Figure 4-78. The final look with a little bit of the original reflections showing to make a realistic reflection
Learning a 3D Program?
One option a retoucher may want to consider is learning a 3D
program. On one of those occasions when you may be asked to create
something that really doesn't exist, it could come in handy. Take
for instance the car ad in Figure 4-79, which I did for a
fishing related magazine. I created the road entirely in a 3D
program called Lightwave (www.newtek.com). It is fairly easy to
learn as far as 3D programs go, and it works on both the Mac and PC
platforms. It would have been pretty difficult, if not impossible,
in Photoshop. The road was created as a wire frame imagethe
texture, in this case, was asphaltand then wrapped around the wire
frame shape. I added some shadowing and the road lines in
Photoshop. The truck was then brought in and modified with the
Liquify tool. Additional shadows were added beneath the truck as
well.
Figure 4-79. A 3D image created in Lightwave
