tutorial number two
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PROGRAM USED: PSP8
INVOLVES: colour balance layers, colour layers
DIFFICULTY: easy -- medium
molta_felicita asked for a tutorial from this batch of icons. I didn't save the psp file (I R a moron) so i tried to duplicate it the best I could, hope it helps...
01. Start with your base, crop it, do whatever you do to it but don't sharpen yet.
result:
02. Duplicate and set to screen, simple enough so far, right?
result:
03. New adjustment layer, colour balance.
MIDTONES
cyan - red 0
magenta - green -10
yellow - blue +65
make sure preserve luminance is checked.
result:
04. Another adjustment layer, and again a colour balance layer.
SHADOWS
cyan - red 0
magenta - green +19
yellow - blue +35
MIDTONES
cyan - red +30
magenta - green +40
yellow - blue +40
HIGHLIGHTS
cyan - red 0
magenta - green +15
yellow - blue +15
make sure preserve luminance is checked.
result:
05. New layer, flood fill with #E1D1C5 and set to multiply at 100% opacity
result:
06. New layer, flood fill with #FFEBEB and set to multiply at 100% opacity. With this layer I erased the left part of the background, basically the parts that weren't Charlize.
result:
07. New adjustment layer, this time brightness/contrast. My settings -
brightness - +10
contrast - +10
result:
08. New adjustment layer, hue/saturation/lightness. My settings -
MASTER
Saturation +30
result:
09. Final colourbalance layer, scouts honour.
SHADOWS
cyan - red -10
magenta - green +23
yellow - blue +17
make sure preserve luminance is checked.
final result:
I probably could have gone on to try and get it to look even more like my first icon, but to be honest i got lazy, lol. Either way i hope that was helpful to someone, and er, comments are love, so is seeing peoples results, and questions are very much welcomed.