Kristen Bell icon tutorial
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USES SELECTIVE COLORING, NOT TRANSLATEABLE
oo1. crop your image to icon sized or whatever you want. mine is 100x100px.
oo2. new COLOR FILL layer, set to EXCLUSION 58% #02074f
oo3. new CURVES layer, set to SOFTLIGHT 87%
RGB-
input: 159
output: 182
oo4. new SELECTIVE COLOR layer
REDS: -58, 0, 0, 0
YELLOWS: 0, 0, -16, 0
CYANS: 64, 0, 0, 0
oo5. new SELECTIVE COLOR layer
NEUTRALS: 65, 0, 0, 0
oo6. new COLOR BALANCE layer
MIDTONES: 39, 3, -5
oo7. new HUE/SATURATION layer
MASTER saturation: 10
oo8. new COLOR FILL layer, set to SOFTLIGHT 73% #aea5af
oo9. new COLOR FILL layer, set to SOFTLIGHT 43% #3e425b
o10. new SELECTIVE COLOR layer
REDS: 42, 0, 0, 0
WHITES: 33, -32, -35, 14
And this is the final result, but it all depends on the picture you start with.
To make the coloring work with different pictures, you should tweak around with the settings and opacities. Duplicate the base and set it to screen if your outcome is too dark.
other icons made using this coloring:
to
USES SELECTIVE COLORING, NOT TRANSLATEABLE
oo1. crop your image to icon sized or whatever you want. mine is 100x100px.
oo2. new COLOR FILL layer, set to EXCLUSION 58% #02074f
oo3. new CURVES layer, set to SOFTLIGHT 87%
RGB-
input: 159
output: 182
oo4. new SELECTIVE COLOR layer
REDS: -58, 0, 0, 0
YELLOWS: 0, 0, -16, 0
CYANS: 64, 0, 0, 0
oo5. new SELECTIVE COLOR layer
NEUTRALS: 65, 0, 0, 0
oo6. new COLOR BALANCE layer
MIDTONES: 39, 3, -5
oo7. new HUE/SATURATION layer
MASTER saturation: 10
oo8. new COLOR FILL layer, set to SOFTLIGHT 73% #aea5af
oo9. new COLOR FILL layer, set to SOFTLIGHT 43% #3e425b
o10. new SELECTIVE COLOR layer
REDS: 42, 0, 0, 0
WHITES: 33, -32, -35, 14
And this is the final result, but it all depends on the picture you start with.
To make the coloring work with different pictures, you should tweak around with the settings and opacities. Duplicate the base and set it to screen if your outcome is too dark.
other icons made using this coloring: