car
-Removed shadow from rearmirror with clamptool
-Used a combination of clamp tool and basic painting to adjust some darker parts on the paint that i didn't like and to make the paint smoother.
-Surface blur on the paint
-Made the yellow line on the pillar in front.
-Sharpened it a little bit

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/Cheers

Great explanation and really nice job! BTW, it is 'clone tool' not 'clamp tool'...

p27rpy wrote in post #15163897
Great light! I would maybe try to cut some of that distortion, however.

My 24mm broke! I was using the 11-16 with this since it was close quarters and not sure if I removed distortion in ACR.

BEFORE

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Nice erik, you went all out on that one!

apixelintime wrote in post #15164501
Great explanation and really nice job! BTW, it is 'clone tool' not 'clamp tool'...

Thanks!

Not so good at PS yet but I´m getting better each time

justin821 wrote in post #15164474
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After

Not a fan of vignette on shots like these. I think the original was better

I think the added vignetting helps draw more focus to the wheel, which is the intended subject, rather than having the people clearly visible and distracting.

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The weave on the CF hood looks massive And the rear wheels look more concave than the fronts

Tony_Stark wrote in post #15174044
The weave on the CF hood looks massive And the rear wheels look more concave than the fronts

You need to use your imagination Tony and imagine is perfect. Lol!!!

Tony_Stark wrote in post #15173446
I think the added vignetting helps draw more focus to the wheel, which is the intended subject, rather than having the people clearly visible and distracting.

Yes but its taking away from the clouds/background just to illuminate the subject a bit more. Just not a fan of generated vignette over overexposed highlights