「Coloring tutorial」
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Made in: AdobePhotoshop CS5 Extended
# of steps: 9
Difficulty: Easy.
Translatable?: In other softwares beside PS, I'm not sure. But prolly not.
PSD?: No.
Creator: in_deep_desire
So... take your base. I picked this picture of Ruki
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Sharpen your base.
01. Duplicate your base. Set it to Screen 60%.
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* it brightens the icon.
02. New fill layer.
color: #c4f5ff mode: Color burn opacity: 100%
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* takes off the red-ish tone & gives it a more... normal one.
03.Selective color.
REDS: -59 | 0 | +57 | +41
YELLOWS: 0 | 0 | -50 |0
NEUTRALS: 0 | -28 | -19 | +7
Set it to opacity: 50%
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* it slightly reduces the red tone too.
04. New fill layer.
color: #ffd6d6 mode: Soft light opacity: 54%
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* it softly lightens up the picture.
05. Selective color.
REDS: +53 | 0 | +36 | +46
YELLOWS: +61 | +17 | -48 |0
GREENS: +100 | +100 | +100 | +1
NEUTRALS: 0 | +11 | +14 | +7
BLACKS: 0 | 0 | 0 | +100
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* "sets down" the colors & gives a soft vivid look to the picture.
06. Color balance.
MIDTONES: +1 | +13 | -1
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* applies some yellow tone to the picture.
07. Levels.
RGB: 0 | 1,08 | 255
RED: 0 | 0,86 | 255
GREEN: 0 | 0,87 |255
BLUE: 0 | 0,91 | 255
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* clears the colors out, slightly reduces the yellow to get a nice tone.
08. Channel mixer.
RED: +97 | -28 | +30 Constant: -1
GREEN: -15 | +97 | +16 Constant: -1
BLUE: -22 | +26 | +99 Constant: -1
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* reduces the yellow tone & gives a nice soft look to the skin. some details (eyes) show up better.
09. Fill layer.
color: #dcf8ff mode: Color burn opacity: 50% fill: 73%
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* adds a slightly shade of blue.
& voila! you're done. ;D Hope this was useful. Comments are welcome. ;D
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