♥ What if ...♥
Was playing around in Photoshop and thought I'd make a tut on how to get from
this
to
Inspiration came from a tut written by phoenix39 in abstract_angst .
Made with: Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Translatable to other programs: No, sorry PSP users. But of course can also be done in older versions of Photoshop.
Includes: Fill Layers, Hue/Saturation Layers, Selective Coloring ...
Kind of Image Heavy.
# 1. Crop, resize, sharpen your base to your liking. Mine's like this -
# 2. Duplicate your base and set it to screen if needed. Depends on the darkness of your base.
# 3. Add a new Fill Layer with #fffbbf and set it to Soft Light at 100%.
#4. Add yet another Fill Layer with #05021c and set it to Exclusion at 100%.
#5. Again a new Fill Layer this time with #644d10 set to Soft Light at 100%.
#6. Now on to the next steps. Add a New Color Balance layer with these settings:
Midtones
Cyans/Reds: -58
Magentas/Greens: +15
Yellows/Blues: +28
Highlights:
Cyans/Reds: -23
Magentas/Greens: 0
Yellows/Blues: -17
Shadows:
Cyans/Reds: +14
Magentas/Greens: 0
Yellows/Blues: +27
Yeah, I know looks butt-ugly doesn't it? Well, we're gonna fix this soon.
#7. Add a New Selective Color layer.
Reds: -22; 0; +24; 0
Yellows: +23; 0; -100; 0
Neutrals: -8; +1; -6; -1
Duplicate it once.
#8. New Brightness/Contrast layer.
Brightness: +10 +15
Contrast: +4 +11
We're getting there, just bare with me. x)
#9. Add a Hue/Saturation layer.
Hue: -14
Saturation: +21
#10. Again a New Selective Color layer with these settings:
Reds: -100; 0; +100; +12
Yellows: -100; 0; +100; +17
Greens: +39; -36; -100; +36
Whites: -46; +18; -25; +100
Neutrals: -15; +5; -40; +12
#11. New Selective Color Layer:
Reds: 0; +29; -16; -15
Cyans: +34; +14; -44; +30
Neutrals: -42; -21; -29; +19
Blacks: 0; +30; -21; +22
#12. Add a New Hue&Saturation Layer and set the Saturation to +17.
#13. One last Selective color layer to add depth to the picture.
Blues: +36; +23; -4; +31
Whites: 0; 0; -28; +34;
And you're done!
The one thing I suggest is to play around with the settings because it doesn't work with every image.
Other samples using the same technique:
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