you haven't seen these in a while!
back with more tutorials... hooray! bear with me on this one, because in the middle of the tutorial the image will look really horrible.. like really bad. but it gets better i promise :)
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1. Crop & sharpen your base.
2. Make a new curves layer with the following settings:
First point:
Input: 52
Output: 67
Second point:
Input: 182
Output: 197
This will make the image a bit lighter.
3. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: -100 +100 -42 +21
Yellows: -100 -16 -36 -55
Cyans: +100 0 0 0
Whites: 0 0 0 -51
Neutrals: -13 +17 +15 -15
Blacks: 0 0 0 +11
This will add a pink tone to the icon.
4. Make a new hue/saturation layer with the following settings:
Master: 0 +7 0
This will give the image more saturation.
5. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: -24 +6 +100 0
Yellows: -12 -1 +31 0
Cyans: +100 0 0 0
Neutrals: +1 -22 -16 -21
This will remove a bunch of the reds that were added in step 3 and add more yellows. yes, it looks bad. however, we're about to fix it!
6. Make a new levels layer with the following settings:
RGB
Input: 31 1.03 255
Output: 0 255
This should make the image look a little better because this step darkens the blacks in the image/adds more contrast.
7. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: -67 +79 -52 -5
Yellows: +44 +94 +94 -68
Greens: +17 -100 +48 +47
Cyans: +100 -20 -25 0
Magentas: +100 +100 +100 0
Whites: -100 -19 -14 -30
Neutrals: +24 +17 +30 -8
This will add a bunch of reds/magentas to the icon. It won't look that good, again. But this will be fixed soon :)
8. Make a new channel mixer layer with the following settings:
Red: +92 +14 -16
Green: 0 +94 0
Blue: 0 0 +98
This will make the whites in the image have a bluish tone. This will also tone down the reds.
9. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: +52 +30 -39 +20
Yellows: +2 +6 +33 0
Greens: +25 0 +57 0
Whites: -58 -47 -44 -72
Neutrals: -32 -27 -9 +14
This mostly just makes the whites in the image brighter.
10. Make a new color fill layer with #000511. Set the layer mode to Difference 100% opacity. This will add a nice yellowish tone to the image.
11. Make another new color fill layer with #3C2729. Set this layer to Exclusion 55% opacity. This tones down everything and adds a greyish color.
12. Make a new color fill layer with #91582E. Set this to soft light 64% opacity. This adds more yellows & contrast to the image.
13. One last color fill layer! Fill it with #513639 and set it to Lighten 69% opacity. This makes the blacks in the image have a dull purple tone.
14. Lastly, duplicate your base and drag it all the way to the top in the layers palette. Set it to Soft Light 78% opacity. This will add more contrast.
Hooray! Hope you like the effect :)
>
1. Crop & sharpen your base.
2. Make a new curves layer with the following settings:
First point:
Input: 52
Output: 67
Second point:
Input: 182
Output: 197
This will make the image a bit lighter.
3. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: -100 +100 -42 +21
Yellows: -100 -16 -36 -55
Cyans: +100 0 0 0
Whites: 0 0 0 -51
Neutrals: -13 +17 +15 -15
Blacks: 0 0 0 +11
This will add a pink tone to the icon.
4. Make a new hue/saturation layer with the following settings:
Master: 0 +7 0
This will give the image more saturation.
5. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: -24 +6 +100 0
Yellows: -12 -1 +31 0
Cyans: +100 0 0 0
Neutrals: +1 -22 -16 -21
This will remove a bunch of the reds that were added in step 3 and add more yellows. yes, it looks bad. however, we're about to fix it!
6. Make a new levels layer with the following settings:
RGB
Input: 31 1.03 255
Output: 0 255
This should make the image look a little better because this step darkens the blacks in the image/adds more contrast.
7. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: -67 +79 -52 -5
Yellows: +44 +94 +94 -68
Greens: +17 -100 +48 +47
Cyans: +100 -20 -25 0
Magentas: +100 +100 +100 0
Whites: -100 -19 -14 -30
Neutrals: +24 +17 +30 -8
This will add a bunch of reds/magentas to the icon. It won't look that good, again. But this will be fixed soon :)
8. Make a new channel mixer layer with the following settings:
Red: +92 +14 -16
Green: 0 +94 0
Blue: 0 0 +98
This will make the whites in the image have a bluish tone. This will also tone down the reds.
9. Make a new selective color layer with the following settings:
Reds: +52 +30 -39 +20
Yellows: +2 +6 +33 0
Greens: +25 0 +57 0
Whites: -58 -47 -44 -72
Neutrals: -32 -27 -9 +14
This mostly just makes the whites in the image brighter.
10. Make a new color fill layer with #000511. Set the layer mode to Difference 100% opacity. This will add a nice yellowish tone to the image.
11. Make another new color fill layer with #3C2729. Set this layer to Exclusion 55% opacity. This tones down everything and adds a greyish color.
12. Make a new color fill layer with #91582E. Set this to soft light 64% opacity. This adds more yellows & contrast to the image.
13. One last color fill layer! Fill it with #513639 and set it to Lighten 69% opacity. This makes the blacks in the image have a dull purple tone.
14. Lastly, duplicate your base and drag it all the way to the top in the layers palette. Set it to Soft Light 78% opacity. This will add more contrast.
Hooray! Hope you like the effect :)