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[3] Tutorials, two of them requested over here at icon_talk

→ Spooks tutorial for katiealice49 

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in 10 steps

I used this screencap
Copped it and extended the background all the way to the top like this:


Resize it to 100x100 and you have your base


step 1
vibrance 1
vibrance +100
saturation 0

step 2
lighten image
copy base set to screen

step 3
lighten image
copy base set to screen
lower the opacity to 72%

step 4
vibrance 2
vibrance +20
saturation +60

step 5
selective colour
yellows -16, +14, 0, 0
neutrals 0, 0, +14, +9

step 6
gradient
add this gradient, set to soft light



step 7
texture
add this texture,set to soft light

by ???

step 8
vibrance 3
vibrance +70
saturation +0

step 9
lighten edges
add new layer, set to soft light
use the brush tool (use a very light and soft colour)
and color the edges like this:


(you can use this as a 'texture' as well)

step 10
vibrance 4
vibrance +65
saturation +0

result:


all steps in ps:


→ Camelot tutorial for camila12j 

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in seven simple steps

we start with this screencap and crop it, extend the background and end up with this base:


step 1
lighten the base
copy base set to screen
set opacity to 28%

step 2
levels


step 3
curves
output 122
input 100

step 4
texture

texture by talipuu 
set texture to saturation

step 5
texture

texture by talipuu 
same texture set to darker color

step 6
texture

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texture by talipuu 
delete the lower green part and set to 'luminosity'
lower opacity to 57%

step 7
overlay and gaussian blur
copy the base
set to overlay and use the gaussian blur

result:




→ Christian Bale/Rachel McAdams tutorial for library_of_sex 

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I used this and this image and sort of blended them.
I pasted the Rachel picture over the Christian picture like this



then I started deleting the white parts around Rachel's face and head, it will end up something like this:



how it looks in ps

resize it and you'll end up with this base


step 1
color balance
midtones -10, 0, +30
highlights -5, 0, +10

step 2
colour fill
color #efdede
set to 'linear burn'

step 3
add new layer, set to soft light
use the brush tool (a dark colour)
and color the area around Christians face
otherwise that part would be too light
it has to look like this

step 4
colour fill
colour #a07f46
set to soft light
fill 59%

step 5
texture


add this texture, set to 'multiply'
lower opacity to 50%

step 6
gradient
add this gradient
set to soft light



step 7
vibrance
vibrance +50
saturation +28

step 8
add a hue/satuaration layer
set to 'lighten' and  lower opacity at 50%
hue 0
saturation +60
lightness +5

result


I know this doesn't quite look like the original Kim, but I hadn't had the .psd saved anymore, so I tried to recreate it.

new icon                       original



previous tutorials:

TUTORIAL I: Lucretia Borgia

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TUTORIAL II: Vesper and Bond

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