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Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper

This lesson I’ll try showing you how to give some speed and flame to a static car.

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Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Find a picture with a car like the next one:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Mark out the car’s wheel with the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M)

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

…then select the next selection: Filter>Blur>Radial Blur

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

We’ll get the effect of rotating wheel:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Next try to give the same effect to the second wheel.

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of this layer (Ctrl+J) and try to enlarge it by 20%, using the Free Transform option. Blur out the borders of the doors’ pole, of the backside light, of the wheels and the mirrors, using the Smudge Tool (R) for this operation. We need also to choose for this layer the next demonstrated Blending Mode.

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

We need to get the next result:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

On a new layer we’ll insert with the brush a blue silhouette, using the next indicated color’s code:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Set the next indicated parameter:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

We’ll get the next result on this stage:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3Select now the Pen Tool (P) to draw a line along the car’s body, as you may see below:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Choose again the Smudge Tool (R) to blur out the line to give the effect of the smoke as it is represented below:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Find on this layer the Blending Options>Outer Glow by making a mouse click on the layer we work with on the layers’ panel, setting the next indicated parameters:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Pass on the next parameters:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

We need to get a stream of flame:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

On the next three new layers we need to paint the next demonstrated lines:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Blur them out as to get some real flame’s tongues:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Follow the next Blending Options parameters:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

These parameters must be applied for the two layers demonstrated next picture:

Speed and flame Peugeot 908 RC wallpaper in Photoshop CS3

Finished!

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