Who wants to buy my Audi A8??

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:40 pm

Im open to offers

dino · Post by **dino** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:47 pm

Bet thats a b***h to keep clean - i like it!

AshLeMacq · Post by **AshLeMacq** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:05 am

It costs Â£350 to get a guitar done in that mirror finish, christ knows how much that one cost!

bass mekanik · Post by **bass mekanik** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:11 am

looks like a photoshop to me

MadManMike · Post by **MadManMike** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:14 am

That would take ages in Photoshop mate... looks real to me!

There was a convertable Beemer at a car show with chrome coating on, that looked nuts, but you couldn't really look at it because the reflections of lights blinded you

AshLeMacq · Post by **AshLeMacq** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:21 am

photoshop

It's good but it's not that good haha!

Look at the reflection in the car, if anyone did that with photoshop they should be working for pixar!

Jillwilson · Post by **Jillwilson** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:26 am

Imagine the finger prints on that.
x

bass mekanik · Post by **bass mekanik** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:43 am

I know about the beemer. was an E46 M3 built in the states.

the first company to create a car with this finish was jaguar for an advertising promotion regarding the XJ series saloons.

Mercedes followed suit with a bunch of C-Class models

bmw have never done one themselves but the M3 done in the states was an aftermarket.

There have however been LOADS of photoshops done and they actually dont take that long to do long as you have a picture of a clean black metalic car on a sunny day with the angle of the sun giving a reflection of surroundings againt the body of the car. doesnt take long normally either- about 20-30 mins per picture.

what gives it away in the audi is the reflection under the driver side wing mirror- its just wrong and incohesive with the rest of the lines of lighting and reflection.

examples: (all photoshops)

AshLeMacq · Post by **AshLeMacq** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:57 am

But how do the reflections show up so clearly and in the right colour if the base colour is being changed?

I've seen some amazing things with PS but I'd love to know how that works.

bass mekanik · Post by **bass mekanik** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:08 am

AshLeMacq wrote:But how do the reflections show up so clearly and in the right colour if the base colour is being changed?

I've seen some amazing things with PS but I'd love to know how that works.

im not sure to be honest as im not a photoshop guru myself! I cant use it- but i do have an eye for detail an know a chop when i see one!

this one however is REAL- was the first car ever to be made in full chrome:

one of the mercedes answers to the above (they made about four different ones: coupe,saloon,estate and convertible versions)- also real:

and the bmw made by some guy with WAY too much money in states:

can you tell the difference between the reals and the fakes?

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:20 am

Awesome (the real ones that is). I downloaded high-res images of the Mercedes calendar in question a while back, I think it was the 2004 calender IIRC. I can provide links if anyone is interested

Possibly the best one (IMHO) is this image (resized for the forum!):

dino · Post by **dino** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:40 pm

Trust me its not a 'shop - The wonders of google!

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/custom-car ... 107713.php

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:17 pm

bass mekanik wrote:

lol thats daves clio!

he wrote it off and bought a bora

which i think he just sold for a focus and has just become a father.

AshLeMacq · Post by **AshLeMacq** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:20 pm

What colour was it before the photoshop?

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:31 pm

Having done one before myself, my guess would be black, no other colour seems to work.