Icon Tutorial #16 [Auron]

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Made in PS7. Involves Selective Colour, Levels and Hue/Saturation. Not translatable.

Be careful with your settings. If your picture is very red/yellow, it might look really bad.
Duplicate your base and set it to soft light 100%. Duplicate it again and set it to screen 100%.

New adjustment layer - Hue/Saturation (This layer will vary depending on your picture. If the saturation looks bad that high, tone it down some.)
Hue: -10
Saturation: +60
Lightness: +10

New adjustment layer - Selective Color
REDS:
-100, +100, +100, +100

YELLOWS:
-77, -100, +100, +100

CYANS:
0, 0, 0, +100

BLUES:
0, 0, 0, +100

NEUTRALS:
+30, -10, -24, +15

New adjustment layer - Selective Color
REDS:
-100, +59, +100, +100

YELLOWS:
+100, -100, +100, -43

NEUTRALS:
+30, -14, -15, +30

New adjustment layer - Levels
RGB:
Input: 40, 1.35, 245
Output: 0, 255

RED:
Input: 45, 1.15, 245
Output: 0, 255

GREEN:
Input: 40, 1.25, 255
Output: 0, 255

BLUE:
Input: 40, 1.30, 255
Output: 0, 255

Drag your duplicated soft light layer to the top and add whatever else you like!