My second tutorial, hurrah. Made using PSP8, translatable, and uses curves, ever so slightly.
Going from this;
to so;
[image courtesy of screencap-paradise.com]
1// Get your image, crop, and resize it to 100x100
2// Duplicate the base three times. Set the first two as 'screen' opacity; 100, and the third as 'screen' opacity; 50
3// Go to Layers > New Adjustment Layers > Curves, and on 'RGB' set it as;
Input; 132
Output; 183
Like so;
4// Create a new layer, fill it with #142054, and set it to 'exclusion', opacity; 75
5// Create another layer, fill it with #F4CA9C, and set it to 'multiply', opacity; 40
6// Create yet another raster layer, again fill it with #F4CA9C, and set it to 'soft light', opacity; 100
7// Duplicate the base once more, drag it to the top, and set it to 'softlight', opacity; 100
8// Layers > Merge > Merge All (Flatten)
I'd love to see results, and again, I hope this is somewhat helpful to someone. Obviously, you can adjust settings and whatnot to your custom.
Thanks :]