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Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:46 am   Reply with quote         


Ok, here is my question.

What is the easiest way to change digitally out shingles on a roof?

I have a picture of my house and removed the shingles (selected it and deleted it). Now I have a picture of different shingles. Some of the shingle pictures are to big, so I have to scale it down to match the size of the current shingles. Then I used perspective to try to get my angle which of course is not correct. Now what I would like to do is select the empty area and do a tile on the other picture so it fills it up correctly.

The problem that I have is that the seams really stand out. The picture I was working on last night I had a seam on all sides. The second problem is, how long it took me to try to align everything and I was looking for a fill feature maybe?

Any ideas? Thank you for your help.

Per request here is what I am talking about. Here is a picture of the house. Now a picture of a shingle. What I want is to replace the current shingles with the other one. This means of course angle and I would have to scale it down and then fill it in. Now the real trick is I have about 10 different shingle pictures that I would love to see the house with.

UPDATE: Paul below just raised a good question. This does not need to look perfect, but of course I hated how I did it by copy & paste.





RadicalROM




ReinMan

Location: Kingston, ONTARIO, CAN

Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:01 am   Reply with quote         


can you post some examples of the images you are speaking of?

This is hard to figure out all in our heads. (well, MY head anyways!)




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Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:47 am   Reply with quote         


ReinMan wrote:
can you post some examples of the images you are speaking of?

This is hard to figure out all in our heads. (well, MY head anyways!)


No problem. I will post them when I get home. Thank you for your help.




Paul Von Stetina

Location: Deep Shit

Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:37 pm   Reply with quote         


LOL, I'd like to see the pictures too, (of your roof) Rad, are you doing this to see what the house will look like, and/or is it critical that it looks perfect?




Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:27 pm   Reply with quote         


Paul Von Stetina wrote:


Get off the roof to fix the shingles Wink

LOL, I'd like to see the pictures too, (of your roof) Rad, are you doing this to see what the house will look like, and/or is it critical that it looks perfect?


Yep, that is exactly what I want to do. I would love to see "What If" for the shingles on the house. FYI, I have other house pictures, but this is the picture I found quickly. Thank you all for your help.




Paul Von Stetina

Location: Deep Shit

Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:36 pm   Reply with quote         


I've never seen a pattern like this, is this right?






RadicalROM[/quote]




TofuTheGreat

Location: Back where I belong.

Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:42 pm   Reply with quote         


I'll try if you make my yard look as neat and tidy as yours does! My yard sucks! Laughing




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jeff_in_dallas

Location: Grapevine, TX

Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:21 pm   Reply with quote         


Radicalrom,

Here's a quick and dirty 'what if'.



First I scaled the new tile down so it was as small as the grey.

Than, I took a slice of the new roofing and made it a pattern fill.

I made a big rectangle and filled it with the new tile pattern and skewed and distorted the rectangle until the slope of the roof looked right.

Then I made a sandwhich of house/roof/house and punched out the holes in the spaces in the tree where the old tile was so the brown would poke through.

I only took about 10 mins, so it really is just quick and dirty...

PM me with your email address if you want the .PSD file.

~Jeff




splodge

Location: Yorkshire,

Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:43 pm   Reply with quote         


raterize it, you can't scale, distort or do most other things untill you rasterize it, if someone already said that,,,, cant be bothered to read through




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Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:13 pm   Reply with quote         


Paul Von Stetina wrote:
I've never seen a pattern like this, is this right?






RadicalROM
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We are looking at A LOT of shingles right now. My wife and I are just confused as ever. That is when I had the idea, why not do it in photoshop.




Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:14 pm   Reply with quote         


TofuTheGreat wrote:
I'll try if you make my yard look as neat and tidy as yours does! My yard sucks! Laughing


It looks OK, but having a little grub problem this year.




Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:16 pm   Reply with quote         


jeff_in_dallas wrote:
Radicalrom,

Here's a quick and dirty 'what if'.



First I scaled the new tile down so it was as small as the grey.

Than, I took a slice of the new roofing and made it a pattern fill.

I made a big rectangle and filled it with the new tile pattern and skewed and distorted the rectangle until the slope of the roof looked right.

Then I made a sandwhich of house/roof/house and punched out the holes in the spaces in the tree where the old tile was so the brown would poke through.

I only took about 10 mins, so it really is just quick and dirty...

PM me with your email address if you want the .PSD file.

~Jeff


I like quick and dirty. It is just for my wife and I to get a visual on "what if".

I just want to say THANK YOU to all that responded. You are honestly great people!

RadicalROM




jeff_in_dallas

Location: Grapevine, TX

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jeff_in_dallas

Location: Grapevine, TX

Post Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:18 pm   Reply with quote         


You are very welcome.

I hope it helped. Smile

radicalrom wrote:
jeff_in_dallas wrote:
Radicalrom,

Here's a quick and dirty 'what if'.



First I scaled the new tile down so it was as small as the grey.

Than, I took a slice of the new roofing and made it a pattern fill.

I made a big rectangle and filled it with the new tile pattern and skewed and distorted the rectangle until the slope of the roof looked right.

Then I made a sandwhich of house/roof/house and punched out the holes in the spaces in the tree where the old tile was so the brown would poke through.

I only took about 10 mins, so it really is just quick and dirty...

PM me with your email address if you want the .PSD file.

~Jeff


I like quick and dirty. It is just for my wife and I to get a visual on "what if".

I just want to say THANK YOU to all that responded. You are honestly great people!

RadicalROM




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