Tutorial

[silver881]

Hello Everyone, yes Im still alive too <3

Today I bring you a tutorial!
+7 Steps
+This TUT was made in Photo Shop CS3
+Contains CURVES...

Going from this

to

1.  Grab your base...I chose this cute image of Takuya of An Cafe


2. Duplicate your base and De-saturate it (Ctrl + Shift + U), set to PIN LIGHT (Feel free to mess with the opacity on it, I set mine at 73%)

2.5 (OPTIONAL) Add this texture set to Screen


(Sorry I DO NOT remember who made this texture, I've had it for a while.  If it is yours let me know)

3. Color Balance Layer (Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Color Balance)
Midtones; -33, -14, +54
Shadows; +7, +13, +20
Hightlights; -13, +6, -12

4. Curves (Layer => New Adjustment Layer =>Curves)
ON RGB
Point 1
Input : 176  Output: 199
Point 2
Input : 135
Output : 152
Point 3
Input : 64  Output : 80
Point 4
Input : 45  Output : 39

5. Brightness and Contrast (Layer => New Adjustment Layer =>Brightness and Contrast)
Brightness : +42
Contrast : +32

6. Color fill layer (Layer=>New Fill Layer=>Solid Color)
Fill with #FAEE33 (Yellow), set to Soft Light @ 100%

7. Color fill layer (Layer=>New Fill Layer=>Solid Color)
Fill with #09072E (Dark Blue), set to Exclusion @ 100%

And you should have something like:


Other Examples using the coloring:




(Please do NOT Take these Examples!)

Have fun with this one! And show me your results! I'd LOVE to see them!