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16 February 2007 @ 10:38 am
First Tutorial  
OK, This is my first tutorial, so please bare with me!

Tutorial requested by [info]unadu1terated

We'll be going from   to 
Uses Selective Colour so is non translatable! Sorry.



1. Prepare your base and the like, I just cropped and merged.

2. Duplicate your base and set to screen. How many times you do this depends on your image and it is probably easier to judge at the end.
For this image I used 3 screen layers, with the top one desaturated. Again, this top layer may not be necessary for your image, so it may be best to leave it til the end.



3.  New curves layer (Layer > new adjustment layer > curves). Input: 90 Output: 55



4. New selective colour layer (Layer > New adjustment layer > selective colour)

Reds: -100, 0, 100, 0
Yellows: -100, 0, 100,0
Neutrals: 46, -9, -23, 0

5. Another new selective colour layer.

Reds: -100, 23, 100, 0



6. New curves layer just to brighten it up a tiny bit.

Input: 103
Output: 137

7. New fill layer. #fdd57e. Set at multiply, 70%, Again, the opacity needed will totally depend on the image!



8. Another Selective Colour Layer (Sorry!)

Reds: -100, 100, 100, 100
Neutrals: 26, 0, 0, 0



9. And another selective colour layer (last one!)

Reds: -100, 0, 100, 0
Neutrals: 100, -14, -36, 0



Et voila! If your image is too dark, go back and make more screen layers, and if it continues to be really red, desaturate a layer or two!

Hope that was easy enough to understand and is of some use to someone! I'd love to see your results, and feel free to friend if you like it, I'm currently friendless!


 
 
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[info]chaoticgraphics on February 16th, 2007 01:43 pm (UTC)
Great tut, thanks for sharing!
strutyourstyle[info]strutyourstyle on February 16th, 2007 05:26 pm (UTC)
great job ! thanks !
NV: [heroes] claire & zack // bike[info]neur0vanity on February 16th, 2007 05:46 pm (UTC)
Great work. Very helpful. :memories:
[info]taezzr on February 16th, 2007 07:37 pm (UTC)
Thank you thank you thank you. *mems*
mewful: Sawyer[info]mewful on February 18th, 2007 01:16 pm (UTC)
Great tutorial, I love the result!
mems
starry_night_53[info]starry_night_53 on March 12th, 2007 06:45 pm (UTC)
Adored this! Thanks heaps!
alicia.: Jorja Fox[info]blindingxlights on March 21st, 2007 09:18 pm (UTC)
Great tutorial =) Had a fiddle around and made this, which I actually like *roll eyes*



Will def use this to make more icons =)
katie.[info]_untilforever on March 21st, 2007 09:44 pm (UTC)
i love that!! Seriously hot! *steals* *rolleyes* :P
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