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Old 02-01-2011, 06:41 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Can anyone point me to instructions for doing this overlay on my own?
I use a super-old paint shop pro (PSP) program :

1 - I have a black/white version of the template.

2 - I go to tirerack to find good side views of cars by capturing the "View [wheel] on vehicle" picture. This won't work on a lot of pre 1990's cars.

3 - I re-size the template to match the height of the car image.

4 - I use the "Paste as transparent selection" option in PSP to overlay the template onto the car.

You need to have a paint program that does transparent pastes. That's the key. I also prefer the tirerack images because they are very clean, aka no background, and have no perspective distortion.

Hope that makes sense,

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