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Top Gear
Aug 13th
A recent episode (Series 15, episode 4) had me laughing almost non-stop throughout…
From the hairstyle testing in the Porsche and Audi convertibles, to the vuvuzela testing, and the custom RV’s the guys made up and take on a road trip… definitely a “must see” episode! :^)
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Creating ACU-like digital camo in Photoshop
Jul 19th
Plan on redoing the camo paint on my M101 trailer, and seeing as my Jeep is silver, I thought an urban camouflage would look good. Who knows, if it turns out well enough, I may even repaint the Jeep! ;^)
Digital Camo in Photoshop
- Create a new file in Photoshop. Make it a fair size.
- Set background and foreground color swatches to black and white
- Filter > Render > Clouds. Press CTRL-F until you get a nice balance of dark and light
- Filter > Other > High pass – set radius to 250
- Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter – set spray radius of 16 and a smoothness of 7 (or whatever looks good to you!)
- Image > Adjustments > Threshold. Adjust the slider to whatever looks good.
- Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic Effect. Set the square size to whatever works best for you.
- Image > Adjusments > Threshold one more time.
- Delete the white (or black, if you prefer)
- I like to rotate the layer approx 45 degrees.
- Duplicate layer. Using Image > Adjustments > Selective Color, to whatever color you like.
- Duplicate the original layer, and do the same thing. Rotate the layers, as well as flip vertical & horizontal to achieve the effect you like. When rotating, use the 90 degree or 180 degree options only for the best effect. Re-arrange the layer orders as well.
Here’s one example of what I came up with using this technique:
Urban camo created in Photoshop CS4
Play with the settings, and layers.
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time for a little update I think!
Feb 16th
Been slacking lately with the posts here on ality.org – and figured I’d update things a little, just for fun.
The top header is a little sampling of what I have in mind for my M101 – hopefully this spring! :^)
Who knows, if it turns out well enough, maybe I’ll deviate from the brushed aluminum effect on the Rubi and paint it too!…lol
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Fasteners on the JK
Dec 3rd
If you ever need to replace a bolt or fastener on your Jeep, one of the last places you’ll want to resort to is getting the replacements from the dealership. From the dealership, you can expect to pay a ridiculous price for a 2 bit part.
Here are some reasonable replacement fasteners, at reasonable prices:
06508480AA Grill fasteners
$6.05 pkg/25
06101956 – rear fender rivet pins
$6.05 pkg/25
06506007AA – rear fender clips
$8.92 pkg/15
(These clips can cost as much as $10.00/clip from the dealership!)
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