How to change the color of a car using Photoshop

This Photoshop tutorial will teach you how to the change the color of any car. This could also work with any moving vehicle such as a truck, boat or even a plane. This tutorial requires the quick mask tool.

Step 1

Open an image in Photoshop.

I downloaded a car pic from Mazda


Step 2

Using the quick mask tool carefully paint over the areas you don’t wish to change the colour to. If you don’t know how to use the quick mask tool and follow the steps below:


With your photo open in Photoshop, click on the Quick Mask button at the bottom of your tool bar or press Q

Step a
Now make sure your paint color is set to black and paint on your image. You will see red strokes on your image. That is your quick mask.
Step b
Hit the Quick Mask button again and your red area is now surrounded broken lines!
Step c
If you want to edit your selection, hit the Quick Mask button again and paint or erase as needed. Toggle back and forth as much as you wish to get a quality selection.

Step 3 Once the quick mask is applied your image should look like below:



Exit the quick mask tool (Q) and your image should be selected like below:



Step 3

Select Layer > New adjustment layer > Color balance then click ok. And then adjust the color levels to your liking. You can also experiment with Hue/Saturation.

My daughter wants a pink car so here it is.



You should now have a car with a different color!

If you want to change the background, repeat the process. Use the Quick Mask tool to paint the background.


Then go to Select> Inverse





Your Image should now look like this.



Then go to Layer > New Fill Layer which gives you 3 options: Solid Color, Gradient or Pattern. I used pattern for mine with 22% opacity and the result is below.






Posted by Blogs by Kameda at April 19, 2009
Categories: Art and Graphics Tutorials
Tags: how to use the color balance in Photoshop how to use the quick mask in Photoshop how to change color of car using Photoshop
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