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For Photoshop CS2. The .psd file can be found here.

I'm using one Hue/Saturation Layer, one Curves Layer and one Color Balance Layer.



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Crop your image down to 100x100.

Sharpen it once and (if you want) smooth the skin.


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Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Saturation

Set the Saturation to -62.

This takes out the color - alot ^^


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Duplicate your base.

Drag the copy on top of the other layers.

Set the copy to Soft Light.


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Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves.

Use Input: 83 and Output: 47.

This intensifies the colors.


S T E P : F I V E - Color Balance



Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance.

For Midtones use +15 | -15 | +5.

For Shadows use +16 | 0 | 0.

Leave Highlights untouched.


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