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for PS. Not translatable (uses a little selective colouring)
1. crop your base to 100x100 I used
this 2.duplicate your base and set it to screen @ 10%. Sharpen this layer
3. Colour balance layer (layer>adjustment layer> colour balance). Use these settings:
midtones -17, 9, -34
highlights 1, 0, -9
shadow -3, 0, -8
4. Another colour balance layer. Use these settings:
midtone 26, 0, -44
highlights -25, 0, 44
5. Selective colour layer (layer>adjustment layer>selective colour)
black: 0, 0, 0, 100
6. Another selective colour layer
red: -50, 0, 50, 0
yellow: -21, 0, 21, 0
neutral: 100, 20, -20, 10
7. merge all layers
tada!!
other examples of this with SIMILAR settings:
I would love to see what everyone comes up with!