Sexy back

Nov 02, 2008 20:17

From this :
to that :

Curve layer, channel mixer, color balance and selective coloring included, all textures used were made by bea_lost@coloured_skies



Keep in mind that if the settings worked with this pic, it might work with other pics, just play around with the settings.

1. Duplicate your base and set it to screen, around 66%

2. Do this curves layer

3. Put a selective color layer. In reds, decrease the cyan (here 20% less), increase yellows (+2) and lower black (-1). In yellows, decrease yellow (-3) and increase black (+3). In whites, increase cyan (+11) and yellow (+9) and black (+24). In neutral, increase magenta (+2) and yellow (+8). In blacks, increase black 100%

4. Do another selective color layer. In reds : cyan -68, magenta +26, yellow +76, black -12. In yellows, cyan +100%, magenta +17, yellow -51, black -20. In whites : cyan +100, yellow -23, black -10. In neutrals, cyan +9, magenta _10, yellow -6, black +6

5. Do another selective color layer (I've told you there will be selective color layer). In whites : cyan -70, yellow +6

6. Still following? Good ! Do a channel mixer layer. Red channel : red +112, green -12, blue -12. Green channel : green +100. Blue channel : green -12, blue +124

7. Add a color balance layer. Midtones :cyan +22, magenta -6, yellow -19. Shadows : cyan -11, yellow +13. Highlights : cyan -1, yellow -22

8. Add a brightness / contrast layer and play with the settings. I added here +9 at brightness and minus contrast around 39.

9. Open this texture :
rotate it so that the white light is on the left. Set it to screen.

10. Use this texture :
. Desaturate it, set it to screen 57%

11. Duplicate your base. Put the copy on the top of the layers and set it to soft light

12. Duplicate the previous layer (step 11) and set it to soft light 30%

13. Do a brightness/contrast layer and play with it. I incresaed brightness to 11 and low contrast to 4.

And you're done !!! You can use the icon, but credit skydawnjade or awayfr0mthesun

layer technique, !skydawnjade, lighting technique, texture technique, color technique

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