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Icon coloring tutorial! Done in Photoshop CS3 Extended and is TRANSLATABLE. Uses Color Balance, Curves and Color Fill layers.
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The image is quite dark, so I duplicated the layer and set it to SCREEN 100%.
It was still too dark for my liking, so I duplicated the screen layer 2 more times.
So now there are 3 screen layers (all at 100% opacity)
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Now I've lost some contrast. I decided to duplicated the base image, dragged it on
top of all the layers and set it to SOFTLIGHT 100%.
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How the layers look right now.
With most of my icons, I always start with Color Balance. I like messing with the blues and magentas first. Here are the settings I used.
This is what I have so far.
I'm going to amp up those blues and magentas, so I added a color layer.
I used #c1309d and set to SATURATION 40% Opacity.
Also, I erased some areas I didn't like - specifically her eye area.
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I want to bring back some of the yellow I took out, so back to Color Balance.
Here are my settings.
So far...
The image still seems a little bland to me, so I decided to use curves.
Here are my settings:
So far...
I like the color, but I want a slightly softer look. I decided to set the curves to COLOR 100% Opacity. View all layers.
DONE. FINAL RESULT!
*Screencap credit to homeofthenutty
Hope this was helpful to someone. (:
- Comments are love ♥
- Please do not hotlink my files.
- Is there anything else you would like to see, tutorial wise?
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To
Or
The image is quite dark, so I duplicated the layer and set it to SCREEN 100%.
It was still too dark for my liking, so I duplicated the screen layer 2 more times.
So now there are 3 screen layers (all at 100% opacity)
>
>
Now I've lost some contrast. I decided to duplicated the base image, dragged it on
top of all the layers and set it to SOFTLIGHT 100%.
>
How the layers look right now.
With most of my icons, I always start with Color Balance. I like messing with the blues and magentas first. Here are the settings I used.
This is what I have so far.
I'm going to amp up those blues and magentas, so I added a color layer.
I used #c1309d and set to SATURATION 40% Opacity.
Also, I erased some areas I didn't like - specifically her eye area.
>
I want to bring back some of the yellow I took out, so back to Color Balance.
Here are my settings.
So far...
The image still seems a little bland to me, so I decided to use curves.
Here are my settings:
So far...
I like the color, but I want a slightly softer look. I decided to set the curves to COLOR 100% Opacity. View all layers.
DONE. FINAL RESULT!
*Screencap credit to homeofthenutty
Hope this was helpful to someone. (:
- Comments are love ♥
- Please do not hotlink my files.
- Is there anything else you would like to see, tutorial wise?