Classic Porsche Colours in Photoshop

I’m still overloaded with work so not got a lot of time to blog at the minute. There is a light out there at the end of the tunnel however, so I should be back up to speed soon.

Following a day spent at the Office of Fair Trading, I attended my usual Monday night Basic Digital Photography meet at Warwick College last night; am now half way through the course. Most of the evening was spent playing with layers in Photoshop.

Here’s an interesting effect that’s really easy to create – we call it ‘colour pop’. Start with a pic, then copy the same pic over the top of it: duplicate the 1st layer (your pic) by dragging it to the icon next to the trash in the layers palette.

Convert your base layer to black and white and then use the eraser tool to take out your colour pop subject, thus exposing the full colour version underneath. It’s quick ‘n’ dirty, not professional, but can make some stuff look good. I like the colours in these pics – like a tint effect. I chose the light blue and orange to mimic the Gulf cars and purple with green to evoke the acid-tripping Kremer 917 (my favourite Porsche scheme to date).

Week off college now for half term and then back into it. Homework is some compositional analysis of our own work and practise panning shots.

Anyone who is thinking of one of these courses should just get in and do it. Pick a college with the right equipment though. Ours has lots of Macs, tripods, projectors, card readers etc, which I think makes it. Don’t just sign up for night classes in some secondary school – pick a place that is approved by City and Guilds. Then you know they should have all the gear.