grey-red tutorial

[x_yonaka_x]

Ohayou minna~
At the moment I'm working at a few graphics and I have a nice coloring. I'm totally in love with it and hope you like it too and it is useful

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☆ made with photoshop 9
☆ contains color fill, selective color, color ballance

#1
Open your pic you want to destroy, crop to 100x100 or another icon size. Then auto-contrast, auto-sharpen or whatever else you make first.

#2
Duplicate your base and set it to "Screen" at around 30% opacity
Then use the following Color Fills:
- #fcd8d8 set it to "Soft light" at 100% opacity
- #e4e2e2 set it to "Multiply" at 100% opacity
- #1b0000 set it to "Exclusion" at 100% opacity
- #e0fbf8 set it to "Color Burn" at 100% opacity


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#3
Now go to "Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Selective Color" and make the following
- REDS: -100; 0; +55; +20
- YELLOWS: +32; +12; +24, -10


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#4
Another "Selective Color" to make the red more red
- REDS: -70; 0; 0; +8


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#5
Now go to "Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Color Balance"
- Midtones: +7; +6; -6


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#6
The final step. Go to "Layer => New Adjustment Layer => Brightness/ Contrast"
- Brightness: -3
- Contrast: +4

Then add a lilltle Shape (with Rectangle Tool) and some text and you're finished


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☆ Enjoy it, have fun, try what yoou like and show me your results. I'd like to see them =3