View Full Version : so you want your ride photochopped?


CG
09-03-2004, 12:05 AM
ok this is just me talking here but im willing to bet some of the other chop guys feel the same. if you want your ride fixed in some way make it as easy for us as possible. when you add wheels or colors or whatever it just doesnt take a click of the button on the choppers end. its actually pretty time consuming.

1. give a nice SIDE view...those wheel pictures you want put on your ride arent 3-d and they are alot easier to put on if your picture is at the same angle as the wheel.
2. make the picture large enough. its kinda hard to make a ride look good when you post an avatar size pic.
3. post a picture of decent quality. not blurry, not super dark, not super light etc etc. you know what a decent pic looks like dont you? sometimes i crack up at the pictures posted. half in a garage, missing half the truck with a big ol post in the way and so dark you can barely tell what it is. "hey guys can you lower this and put x brand wheels on it with a 4/6 drop and make it silver with red flames pinstripped in blue?"
4. ok to be honest i see alot of truck pics go unchopped because they are basically... :rolleyes: a boring truck. hey we like to have fun doing this stuff (look at longhair, he loves chopping up the more interesting trucks :p ) and like i said it takes time. so if your truck or car goes unchopped sell it and get one that would be more fun for the choppers to play with... :p im kidding.
5. dark colors and primer colors are hard to change and make look good. and ive yet to see a really good looking color change silver. trucks that are several colors are also a little tougher to make look good.

basically...give em a good pic and if you give em stuff you want stuck on your ride (wheels etc) try to make whatever it is real close to the same angle as your ride.......ok thats it for now hope i didnt piss anyone off, im just trying to make it a little easier all around :D

jamis
06-11-2005, 01:10 PM
Makes sense to me. Maybe you can post a pic of the best angles and subject size to work with. Also back grounds that may be easier to work with. Would it help to post the pics to another web page or server that has no size restrictions and provide the link for you guys? Do you guys prefer JPEGs or BITMAPs? Pics shot in monochrome or color mode?

I have photo shop and play with it once in a blue moon. The stuff you guys do is amazing