Photoshop Advice

[DJ85]

Thought id start a new thread rather than drag up the 4/5 year old one like last week.

looking for some tips on how to improve on photoshop when changing backgrounds.

just been learning myself the past week but when i change things around they just seem to look...………... emm stuck on.

any advice?

tried to put my old car on route 66, also it might maybe be to small?

 

[DeathStorm]

Two obvious problems spring to mind.

The lighting doesn't match, the scene is warm while the car is cool and has shadows in the wrong places for a bright open sky. Warm up the car at the very least.

The car looks like a toy because its size and perspective doesn't match the road you've placed it on. Increase the size and distort it to match. Also add a shadow underneath.

 

[DJ85]

thanks for your comment ill try touch it up a bit better when i have time see how i get on, i had a quick look last night i blurred over the car a bit which made it look a lot more like it should be there , then had a quick try of shadows but couldn't get the shadow to appear using the fx button but ill have a proper look tonight. also does the car have to be saved as its own layer without the original background first, was trying to figure out how to do that as i think maybe im just giving the whole original photo a shadow instead that is why its not showing on the car. ive figured out how to resize the car and keep the size proportional instead of guessing.