Icon tutorial

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Before:
After:

1. Open a picture. I`ll be using this one of Ana Lucia from Lost.

2. Crop it down to an icon.



3. Duplicate the layer. Layers > duplicate. Set it to Screen 30-50%.

4. Go to layers > New adjustment layer > Channel mixer.
Do the settings like this:
Red:
Red: 80, Green: 35, Blue 3, Constant -37
Green
Red: 0, Green 100, Blue 0, Constant 0
Blue
Red: 0, Green 0, Blue 100, Constant 0

5. Duplicate the base layer (the icon) and drag it to the top. Set it to Soft Light 100%.

6. Make a new raster layer. Layers > new raster layer. Fill it with #ffb5f4 and set it to Soft light.

7. Go to layers > New adjustment layer > Color Balance.
Do the settings like this:
Color levels: 10, -10, -60

8. Copy and paste this texture (made by me).
Set it to screen 100%.


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