Tutorial 3: Code Geass
I was doing some experimenting today and found a neat way to color that I thought others might enjoy. To show what it can do depending on the image, I'm showing the process with two different icons. It's beginner friendly, uses no textures whatsoever, and only needs 9 layers (7, if working with a light colored picture).
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I use PSP 7 but this is easily translatable.
1. This can be used with dark and light images, but two steps aren't needed if working with a light one. Pick which one you think looks best with your image and go with it. With that in mind, find your base and crop it to your liking. Then resize it.
Here's mine:
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2. If your image is light colored, you can ignore this step and step 3 completely and skip ahead to step 4. Darker images are probably a little too dark at this point, so duplicate the base and set it to Screen 100. Next, go to Gaussian Blur and set it to 1.00.
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3. Duplicate your base again and bring it to the top, setting it to Overlay 100.
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4. Create a new layer on top and fill it with #000F3D. Set to Exclusion 100.
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5. Duplicate the base and bring it to the top, setting it to Soft Light 100.
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6. Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and set Saturation to 30. This really brings out the colors, so you can adjust it as need be. I always use 30, myself. ^^
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7. Create a new Exclusion layer and fill it with the hideous shade of #0040FF. Set that to 30 to tone it waaay down.
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8. Duplicate the base and bring it to the top yet again. Desaturate it completely and set it to Overlay 75.
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9. Duplicate the base and bring it to the top again. Set it to Screen and set it to somewhere around 50. This will lighten up really dark images and enhance the dark parts of lighter images. If you look at the final result of my examples, you can probably see exactly what I'm talking about. And you're done!
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Here are some examples of using this technique with lighter images (and thus skipping steps 2 and 3):
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask away. And if you make anything, I'd love to see it. :D
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and
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I use PSP 7 but this is easily translatable.
1. This can be used with dark and light images, but two steps aren't needed if working with a light one. Pick which one you think looks best with your image and go with it. With that in mind, find your base and crop it to your liking. Then resize it.
Here's mine:
and
2. If your image is light colored, you can ignore this step and step 3 completely and skip ahead to step 4. Darker images are probably a little too dark at this point, so duplicate the base and set it to Screen 100. Next, go to Gaussian Blur and set it to 1.00.
and
3. Duplicate your base again and bring it to the top, setting it to Overlay 100.
and
4. Create a new layer on top and fill it with #000F3D. Set to Exclusion 100.
and
5. Duplicate the base and bring it to the top, setting it to Soft Light 100.
and
6. Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and set Saturation to 30. This really brings out the colors, so you can adjust it as need be. I always use 30, myself. ^^
and
7. Create a new Exclusion layer and fill it with the hideous shade of #0040FF. Set that to 30 to tone it waaay down.
and
8. Duplicate the base and bring it to the top yet again. Desaturate it completely and set it to Overlay 75.
and
9. Duplicate the base and bring it to the top again. Set it to Screen and set it to somewhere around 50. This will lighten up really dark images and enhance the dark parts of lighter images. If you look at the final result of my examples, you can probably see exactly what I'm talking about. And you're done!
and
Here are some examples of using this technique with lighter images (and thus skipping steps 2 and 3):
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask away. And if you make anything, I'd love to see it. :D