Step One:

We insert the Cloud Shot in Live Picture as the background image. We enlarge and distort it to get the best cloud formations out of the original image. We create a black frame using a monocolor layer so we can see clear separation from the software tools to the image

Step Three:

 We insert the car with a alpha channel created in photoshop that drops the black background out. We then go in tight with the paint brush and slowly create some transparency in the car windows, so the clouds will show through in the appropriate areas.

Step Five:

Create Cloud Reflections On Car... We insert the cloud image as a distortion layer. We erased the entire image. Using the paint tool, we gradually inserted the clouds in key areas of the car. Then we switched to free hand to distortion to move the contour of the car. We also painted clouds by the wheels and over the road. Using the freehand distortion and the push tools, we created the appearance of cloud movement under the car grill & by the wheels.

Step Seven:

Step Two:

Using a monocolor paint layer, we draw a road in by using the path tools and converting it to hard edge stencil. We create a vanishing point on the back end of the road to create an illusion of depth.

Step Four:

 We create the Illusion of Speed by duplicating the car layer three times, erasing portions of the image while increasing the transparency of the image by selectively using LP's paintbrush. Then we reduce each image by 10% from the original size. We insert a blur layer to blend the three layers together.

Step Six:

 Add More Speed...pressing on the electronic version of the accelerator pedal requires a little more than a heavy foot. Increasing the illusion of speed requires adding streams of the image to the read. This was done by an additional blur layer, and a lot of close in work. We painted straight blur lines back by constraining the paint tool. Then we added and deleted the effect when necessary.

Magic! The final Image with a few Variations