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NON TRANSLATEABLE: USES SELECTIVE COLORING LAYERS
oo1. Crop your photo to icon size, whatever you want. Mine is 100x100px.
oo2. New Selective Color layer
REDS: -100, 0, 0, 0
oo3. New Selective Color layer
CYANS: 100, 0, 0, 0
oo4. New Color Balance layer
MIDTONES: 4, 0, 0
oo5. New Curves layer, set to Softlight 100%
RGB:
input: 122
output: 157
oo6. New color fill layer, set to SOFTLIGHT 66% #8f8f8f
oo7. New color fill layer, set to COLOR DODGE 100% #02161d
oo8. New Hue/Saturation layer
MASTER:
saturation: 26
oo9. New color fill layer, set to EXCLUSION 100% #01030c
And this is the result, depending on the picture.
Different pictures require different colorings, but try tweaking the hue/sat and opacities to make it work!
I'd love to see results!
OTHER ICONS MADE WITH THIS COLORING.