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Make a car out of matrix coding

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Jul 15th 2004#155655 Report
Member since: Jul 14th 2004
Posts: 178
Here is my first tutorial I have ever made, it is on how to make a car out of matrix codeing.



1. Get a picture of a car (or something else), and a picture of some matrix code.

2. cut out the car using the magnetic lasso and paste it on as a new layer on the picture of the matrix code.

3. Go to image, adjustments, Hue/Saturation., and adjust it so it looks like the color of you code.

4.Copy a large square chunck of code and place it on a new layer.

5. The go to Edit, Define Pattern, and call it matrix.

6.now go to your car layer and click a part of the picture other than the car and ckick on it with the magic wand tool. Then right click on that same spot and click on select inverse, then copy it.

7. Now drag this layer over the layer of the matrix code and erase around it until it fits in nicely with the rest of the code. (don't erase too much.) Then press control+E to merge the two layers into one.

8. Duplicate the green car layer twice, and set all three car layers mode to vivid light.

9.Then mess with the Hue/Saturation menu until you car blends in nicely.

(Optional part which I did on the picture posted here)

10. Press the print screen button and copy and the paste image you get into a new image. Then use the magic wand tool on the car from your original image and copy and paste it on top of the new matrix car on a new layer.

11. Then while the lines are on the car you pasted, go to the car that is already there and copy and paste it onto a new layer. Then delete the first car you pasted in.

12. Mess with the Hue/Saturation on the car layer until it blends in with the matrix coding even better.

There, I made my first tutorial. Post or PM me If you have any questions to ask me. Here is what the final result should look like.

http://img7.exs.cx/img7/5029/carmatrix1.jpg
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Jul 15th 2004#155669 Report
Member since: Feb 17th 2003
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wouldn't it be easier to just use a displacement map? The result would be kinda the same... and much faster I think
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Jul 15th 2004#155673 Report
Member since: Jul 14th 2004
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No, you can try it, it doesn't work, it comes out all wierd. It would be nice if things were that simple.
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Jul 15th 2004#155674 Report
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EDIT: Err... How do I delete this second post I made on accident. I could only find the edit button.
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Jul 15th 2004#155685 Report
Member since: Feb 17th 2003
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there you go

granted - it may be subtler than yours but it took a lot less to make it and it can be improved....
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Jul 16th 2004#155775 Report
Member since: Jul 14th 2004
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Thats pretty cool, but not the effect I was going for. I made the car out of the text, while you made a blur of the car over the text. Just so I know, since I like what you did too, what settings did you use?
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Jul 16th 2004#155780 Report
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I used a displacement map - a greyscale version of the car and I added the whole thing on top of the original code pic. Then I erased parts of the distrorted version with a soft brush.
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Jul 19th 2004#155906 Report
Member since: Feb 18th 2004
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I like your effect mihai. To be honest, I don't really like that effect, Atomic. It's not really even recognizable as a car. The car is just there. It doesn't blend in with the background, or even appear like the text is coming from the background and wrapping around the car. Mihai's way of doing it improves on the text coming from the background onto the car, but not perfectly. Plus, Atomic, the text on the top of the 'car' is thick and doesn't seem to be letters. But I guess I don't have much say in it, I haven't done it better. Maybe I should, and I might.
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Jul 19th 2004#155961 Report
Member since: Jul 14th 2004
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Like I said, I think Mihai's is awesome, but it wasn't what I was going for. However, I could have done better if I got a better car picture and and a better (Higher res) version of the matrix code. I would use Mihai's technique for making an object, or vehicle that has a cloaking device, that would be cool.
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Jul 20th 2004#156000 Report
Member since: Feb 18th 2004
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Umm...they have a matrix tutorial. I was about to say that matrix image you had sucked, but I refrained until now. It would be great if make a background with that tutorial, find a higher resolution car, and show us the tutorial again.
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