Tutorial #4

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This is a tutorial of Haley James Scott from One Tree Hill.  This tutorial works best with lighter screen caps.

From this: 
To this:

Program: Photoshop CS4
Translatable: No, selective coloring
Steps: 6
Difficulty: Easy/Medium



Step #1
Find a picture and resize, crop, sharpen, etc.  I used this image from here.  
I cropped it to 100x100 and I didn't sharpen it, but feel free to if your icon needs it.


Step #2
Duplicate your base (ctrl-J) and drag it to the top.
Set this layer to SCREEN, opacity 100%.
Merge the two layers (ctrl-e) because you will need to use them together later.


Step #3
Create a new Selective Coloring layer, Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Selective Color.
Use these settings:
Reds: -100/-17/+100/0
Yellows: -100/-100/+100/0
Neutrals: -31/-1/-9/-3
Set this layer to NORMAL, opacity 100%.


Step #4
Create a new Color Balance layer, Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Color Balance.
Use these settings:
Midtones: -78/+17/+24
Shadows: +23/-10/+33
Highlights: +10/-1/-10
Set this layer to NORMAL, opacity 100%.


Step #5
Create another Selective Coloring layer, Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Selective Color.
Use these settings:
Reds: -100/0/+100/0
Yellows: +100/0/-100/0
Neutrals: +100/+5/-5/-3
Set this layer to NORMAL, opacity 100%.


Step #5
Duplicate your base layer (ctrl+J) and drag it to the top.
Set this layer to SOFT LIGHT, opacity 67%.


All done!  Please comment if you like this tutorial =)
Thanks!

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