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Happy new year, people!
In the previous post I linked some of the greatest resources for your Christmas, but it's time to turn back to our stuff, like colorings. And for the restrictions I wrote of: I'm done. Steal, if you want: I won't give a damn, since there's a few people who still have time to write here, so I'll just let this go. Here you go!
Hey there, and welcome back to my new graphic enterprise!
Since I love spending my spare time hanging out with Photoshop's colors and stuff like that (and since I love editing photos too) I decided to begin this new adventure, hoping that someone will find this helpful. I will post here some coloring tutorials, and of course I will post for each tutorial a .psd file which can be downloaded 24h/24 from my megaupload account.
All I'm asking for, please, are credits (a linkback to my journal in your resource list will make my day!) and of course comments.I really love comments, and I read all of them, even if I can't answer to you all. Anyway, the main rule will be: no one of these tutorials will ever end up with a good result with all of the images in the world! The point is that you can try to apply some of these psd files to an image that is completely different from the image I've used,but it may happen that the coloring doesn't match with those different colors.
All right then. Let's create something colorful and let's begin with the tutoooriaaal :D
{ I created a psd map page! so you won't get lost anymore // look's what's new, guys :)
Today we will see how to spread a lot of pink and light blue tones from a medium dark screenshot, but take note that this will create a lot of strange tones. I used this screenshot from rawr-caps.net.
So the tutorial will show you how to transform the screenshot from this:
to this:
1. Let's open our base in Photoshop (File > Open)
2. That's what we always do before we start working on an image: we duplicate it. But this time we're going to duplicate it twice, since the screenshot is very dark, so if you're working on an already lightened image, you'll see if you need to duplicate it twince or once. It's up to you, as always. Anyway: with this screenshot, we have to duplicate the base twice, and set both copies to screen, that's it.
3. First base for our coloring: we have to add some yellow tones, right? They're already there, and this will be the perfect way to start: we won't have to crawl for creating some new tones, since yellow colors are there. So let's do this:
Layer > New fill layer > Solid color > #d9ae00
This is a dark yellow which will help us mix all the light colors together. Let's set this layer to Vivid light > 19%
4. The following step will be one of the most important for this coloring. Creating a new solid color layer is always a good beginning, but sometimes images may need some adjustments which always come with the practice: and this is one of them. Following this step will guide you to create a delicate glaze through all of the image, which will attenuate all of those shocking colorings. What I'm telling you is that colors always have thousand ways of being used, it depends of what are you looking for. Follow me, then!
Layer > New fill layer > Solid color > #00f2b6
set this layer to Luminosity > 25%
5. We're ok with the colors, for now. What we have to do now is thinking about all the shadows, midtones and highlights. And yeah, I'm talking about the Color Balance. Let's have some fun with this:
midtones: +47 | -51 | -72
shadows: -57 | -36 | -77
lights: -39 | +17 | +77
6. Our image turned into a crap, yeah, I know. But it needed that, since we exasperated all of the yellow tones for the final outcome. Now it's time to add all of the colors that we want. What about some pink? It may be very strange the yellow/pink couple, but we'll give it a try. Are you with me? Selective Coloring, guys.
reds: -100 | +12 | -55 | +41
yellows: -41 | -10 | +18 | -11
cyan: +100 | -100 | -100 | +100
magenta: -54 | +11 | +100 | -3
whites: +27 | -42 | +100 | +15
neutrals: -32 | +15 | -30 | -7
blacks: 0 | 0 | 0 | +100
7. This step is optional, and it will only darken a little our image. Duplicate once the base, grab it to the top and set it to Luminosity > 19%.
8. The last step for you, guys! These final steps generally are based on a gradient, and this does not make exeption. We have our tones ready, the perfect lightning, the perfect adjustment: it lasts only a fader.
Layer > New fill layer > Gradient
this is a stamp of mine to see how exactly you have to set your options (it's in italian, but still pretty understable)
set this layer to Luminosity > 37%
And you're done!
PSD | credits required | comments make my day :)
In the previous post I linked some of the greatest resources for your Christmas, but it's time to turn back to our stuff, like colorings. And for the restrictions I wrote of: I'm done. Steal, if you want: I won't give a damn, since there's a few people who still have time to write here, so I'll just let this go. Here you go!
Hey there, and welcome back to my new graphic enterprise!
Since I love spending my spare time hanging out with Photoshop's colors and stuff like that (and since I love editing photos too) I decided to begin this new adventure, hoping that someone will find this helpful. I will post here some coloring tutorials, and of course I will post for each tutorial a .psd file which can be downloaded 24h/24 from my megaupload account.
All I'm asking for, please, are credits (a linkback to my journal in your resource list will make my day!) and of course comments.I really love comments, and I read all of them, even if I can't answer to you all. Anyway, the main rule will be: no one of these tutorials will ever end up with a good result with all of the images in the world! The point is that you can try to apply some of these psd files to an image that is completely different from the image I've used,but it may happen that the coloring doesn't match with those different colors.
All right then. Let's create something colorful and let's begin with the tutoooriaaal :D
{ I created a psd map page! so you won't get lost anymore // look's what's new, guys :)
Today we will see how to spread a lot of pink and light blue tones from a medium dark screenshot, but take note that this will create a lot of strange tones. I used this screenshot from rawr-caps.net.
So the tutorial will show you how to transform the screenshot from this:
to this:
1. Let's open our base in Photoshop (File > Open)
2. That's what we always do before we start working on an image: we duplicate it. But this time we're going to duplicate it twice, since the screenshot is very dark, so if you're working on an already lightened image, you'll see if you need to duplicate it twince or once. It's up to you, as always. Anyway: with this screenshot, we have to duplicate the base twice, and set both copies to screen, that's it.
3. First base for our coloring: we have to add some yellow tones, right? They're already there, and this will be the perfect way to start: we won't have to crawl for creating some new tones, since yellow colors are there. So let's do this:
Layer > New fill layer > Solid color > #d9ae00
This is a dark yellow which will help us mix all the light colors together. Let's set this layer to Vivid light > 19%
4. The following step will be one of the most important for this coloring. Creating a new solid color layer is always a good beginning, but sometimes images may need some adjustments which always come with the practice: and this is one of them. Following this step will guide you to create a delicate glaze through all of the image, which will attenuate all of those shocking colorings. What I'm telling you is that colors always have thousand ways of being used, it depends of what are you looking for. Follow me, then!
Layer > New fill layer > Solid color > #00f2b6
set this layer to Luminosity > 25%
5. We're ok with the colors, for now. What we have to do now is thinking about all the shadows, midtones and highlights. And yeah, I'm talking about the Color Balance. Let's have some fun with this:
midtones: +47 | -51 | -72
shadows: -57 | -36 | -77
lights: -39 | +17 | +77
6. Our image turned into a crap, yeah, I know. But it needed that, since we exasperated all of the yellow tones for the final outcome. Now it's time to add all of the colors that we want. What about some pink? It may be very strange the yellow/pink couple, but we'll give it a try. Are you with me? Selective Coloring, guys.
reds: -100 | +12 | -55 | +41
yellows: -41 | -10 | +18 | -11
cyan: +100 | -100 | -100 | +100
magenta: -54 | +11 | +100 | -3
whites: +27 | -42 | +100 | +15
neutrals: -32 | +15 | -30 | -7
blacks: 0 | 0 | 0 | +100
7. This step is optional, and it will only darken a little our image. Duplicate once the base, grab it to the top and set it to Luminosity > 19%.
8. The last step for you, guys! These final steps generally are based on a gradient, and this does not make exeption. We have our tones ready, the perfect lightning, the perfect adjustment: it lasts only a fader.
Layer > New fill layer > Gradient
this is a stamp of mine to see how exactly you have to set your options (it's in italian, but still pretty understable)
set this layer to Luminosity > 37%
And you're done!
PSD | credits required | comments make my day :)