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Program(s)+version: Photoshop CS4
Involves: Auto Contrast, Curves, Smudge tool, brush work, texture use, Vibrance
Translatable: Not entirely, because it involves Variations. But you can work around them with Hue/Saturation.
Steps: 7
Difficulty: Easy, trust me

With Photoshop CS4, we'll be re-creating this icon:


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Program(s)+version: Photoshop 7.0 (but it should translate over to all other versions of Photoshop, and is probably, at least in part, applicable to other programs)
Involves: How to create backgrounds (using the original screencap, textures, clouds, etc), using textures on icons, layer masks, the smudge tool, the Blur filters, general tips, and a ( Read more... )

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Program(s)+version: Photoshop CS2
Involves: Curves, Levels, Selective Color
Translatable: yes
Steps: 7
Difficulty: easy

How to:
- brighten and enhance dull caps, using Curves and Levels
- repair cut off images
- create negative space

Made in Photoshop CS2. Translatable, there's one Selective Color layer, but the result can be recreated.


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Program(s)+version: Photoshop 7+
Involves: Layer Mask, Quick Layer Mask, Blending
Translatable: GIMP (so I hear)
Steps: 4
Difficulty: Easy

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Program(s)+version: Photoshop of any version
Involves: work with layers properties, Adjustment Layers
Translatable: guess yes
Steps: 9
Difficulty: easy


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Program(s)+version: Photoshop CS2
Involves: curves, color balance, levels
Translatable: yes
Steps: 13
Difficulty: medium

From [1] and [2] to

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