TUTORIAL 4: "Dark" icons

[byjove]

Requirements: Photoshop
Info: How to make "dark" icons like the ones that's been floating around.

There's been some tutorials on how to make "dark" icons like this Veronica Mars one from brokenrecord__:

Comments

[avilina]

Very helpful, I shall credot you for the lovely tutorial

[byjove]

Thanks. :)

[mandy0x]

This is such a great tutorial and seems like one I could actually understand (for once), but I have PSP. Is there someone who can translate this?

[byjove]

It's actually the same in PSP. All the effects I used are the same as in PSP (such as setting the layer on multiply, setting it on "screen" etc.)

[mandy0x]

For some reason when I followed all the directions, the image looked the same. What am I doing wrong?

[byjove]

Sorry, I posted the wrong image with the other comment. Here is what I have in PSP:

[mandy0x]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.

[mandy0x]

One other thing: What does desaturating do and how do you do it in PSP?

[byjove]

Desaturation is basically taking the colors out of a picture. You can do that by lowering the saturation of the picture to -100 (or whatever the limit is). I'm more familiar with photoshop, so I can't recall off of the top of my head how to adjust the saturation (I'm sure you could find it, though). An easy way to cheat is to set a new black layer to either "color (legacy)" or "saturation (legacy)".

[mandy0x]

Ohhh, ok. So you're making it black and white? I know how to do that.

[byjove]

Yep, you're just making it black and white.