Tutorial #1 by Nadya149

[nadya149]

Hello to all!

There're lots of tutorials about lighting around the net, but today I'd like to share my way of making dark screencaps look light and nice. Hope some of you will find this tutorial useful.

Comments

[wandererjulia]

oh my oh my. this is so very interesting. never thought about using this, will try that for sure :D

[nadya149]

Thank you, I hope it will help :)

[setentpet]

This is great! I have been wondering how you get such gorgeous icons. Thanks for writing it out for us.

[nadya149]

You are welcome! I hope it will help :)

[applepips16]

This is such a fantastic tutorial! I've always been in awe of how clean and lovely-looking your icons are. Thanks for writing this. Will definitely try this out the next time I'm wrestling with a cap. :)

[nadya149]

You are welcome! I hope it will help :)

[red_satin_doll]

Thank you for this tutorial! It seems very clear and simple, even though I haven't learn how to use PS yet (I'm still working with ipiccy, which is far less sophisticated.) I don't have some of the tools PS does and don't have as much flexibility with layers, but I think I can still incorporate some of these techniques into what I'm doing now because I really admire your icons and have wondered how you get that look. Oversaturation/overexposure is definitely something I'm trying to learn how to tackle.

I look forward to more tutorials!

[nadya149]

You are welcome! :)
Here are some links to tutorials about use of text, lighting, composition and coloring. Hope it help you!
http://icon-talk.livejournal.com/108940.html
And here you can find inspiration for your icons :)
http://iconpraise.livejournal.com/

[red_satin_doll]

Thank you so much! These are very inspirational.