OK guys, I'm gettin started with photoshop. Beside the Help, how do you guys learn the tricks, any websites? I've learned a lot so far, I've done some pretty neat things in the past few hours of having it, but I want more. The one thing I want to learn right now, that I cant quite figure out is how to change the color on a vehicle and keep body lines, shadows and glares. I've figure out the fill effect. But my buddy wants me to come up with a paint scheme for his drag car, its part primer, so i cant get one solid color, ill try any post a pic of the car up if you guys want to try and come up with something for us. It's getting stripped for paint next week.

In case you're wondering the reason for the primer, it sheared the left rear wheel stuts and hit the guard rail with both sides of the car.

 

Here is just a quick one of your car. I just used red because i figured it could give you a good idea.

 

hope this gives you an idea, i can throw some other colors on if you want me to

 

This is my first complete, note, i have about 1.5 hrs of experience on photoshop, ive toyed some since i made this one, but havent learned much, i guess it takes time.
The grey should be silver, the blue should be more indigo, the pink line should be purple, and the pink lettering should be a little darker, maybe a purple, outlined in pink, and I wanna get some purple flames on the hood scoop. But I've gotta lot of learning to do.

 

that looks nice. Im about like you with the photoshop thing, i made my sig a month ago
and now im trying to practice on your car lol

 

I dint realize you were keeping the graphics and stuff, ill play around with that