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Amateur wheel photochop services

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by dal3_gribble, Sep 11, 2020.

  1. Sep 11, 2020 at 9:56 PM
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    dal3_gribble

    dal3_gribble [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I've used a free version of photoshop called GIMP (Graphic Interchange Manipulation Program) for a few years. I've found it to be very helpful when I want to make changes to my truck. I've used it to photoshop lifting, leveling, and more importantly wheel changes. It's not perfect and it's not meant to be. It's to give me a visual before I decide to go a direction or not. I'm also a wheel whore, so it isn't uncommon for me to go through a number of sets of wheels before I settle down; I need the perfect offset, color, depth, diameter, width, lip, style, etc. It's hard to know what I'll like day in and day out until I see it. It's kind of like a dog spinning around in a spot until it lays down. Once I find my ideal combination, I stick with it. On my last car, I probably went through 10 wheel sets over 6 years.

    I am offering limited photochop services for free of course to chop rims on peoples' trucks here. What limited means is, if it's SEMA wheels, we know exactly what that will look like on every truck. We know what SCS wheels look like on pretty much everything. My services are for the folks that want to see what UNIQUE wheels or color combinations look like. Maybe you want red wheels on cement, or polished wheels on desert tan, or something different that you cannot find on google image search or here. Maybe you want to paint your stock wheels orange. Got a fun idea? Let's try it. We can do silly stuff too.

    It's not meant to look real; it's 75% of the way there to give you a general idea of what you're thinking about. I don't want to chop lifts or tires. I encourage you to download and play with GIMP, there are a lot of tutorials and vids online so you can chop your owns stuff.

    From you, Post a few good high-res picture of your truck (1920x1080) at a few angles here and I need to be able to find decent resolution pictures of the wheels you want online. Typically an angle like below works pretty well.

    Here's some chops I've done on my Taco to give you an idea.

    Photochop of stock TRD OR wheels painted gloss black (I ended up painting them black)

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    Photochopped painting the center of these wheels (original color at top, I ended up painting them the silver color below)

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    Chopped the KMC Impacts on here (real wheels in bottom image)

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    Most recently I chopped on KMC Addict 2s in silver and black

    chop1.jpg
    chop1_black.jpg
     

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