photo editing help

[andwill1964]

hi all
friend of mine who owns an auto body shop,wants a pic of a vehicle being transformed from damaged to mint condition...I think Maaco has an ad on tv that does that. More like a gif I suppose. It shows a crumpled hood being pushed back to its original condition. I don't have a clue where to start...anyone?

 

[plonk]

You would need to have a series of images showing various stages from bent to fixed, then get them into a sequence of images for GIF (probably poor quality to do so), or Flash. In Flash you'd be able to transition them more smoothly, with a smaller finished file, but the end result will not be a smooth "uncrumple" unless you're really skilled.

Not going to be a simple job. Best results would be starting with the good car and snapping pics as it's damaged then reversing, to be honest, unless you want to show all the body work like filler and sanding and so on.