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Going from this
to this
It's made in Gimp but it's easily translatable
1. I took the original photo here and cropped it and sharpened it as needed making it look something like this:
2. Since the icon looked really dark and plain I triend to brighten it up a bit. So I duplicated it and set the duplicate to screen 80%(the opacity depends on the picture) and merged the layers. Then to add color, I went to layers>color>hue-saturation and set the saturation to 50%. Then I went to layers>color>color balance. Midtones: Cyan/Red -100, Magenta/Green -20, Yellow/Blue 50. Highlights: Cyan/Red -30. Shadows Cyan/Red 10. Now it should look something like this.
3. Next I duplicated the picture and set it to overlay opacity(or soft light) 50% and merged the layers. Then I went to Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur and set it to 0.3. Then I made a new layer and filled it with #cfffff and set it to burn 100%. Now it looks something like this.
4.Next I duplicated the base and set it to multiply 20% and merged them. Then I duplicated the base again and set that to overlay(or soft light) 40% and merge those layers. And finally duplicate the layer one more time and set it to screen 50%. Now it should look something like this.
5. Next I duplicated the base and went to filters>blur>motion blur and set it to Linear. Length 24 and Angle 200. Then I duplicated that layer twice and set the first to overlay(or soft light) 70% and the second to screen 100%. Now the blur layer should look something like this.
6.Last I erased the areas around the wardrobe, Lucy and the floor. And tada... its done. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me.
silverseaicons
Going from this
to this
It's made in Gimp but it's easily translatable
1. I took the original photo here and cropped it and sharpened it as needed making it look something like this:
2. Since the icon looked really dark and plain I triend to brighten it up a bit. So I duplicated it and set the duplicate to screen 80%(the opacity depends on the picture) and merged the layers. Then to add color, I went to layers>color>hue-saturation and set the saturation to 50%. Then I went to layers>color>color balance. Midtones: Cyan/Red -100, Magenta/Green -20, Yellow/Blue 50. Highlights: Cyan/Red -30. Shadows Cyan/Red 10. Now it should look something like this.
3. Next I duplicated the picture and set it to overlay opacity(or soft light) 50% and merged the layers. Then I went to Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur and set it to 0.3. Then I made a new layer and filled it with #cfffff and set it to burn 100%. Now it looks something like this.
4.Next I duplicated the base and set it to multiply 20% and merged them. Then I duplicated the base again and set that to overlay(or soft light) 40% and merge those layers. And finally duplicate the layer one more time and set it to screen 50%. Now it should look something like this.
5. Next I duplicated the base and went to filters>blur>motion blur and set it to Linear. Length 24 and Angle 200. Then I duplicated that layer twice and set the first to overlay(or soft light) 70% and the second to screen 100%. Now the blur layer should look something like this.
6.Last I erased the areas around the wardrobe, Lucy and the floor. And tada... its done. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me.