Change the Color of a Car in Photoshop (Fast & Easy)

Here is a quick and easy way to change the color of a car in Adobe Photoshop, I will also be showing you two cool effects that you can play around with to either create color transition from one side of the car or just color single parts of the car in Photoshop. Enjoy!
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[@john3Lee]

Am I a automotive photographer.... No,.... But this channel has become one of my favourite channels for really creative work.. The voice over is clear calm, and its so easy to follow the tutorials... .........Prediction... This channel will soon be massive.... Well done Moe Zainal and thanks, its much appreciated..

[@MoeZainal]

John! Thank you so much, you are a star! That's what keeps me going.

[@Chrisdgallego]

If you have black in foreground and white on background, Alt + Backspace to fill the selection of white, cmd+Backspace to fill the selection with black. I'm sorry my English ;)

[@MoeZainal]

+Christian Gallego thank you Christian :-)

[@eschrader]

Using this to change the color of my motorcycle. I have some powder coat and Cerakote colors I want to try out. Appreciate it! Much better than a flat paint bucket on my mockups.

[@MoeZainal]

I am glad you have found it useful, enjoy!

[@pavinek2026]

Finally a good page with photoshop tutorials

[@MoeZainal]

You are a hero, thank you for the kind words!

[@SianCKB]

does this work on black cars? xD

[@pixelpodium]

If you're searching the shortcut for make selection, then it's ctrl+enter on windows. To add some more area into that selection, just use ctrl+shift+enter. Let me know, if that's what you were searching for, and whether you wanna know some other shortcuts.

[@MoeZainal]

Thank you for the tips!

[@pixelpodium]

Moe Zainal thanks to you too sir, for such a helpful tutorial.

[@swatski87]

Called Fill and its done after you have made your selection then press Alt + backspace on PC. :)

[@MoeZainal]

+swatski87 thank you :-)

[@golightly209]

I have a f150 eco boost trying to see what it would look like if changed my rim color running boards and grill and lights

[@antiricergt]

Thanks bud this video was what I needed. I just downloaded Adobe Photoshop last night and no Absolutely, nothing about using it lol. I got it so I can change the colors of my Cars so I get a better look at what I want to do to them. I have a 86 TTOP Foxbody mustang that's primer black right now. I'm going to paint it this summer but not sure which color I want yet. I have a few different colors but would like to see what they look like on the car before I paint it. I also would like to change the Wheels of my Mustang and lower it. I haven't checked to see if you have a video on how to do this yet but I'm sure you do. I've watched a couple different videos and likes yours the most. Thanks for the help bud I appreciate it.

[@sandrampillay2652]

Thank you for this tutorial. Will be following you techniques carefully.

[@sandrampillay2652]

Excellent presentation. Thank you I have gained a lot.

[@MoeZainal]

Thank you!

[@UpperRobin29]

How would I change a grey car to red? it's not on the color slider.

[@demirozvideo7110]

thx for tutorial

[@RonnelCuison]

How do you do white and gray?

[@markus7440]

Hey Moe, can you please also make a tutorial how to change the color of a white car?

[@rmg8729]

YES PLEASE. I really struggle coloring white objects

[@MoeZainal]

+rocketworm Sure, will add that to the list :-)

[@jaxonnnn]

The best dude 🚀🚀

[@MoeZainal]

+jaxonnnn by far!? Thank you Jaxon ❤

[@BlisterMotors]

Looks great, but maybe the smaller side window still looks a bit yellowish. but I guess that could be solved easily!

[@MoeZainal]

+Blister Motors thank you, yes indeed you could mask it out or dial it down with a mask.

[@marwanzainal2040]

Creative as always 👌👌

[@MoeZainal]

+Marwan Zainal thank you 7abibi :-)

[@bautroitorontocanada3706]

Good

[@paulciamaricone2271]

What app are you using because I’ve went through 4 and they don’t do anything

[@rickdatrd]

You just saved my grade, thank you. :D

[@direct218]

how do i do it on white cars?

[@sebaslyon]

Hi Moe! Love your tutorials, really, you help me a lot in my work! Moe, where do you get the backgrounds? Or are just photos from places that you take? Thanks a lot!

[@MoeZainal]

Thank you Sebastian! This was shot on location, you can watch the tutorial on how I edited this shot on my channel (CPL Edit). For other compositions I use shutterstock for backgrounds.

[@ricovarietas4910]

Great 🔥

[@MoeZainal]

+rico varietas thank you Rico!

[@MegaWhitePony]

Awesome!

[@MoeZainal]

+MegaWhitePony thank you buddy :-)

[@junaidaljunaid6106]

The best

[@MoeZainal]

+Junaid Aljunaid thank you Junaid.

[@kokkraj_]

What if I want to use just my mobile phone for car photography, I know it's not ideal but... Any tips for that?

[@MoeZainal]

You can still squeeze a good image from a mobile phone, most smartphones now has a pro mode option to manually control the camera settings + RAW capability.

[@Palrakesh363]

Nice👌

[@MoeZainal]

+funki baat hai thank you!

[@maxmusic-2166]

Thanks Muhammed i Love u bro from Kurdistan

[@MoeZainal]

Luv you back ❤️

[@ahmedneamah7836]

اخوي بس عندي اقتراح في طريقة اقدر اتواصل وياك فيها؟ i have a suggestion how can i reach u?

[@MoeZainal]

+ahmed neamah حياك عالانسغرام @actionscripter

[@PersonPlaceThing1]

Do you have a technique for changing colour and value? At my work I'm tasked with changing the value of the car in unrealistic scenarios where cars can't be reshot. I've even had to go from white to black and vice versa while hitting every colour of the rainbow. It takes a very long time to get it to work, due to highlights and shadows not cooperating. I'm hoping you can respond to this comment for some clarity.

[@MoeZainal]

Hey Jordan, what do you mean by value? Can you please clarify?

[@PersonPlaceThing1]

Light value. The range from light to dark. This tutorial covers the colour spectrum very nicely, but in my work sometimes I'm forced to make a car go from bright yellow to a dark maroon colour for example (even white to black at times) . In doing this I need to create selections from highlights and shadows separately so I can fake dynamic range that didn't exist in the original photo. It's super tedious and not very time efficient. That and getting the correct amount of saturation can be finicky too. The reason I need to do this some times is because a one of a kind car may be in restoration and they want new paint schemes from older existing images of the car. I really enjoy your videos, and I was curious if you've ever encountered anything like this before

[@MoeZainal]

Thank you Jordan, I can only think of the following, select the color using the hue & saturation adjustment layer then use lightness to control the light value, then add a selective color adjustment layer and adjust it further from there using the black level. hope this helps.

[@PersonPlaceThing1]

Thanks Moe! I'll give it a shot when I have some time to do that. Hopefully this technique can simplify my work. Fingers crossed

[@MoeZainal]

You are welcome, good luck buddy :-)

[@CaptainCoventryClassic]

Took 18 seconds to get into the content, wow.

[@Dxmonic.Txndencies]

57 seconds*

[@4horseman_AutoWorks]

oh no 666th Like

[@CaptainCoventryClassic]

Take that back, 1 minute in I'm finally getting some value, thank you for the video, but take note of peoples SHORT attention spans...

[@MoeZainal]

Hey man, thank you for your feedback, Noted, I've been trying to balance it, not sure if I have improved over time.

[@CaptainCoventryClassic]

@@MoeZainal best thing to do is JUMP RIGHT INTO THE TOPIC for a few seconds, and then do a QUICK intro after. Not an expert, but its really annoying waiting when you're sitting in the viewers seat. Lot of the big channels even give a preview right at the beginning of whats to come later in the episode and always flash a glimpse of other previous videos (so they know what your channel is all about). All these little things make a big difference, especially for CTR's

[@MoeZainal]

Thanks buddy, will try it out.

[@jaydennn4306]

4590"

[@rydercole6212]

Who else doing this to flex on friends 🤣