| Author | Message | ||
     Thepup |
I am thinking about painting my frame and swingarm black,and I can't seem to photo shop it,wondering if you could help me out,it's a 03 yellow XB9S.Thanks either way | ||
| Glitch |
Yeah, hold on I'll be right back | ||
| Glitch |
Here's one.  Hold on. I'll have another in just a minute. | ||
| Glitch |
If I play my cards right this next one ought to be nice.  Hold on. | ||
| Thepup |
Glitch my rear subframe an tail is black and half the seat is yellow if you could include that into it.Also the gray part of the chin spoiler (Message edited by thepup on February 24, 2005) | ||
| Glitch |
OK, last one.  Good thinkin', this is really a nice look. You've got to send me pictures when you get it done, if you decide to. I don't see how you wouldn't, sure looks good to me. | ||
| Thepup |
Would you go with flat black or gloss black on the frame and swingarm?Nice work,thanks alot. | ||
| Glitch |
Do you have a picture of your bike? If you do I'll just do that one. I'll have to do it tomorrow though, I need to put up my bike...the long way  | ||
| Glitch |
There's an in between flat and gloss, it's called satin, that would look best. IMHO of course. No problem, it's been a while since I just did one one the spur of the moment. | ||
| Thepup |
I never thought about satin,that would be the way to go.I will post a pic of my bike and maybe you could do that one,again many thanks. | ||
| Thepup |
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| Brad_buell |
Hey Lonnie- Very interested in how you painted the rear frame of your bike! It looks great! Also interested in the yellow section of your seat! Any info would be great. -Brad | ||
| Thepup |
Brad,on the rear frame I just used a can of gloss black,the trick is prep.I wet sanded it with 400 and painted it.As for the seat I just used a piece of yellow vinyl from a fabric store. | ||
| Matty7092 |
Hey Lonnie, Your bike looks great, interested in what paint you used to paint your belt guard. It looks like it matches really well. Matt | ||
| Metalstorm |
I can't believe I'm saying this cause I've never been very fond of yellow but that is a very pretty bike. You should definitely paint the frame & swingarm black. That would look wayyyy cool! I am most definitely seeing yellow in a new & better light. Again, nice bike  | ||
| Glitch |
 You'll have to name it the Screemin' Meanie!  | ||
| Thepup |
Matt,I used Krylon,I think it was called Sunburst,Rustoleum has one that looks like it will match really well too. | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
Call that one yellowjacket! I like it... | ||
| Ingemar |
Black wheels! Black forks and tripples! That looks stellar! | ||
| New12r |
Thepup, Nice looking bike. You called on the right guy for the photoshop work as well. Glitch, You are a master at photoshop!! Looking forward to our downtown assault this afternoon. | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Man....One day I hope to get a thread posted with just my name. All hail the mighty GLITCH. Photoshop Master | ||
| Odie |
There he goes.....showing off AGAIN!!!!! | ||
| Glitch |
showing off AGAIN We all gotta be good at something  | ||
| U4euh |
If you don't paint it after Glitch's work, your crazy. That would definatly stand out i a crowd of XB's. SWWEEEEET!! | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
wow that looks sharp pup u should definatly do it like that. | ||
| Lpowel02 |
yeah, I agree...you should paint it. Glitch's pics make it look great Glitch...what do you do for a living? does it allow you to flex your Photoshop muscles? | ||
| Pa_xb9sx |
Glitch - Would you be willing to share the technique in PS that you use to change the color of parts, but maintain the highlights? I love working with PS, and I'd like to learn how you do that. You don't need to give away all of your trick, just the general command (such as Image > Adjust > Replace Color) would be nice. Thanks. | ||
| Trolldaddi |
Great looking bike!!! | ||
| Dago |
Pa, for what you're trying to do, the trick is not necessarily knowing which command to execute on your selection. It's in your ability to grab your selection to begin with. If you don't have the pen tool mastered, you'll have a hard time getting good results often. The magic wand tool will only get you so far. Once you have your selection, try playing with Color Balance, Hue/Saturation, et all under Image > Adjust. | ||
| Buelltroll |
FRIGGIN AWESOME TIP MAN!! that pretty much explains it n it works good |
