Cuddy Icon Tutorial
A little holiday gift for you all. I thought I should share how to brighten up House screenshots. Those are little buggers.
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00. Prepare your base however you like. (e.g. Sharpen, crop, etc.)
01. My base is really dark so I'm going to duplicate it and set it to Screen 100%.
02. Make a new Curves layer just to brighten it a tad bit. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Curves)
RGB:
First Point: Input = 57; Output = 78
Second Point: Input = 191; Output = 197
03. So far my base is very flat. We're going to bring out some color.
Add a Channel Mixer Layer. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer> Channel Mixer)
RED: +148, -40, -19
GREEN: -10, +116, -8
BLUE: -6, -19, +125
04. I think there's too much red so I'm going to use a Color Balance layer to "balance" everything out.
MIDTONES: -14, +10, -2
SHADOWS: -1, -6, +6
HIGHLIGHTS: -11, 0, 0
Leave the Preserve Luminosity UNCHECKED!
05. We're going to add more color with a second Channel Mixer layer. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer> Channel Mixer)
RED: +113, -29, +14
BLUE: -14, -15, +143
06. Add a Brightness/Contrast layer.
CONTRAST: +16
07. Create a Hue/Saturation layer.
CYANS: 0, +31, 0
BLUES: 0, +36, 0
08. I personally think the icon is washed out so I'm adding a Levels layer.
RGB: 8, 0.92, 255
Don't touch anything in the Output levels below it.
09. And lastly, in order to "mute" the Level layer a little, we're going to add a Solid Fill layer with the color #030808. Set this layer to Exclusion 100%.
TA-DA~ We're done. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.
.PSD FILE HERE
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00. Prepare your base however you like. (e.g. Sharpen, crop, etc.)
01. My base is really dark so I'm going to duplicate it and set it to Screen 100%.
02. Make a new Curves layer just to brighten it a tad bit. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Curves)
RGB:
First Point: Input = 57; Output = 78
Second Point: Input = 191; Output = 197
03. So far my base is very flat. We're going to bring out some color.
Add a Channel Mixer Layer. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer> Channel Mixer)
RED: +148, -40, -19
GREEN: -10, +116, -8
BLUE: -6, -19, +125
04. I think there's too much red so I'm going to use a Color Balance layer to "balance" everything out.
MIDTONES: -14, +10, -2
SHADOWS: -1, -6, +6
HIGHLIGHTS: -11, 0, 0
Leave the Preserve Luminosity UNCHECKED!
05. We're going to add more color with a second Channel Mixer layer. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer> Channel Mixer)
RED: +113, -29, +14
BLUE: -14, -15, +143
06. Add a Brightness/Contrast layer.
CONTRAST: +16
07. Create a Hue/Saturation layer.
CYANS: 0, +31, 0
BLUES: 0, +36, 0
08. I personally think the icon is washed out so I'm adding a Levels layer.
RGB: 8, 0.92, 255
Don't touch anything in the Output levels below it.
09. And lastly, in order to "mute" the Level layer a little, we're going to add a Solid Fill layer with the color #030808. Set this layer to Exclusion 100%.
TA-DA~ We're done. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.
.PSD FILE HERE