11-06-2010, 01:12 PM
-What you will need:
-Tools You Will Be Using:
1. Start by opening your copy of Paint.NET - I trust you know how to do this. Your screen should look like the following:
![[Image: lower1.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/lower1.png)
2. Open the car that you want to change the wheels on. For this lesson, I will be using a Suzuki Kizashi. Save this picture by *right click* *save image as*. Or, you could just copy the picture and paste it on PDN.
![[Image: Suzuki-Kizashi.jpg]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/Suzuki-Kizashi.jpg)
Go to:
File
Open
Locate picture on your computer
Click open on the dialog box
![[Image: lower2.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/lower2.png)
![[Image: lower3.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/lower3.png)
You now have your picture open, which is sometimes referred a "donor car". Your screen should look like this.
![[Image: lower4.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/lower4.png)
3. Open up your internet browser and find a picture of a car at the same angle with the wheels you want to use. Try going to NetCarShow.com or RimTuck.com. I will use an Alpina BMW B7:
![[Image: wheel3.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/wheel3.png)
4. Go back to PDN, and open up a new project. This is at the very top left corner of the screen, under the "file" tab. It's a white rectangle with a green + in it. This will open up a new, blank canvas. Go back to your internet browser, and copy the picture of the donor wheel car (*right click* *copy image*). Go back to PDN, and paste it onto the blank canvas (CTRL + V).
![[Image: wheel1.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/wheel1.png)
![[Image: wheel2.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/wheel2.png)
5. Go to the Picture of the donor wheel car, and go to the toolbox. Go to the "ellipse select" tool, a blue circle. Then, select as close around one of the wheels as you can. If it's not perfect, go back to the toolbox, and click the move selection tool, a white arrow, and scale the selection until it fits perfect around the wheel. Then press CTRL + C to copy it.
![[Image: wheel4.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/wheel4.png)
6. Go to the other canvas, the donor car. Make a new layer, by going to the "LAYERS" box and clicking on the "new layer" button, a white square with a green + in it. Now, once you're on Layer 2, press CTRL + V, to paste the wheel. Move it until it's on top of the original wheel. Now, scale it down to the size that you want it. Do the same for the other wheel. Press *Enter* when you're finished.
![[Image: wheel5.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/wheel5.png)
When you're done, it'll look like a bit like this!
![[Image: WheelDONE.png]](http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/vwcorrado/WheelDONE.png)
- A donor car
- Donor wheels
- Paint.NET (FREE Download here: PDN DOWNLOAD)
-Tools You Will Be Using:
- Ellipse Select tool
- Move selected pixels tool
- Move selection tool
1. Start by opening your copy of Paint.NET - I trust you know how to do this. Your screen should look like the following:
2. Open the car that you want to change the wheels on. For this lesson, I will be using a Suzuki Kizashi. Save this picture by *right click* *save image as*. Or, you could just copy the picture and paste it on PDN.
Go to:
File
Open
Locate picture on your computer
Click open on the dialog box
You now have your picture open, which is sometimes referred a "donor car". Your screen should look like this.
3. Open up your internet browser and find a picture of a car at the same angle with the wheels you want to use. Try going to NetCarShow.com or RimTuck.com. I will use an Alpina BMW B7:
4. Go back to PDN, and open up a new project. This is at the very top left corner of the screen, under the "file" tab. It's a white rectangle with a green + in it. This will open up a new, blank canvas. Go back to your internet browser, and copy the picture of the donor wheel car (*right click* *copy image*). Go back to PDN, and paste it onto the blank canvas (CTRL + V).
5. Go to the Picture of the donor wheel car, and go to the toolbox. Go to the "ellipse select" tool, a blue circle. Then, select as close around one of the wheels as you can. If it's not perfect, go back to the toolbox, and click the move selection tool, a white arrow, and scale the selection until it fits perfect around the wheel. Then press CTRL + C to copy it.
6. Go to the other canvas, the donor car. Make a new layer, by going to the "LAYERS" box and clicking on the "new layer" button, a white square with a green + in it. Now, once you're on Layer 2, press CTRL + V, to paste the wheel. Move it until it's on top of the original wheel. Now, scale it down to the size that you want it. Do the same for the other wheel. Press *Enter* when you're finished.
When you're done, it'll look like a bit like this!