Marion Cotillard Tutorial
Requested by ayesha_ashu.
How to go from
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(Created in Photoshop CS3. Translatable, I think; uses Curves and Color Balance. No selective color. Tutorial is image-heavy.)
First, I cropped and resized my base:
Next, I brightened it up with a curves layer.
RGB - Input: 131, Output: 145
Red - Input: 126, Output: 131
Green - Input: 130, Output: 141
Blue - Input: 128, Output: 132
It's not bright enough, so I added another Curve layer.
RGB - Input: 118, Output: 146
Red - Input: 135, Output: 149
Green - Input: 126, Output: 132
Blue - Input: 128, Output: 132
Now it looks a little too washed out, so I added a Levels layer.
To make the colors more vivid, I used a Color Balance layer.
Midtones: +18 +12 +4
Highlights: +20 +18 +12
Shadows: +23 +16 +13
Make sure "Preserve Luminosity" is checked.
I thought it still looked a bit too washed out, so I added another Levels layer.
Next, I merged all the layers (Ctrl+Shift+E) and sharpened.
I wanted it to have a little bit of a yellow light to it, so I created a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), filled it with #DEBB6F, and set it to Soft Light, 20% opacity:
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To add some more warmth, I added the following texture and set it to Soft Light, 70% opacity.
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Finally, I added just a little bit more brightness. I created a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), filled it with #FFC5A9, and set it to Soft Light, 15% opacity:
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And that's all!
I hope this was helpful! Please let me know if there are any mistakes or problems, thank you! :D
Original icon can be found here. Please feel free to join/watch my icon community.
How to go from
to
(Created in Photoshop CS3. Translatable, I think; uses Curves and Color Balance. No selective color. Tutorial is image-heavy.)
First, I cropped and resized my base:
Next, I brightened it up with a curves layer.
RGB - Input: 131, Output: 145
Red - Input: 126, Output: 131
Green - Input: 130, Output: 141
Blue - Input: 128, Output: 132
It's not bright enough, so I added another Curve layer.
RGB - Input: 118, Output: 146
Red - Input: 135, Output: 149
Green - Input: 126, Output: 132
Blue - Input: 128, Output: 132
Now it looks a little too washed out, so I added a Levels layer.
To make the colors more vivid, I used a Color Balance layer.
Midtones: +18 +12 +4
Highlights: +20 +18 +12
Shadows: +23 +16 +13
Make sure "Preserve Luminosity" is checked.
I thought it still looked a bit too washed out, so I added another Levels layer.
Next, I merged all the layers (Ctrl+Shift+E) and sharpened.
I wanted it to have a little bit of a yellow light to it, so I created a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), filled it with #DEBB6F, and set it to Soft Light, 20% opacity:
-->
To add some more warmth, I added the following texture and set it to Soft Light, 70% opacity.
-->
Finally, I added just a little bit more brightness. I created a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + N), filled it with #FFC5A9, and set it to Soft Light, 15% opacity:
-->
And that's all!
I hope this was helpful! Please let me know if there are any mistakes or problems, thank you! :D
Original icon can be found here. Please feel free to join/watch my icon community.