first tutorial: VM

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Janina asked me to make on for her, so I tried me best, I really hope it helps. :)

I used Photoshop 7 to make it. I never used PSP so I don't know if it is translatable for PSP. But I'm pretty sure it is.

okay, so lets get started.
I use this image from vm-caps.com.

I crop the picture and resize it to 100x100.


Filter>sharpen and then edit>fade sharpen75%

I duplicate the layer and set the upper layer to screen.

Then I use curves to get rid of the brownish look on the upper layer.
These are the settings I used:




After that I change the opacity to 46%.

I duplicate the original background image and set it to screen 23%.

Now the icon looks like this:


I want to light up the right half of the icon a bit, thats why I use this gradient and set it to soft light 45%.


Add a new layer fill with #00C6FF and then set it to soft light 28%.

I add another color layer fill with #010200, set to soft light 39%.

After that I use a layer mask to get rid of some parts of this layer.
Now layer looks like this:


my layer palette looks like this:


I added some text and now I'm done.


I hope this tutorial will help you, and please don't copy the tutorial exactly.
Thanks.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)