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#1:
soft, vibrant coloring

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1. choose a picture.
2. new Curves layer
    red: 124, 135
    green: 124, 131
    blue: 141, 155
        (this lightens your image and gets rid of some of the nasty cyan)
3. Levels
    rgb: 25, 1.44, 255
        (this softens the image)
4. Selective Coloring
    yellows: y: 100
    cyans: c: 100
    blues: c: 100, m: -100, y: -100, b: 100
    whites: c: 50
        (this fills the sky with a light blue and slightly intensifies the colors)
5. Hue/Saturation
    s: 42
    set layer to Soft Light

And tada! You're done! :D

tutorial #2:
a better alternative to the traditional method of prepping

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1. open up your image.
2. duplicate base and set it to soft light (fill: 44%)
3. new Color Balance layer
midtones: +10, 0, 0
4. Brightness/Contrast
    b: -8
    c: +11
5. new Color layer (#A5A5A5)
    set it to soft light
6. new Curves layer
    rgb: pt 1: 70, 71     pt 2: 131, 137     pt 3: 232, 234
    r: 182, 191
    g: 150, 159
    b: 131, 138
7. Color Balance
    s: 19, 9, 32     m: 66, 56, 81     h: 9, 15, -21

phew!

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