179 // Tutorial 9: DHr
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audioxxrainbow
Difficutly: Beginner. Simple steps, but it does require the basic knowledge of your program.
Program: PS Elements 4.0
Translatable: Very.
Tutorial 9 - Dramione IconBefore StepsStepsAfter Steps
I started this icon with two COS captures. I can't
seem to find the Hermione one. Oh well.
Roughly selected the subject.
No need to be exact. ROUGHLY.
After you ROUGHLY selected your subject,
right click the selected area and choose the
feather option. I useed 25px on these caps,
but it varries for different caps.
N/AOpen a new file sized 100x100,
or whatever size you wish. Fill
with all black.
Paste your feathered Draco to one side of the icon.
Unsaturate the layer. Duplicate this layer twice.
There should be 3 Dracos. On the layer pallete,
set the first (bottom one) to Normal 100%, the
second to Screen 100% and the third (top) to
Soft Light 100%. Now Draco has some contrast.
Feel free to erase any extra ugly background.
Repeat the same process with a selected,
feathered capture of Hermione. She needed
different Screen and Soft Light settings since
the lighting for her cap was a bit different.
That may be the case for your caps too! Play with
the opacities and expirament!
Merge all of the layers and then duplicate the
merged layer. Set the duplicate to Screen 69%.
This helps make our lovely little couple a
bit brighter and a little easier to see.
When we put the Screen layer on we lost a little
of the contrast. SO, duplicate the merged layer
again, bring to the top and set to Soft Light
48%. Again, play with your settings. These
numbers worked especially well with THIS icon.
It will probably be different for yours.
I then opened up a stock picture, that I can't seem
to find for the life of me (I've moved computers
since I made this icon). But if you have it please
share, so I can link it! Anyways, it was already
on the white background, so I cropped it and
pasted it in.
ALL DONE!
If you have any questions at all, please ask away! I'll be glad to assist you in any way possible.
I only ask that you:
+ Do not use the same caps to make the same exact icon
+ If you must annoy me and make the same icon, don't ask for credit. You didn't actually make it.
Pst! TWILIGHT_IC & DISNEY_AWARDS & SKANDARFANS & DAWNBROKE would all love to see you!