There are many ways to render an automobile. Harald will take you through the steps to render an automobile with Adobe Photoshop through the use of paths, layering colors, surfacing and highlights. You will see his strategy for layer building, shading the form in color, rendering wheels, and background design. The end result of this demonstration is a quick but powerful color rendering executed with a digital medium.

The software used in this DVD is Adobe Photoshop.

Topics Covered
Modifying Scanned Art
Layer Building Strategy
Shading the Form in Color
Sketching and Rendering Wheels
Designing Backgrounds
Highlights and Reflections

Chapters
01: Introduction
02: Preparing Line Art
03: Layers and Paths
04: 2D Modeling
05: Wheels
06: Backgrounds
07: Highlights and Reflections
08: Finished Rendering
09: Credits

Instructor Bio
Harald graduated with honors from the Transportation Design program at Art Center College of Design in 1990. After graduating he went to work for Porsche in Stuttgart, Germany and then moved on to the Advanced Design Studio for Mercedes-Benz in Orange County, California. After his automotive design experience he moved into doing design work for the entertainment industry. He has designed vehicles and props for numerous motion pictures, including Batman & Robin, Armageddon, Deep Blue Sea, Inspector Gadget, Battlefield Earth, Spider-Man, Minority Report, XXX, The Cat in the Hat, and Superman.

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