tutorial: sucre
So, imagineforever requested a tutorial for one of my recent icons, and since I've really got nothing better to do, I've decided to do it. She requested a tutorial for a Sucre icon, and I tried to duplicate it as best as I could, so here we go.
Learn how to make this:
Okay, so here's my original cap:
01. Start by cropping down your original image to 200x200 pixels.
02. Next, under filter at the top, choose sharpen >> sharpen.
03. Now, to resize your image to 100x100 pixels under image at the top choose resize >> image size... and in the "pixel dimensions" section type 100 into the top box. Make sure that the proportions are locked so both the width and height are resized to 100 pixels. If not, just type 100 in both the width and height boxes, but it should resize both for you.
04. Now, over in the layer selection window, duplicate the background layer twice. Set the top layer to soft light and the middle layer to screen.
05. It's still too dark, so choose the screen layer and duplicate it (this is optional, depending on how light/dark your original image is).
06. Now, that's better, but IMO it's still too dark but another screen layer would brighten it too much. So, I'm going to reduce the opacity of the top soft light layer (once again, you might not need to do this, it all depends on your preferences and your original cap). For my image, I'm reducing the opacity of the layer to 50%.
07. Now comes the fun part. Still working with the soft light layer, at the top under enhance choose adjust lighting >> brightness/contrast. For this particular image I chose to bump the brightness up to 60 and the contrast to 65, but depending on your image you could need more/less brightness and/or contrast.
08. Finally, to get the bright, vibrant colors, and still working with the soft light layer, go back to the top and under enhance choose adjust color >> adjust hue/saturation. Don't mess with any other options, but choose the saturation slider, and slide it up until you get the coloring you like. For this particular icon, I chose to set the saturation at 80.
09. And that's it! You could add text or brushes after this point, but I like simple icons, so I'm all done. Hope this was helpful to someone. :D And now, just for reference, the original icon and the one I just made:
(original is on the left)
Hmm, not much difference, but I think I left more contrast in the original icon. *shrug*
And thus concludes me very first tutorial. If anything is unclear or you need me to clarify, please let me know and I will! I'm sure this tutorial will work in Paint Shop as well, the commands just might be located in different places.
Learn how to make this:
Okay, so here's my original cap:
01. Start by cropping down your original image to 200x200 pixels.
02. Next, under filter at the top, choose sharpen >> sharpen.
03. Now, to resize your image to 100x100 pixels under image at the top choose resize >> image size... and in the "pixel dimensions" section type 100 into the top box. Make sure that the proportions are locked so both the width and height are resized to 100 pixels. If not, just type 100 in both the width and height boxes, but it should resize both for you.
04. Now, over in the layer selection window, duplicate the background layer twice. Set the top layer to soft light and the middle layer to screen.
05. It's still too dark, so choose the screen layer and duplicate it (this is optional, depending on how light/dark your original image is).
06. Now, that's better, but IMO it's still too dark but another screen layer would brighten it too much. So, I'm going to reduce the opacity of the top soft light layer (once again, you might not need to do this, it all depends on your preferences and your original cap). For my image, I'm reducing the opacity of the layer to 50%.
07. Now comes the fun part. Still working with the soft light layer, at the top under enhance choose adjust lighting >> brightness/contrast. For this particular image I chose to bump the brightness up to 60 and the contrast to 65, but depending on your image you could need more/less brightness and/or contrast.
08. Finally, to get the bright, vibrant colors, and still working with the soft light layer, go back to the top and under enhance choose adjust color >> adjust hue/saturation. Don't mess with any other options, but choose the saturation slider, and slide it up until you get the coloring you like. For this particular icon, I chose to set the saturation at 80.
09. And that's it! You could add text or brushes after this point, but I like simple icons, so I'm all done. Hope this was helpful to someone. :D And now, just for reference, the original icon and the one I just made:
(original is on the left)
Hmm, not much difference, but I think I left more contrast in the original icon. *shrug*
And thus concludes me very first tutorial. If anything is unclear or you need me to clarify, please let me know and I will! I'm sure this tutorial will work in Paint Shop as well, the commands just might be located in different places.