WHY DO WE HAVE TO CLIP THE LAYERS?
In some images you may notice that the edge of
the composited image has a dark outline. This
can happen if the 3D element has been rendered
on a black background. However, in this case I
rendered it on the same background that I
composited on. You can also use another method
called light wrap. The core of the light wrap is to
take the background and put it over the edge of
the composited element. There are a lot of
tutorials online to help you – just search for ‘light
wrap compositing’.15
ADD LIGHT BEAMS IN FRONT
OF THE CAR
Because you are working in 32 bit, you can define the
colour intensity from the colour picker, which will
make a nice glow effect. Select the Brush tool from
the toolbar with a normal soft circular brush. Go to
foreground colour and choose any colour you think
will fit with the scene. The important thing is toincrease the Intensity value up to 8. My values were
R 43, G 96, and B 191. Create a new layer by going to
Layer>New>Layer, then create three dots of different
sizes in the middle of the document. Go to Filter>
Blur>Motion Blur and choose an Angle that matches
the perspective of the image. Then press Cmd/Ctrl+T
to transform it in front of your car and change the
blending mode to Add.MATCH UP THE ELEMENTS
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Select the car layers from the Layers panel
except the Ground Shadow and Occlusion, then Ctrl/
right-click and select Convert to Smart Object. This
will make them non-destructive, but you still can edit
them by double-clicking on the layer. It will open in
another document. Here you can edit and save and it
will automatically update in your main file. All the
filters can be applied onto the Smart Object without
affecting any layers.13
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By converting the car layers to Smart
Objects, you can now apply any of your filters to it, so
go to Filter>Camera Raw. The purpose here is to
make the car glow even further and match the
stylised look you are seeking. To replicate this, use
these values: Temperature 4600, Tint 10, Exposure
+0.25, contrast 0, Highlights -30, Shadows -10,
Whites +39, Blacks +95, Clarity +59, Vibrance -17,
Saturation 0.14
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Go to the Layers panel and select the background,
then go to Filter>Camera Raw. The objective here is
to create the stylised silvery look you are after, so
reduce the saturation quite a bit. My values were:
Temperature 600, Tint 10, Exposure +0.25, Contrast
0, Highlights -30, Shadows -10, Whites +39, Blacks
+95, Clarity +59, Vibrance -17, and Saturation 0. Then
go to Filter>Blur>Radial Blur and try to find the
vanishing point of the scene. Use an Amount of 15,
with Method set to Zoom and Quality to Best.PHOTOMANIPULATION