2 Requested tutorials. | I'm spelling badly today.
I'll get to the others some other time, but I've got two for you right now.
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Background
Start with your main image and crop it to whatever size you'd like. I didn't sharpen this icon, because the quality wasn't great to begin with. It didn't make much of a difference, but I duplicate the base layer and set it to soft light at about 30% or so. Then I merged it back to one layer.
Curves 1
To bring out the yellow tones in the image, I worked with the blue channel on a curves adjustment layer.
Blue channel
1st point - I: 223 , O: 208
Set this layer to 80%.
Selective Color 1
To intensify the greens and yellows, I created a selective color adjustment layer.
Reds-
Cyan: -100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +100
Black: +32
Yellows-
Cyan: -100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +82
Black: -15
Neutrals-
Cyan: +100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +8
Black: 0
Layer 1
I created a new layer under the Curves 1 layer. It should be just above the Background layer. I took a small 2px brush and went over her lips with DA3502. I then set this layer to Soft Light at 75%.
And there you go. :] It's not exact to the original, but then agian... I have no idea what I did to the original, so.
Original:
Re-Created:
Layers Palette
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Start out with the image you'd like to use. This base is good, because it has a plain white background. It'll be fairly easy to cut the background out. Sharpen the base, and then go to Edit >> Fade Sharpen >> 20%.
Now, find the image you want to show through behind your subject. I chose a stock photo of a sky, which I got from peoplemachines(?) Crop it down to 100x100. You should have two seperate documents open; Kristen Bell that will paste onto the sky, and the actual sky image.
Go to the image of your person and hold down Ctrl + A. It should all be selected. Now go back to your sky image, and paste the Kristen Bell base as a new layer.
This is optional, but I just didn't think that the full colour image looked good on the sky. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Gradient Map. Choose a black to white default gradient and click OK. Go back to the layer with the Kristen Bell base on it. Duplicate the base three times. Set the first to multiply. Also set the second to multiply, but change the opacity to 50. Set the last duplicate to soft light at 90%.
Confused yet? I am! :)
Link all of those layers, and then go to Layer >> Merge Linked.
http://i1.tinypic.com/23wjt7a.jpg (Forgive me. I accidentally wrote "Quick" instead of Layer. Oh well!
Add a new layer mask to the Kristen image. You can either click on the "Add Vector Mask" button in the layer palette, or you can go to Layer >> Add Layer Mask >> Reveal All. This is so that when we do erase the background, if we make any mistakes, we can fix them easily. If the foreground colour is white, then using the eraser on the background will cause it to actually erase. If the foreground colour is black, then using the eraser on the background will restore the image.
There are a few ways you can do this. For this image, I simply selected the background with the magic wand tool. Then I went to Select >> Feather >> 1px. I pressed Delete (clear) twice. You can also do this manually with the eraser, but this just seemed quicker for me.
I pasted on a dusty texture by peoplemachines and set it to screen at 70%.
I merged everything. Then I created a new layer and just painted on some random dots.
I went to Filter >> Blur >> Radial Blur.
Settings -
Amount: 46
Method: Spin
Quality: Best
And there you go. :] It's not even close to being exact, but you'll get close by just experimenting.
Original:
Re-Created:
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Background
Start with your main image and crop it to whatever size you'd like. I didn't sharpen this icon, because the quality wasn't great to begin with. It didn't make much of a difference, but I duplicate the base layer and set it to soft light at about 30% or so. Then I merged it back to one layer.
Curves 1
To bring out the yellow tones in the image, I worked with the blue channel on a curves adjustment layer.
Blue channel
1st point - I: 223 , O: 208
Set this layer to 80%.
Selective Color 1
To intensify the greens and yellows, I created a selective color adjustment layer.
Reds-
Cyan: -100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +100
Black: +32
Yellows-
Cyan: -100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +82
Black: -15
Neutrals-
Cyan: +100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: +8
Black: 0
Layer 1
I created a new layer under the Curves 1 layer. It should be just above the Background layer. I took a small 2px brush and went over her lips with DA3502. I then set this layer to Soft Light at 75%.
And there you go. :] It's not exact to the original, but then agian... I have no idea what I did to the original, so.
Original:
Re-Created:
Layers Palette
-----
Start out with the image you'd like to use. This base is good, because it has a plain white background. It'll be fairly easy to cut the background out. Sharpen the base, and then go to Edit >> Fade Sharpen >> 20%.
Now, find the image you want to show through behind your subject. I chose a stock photo of a sky, which I got from peoplemachines(?) Crop it down to 100x100. You should have two seperate documents open; Kristen Bell that will paste onto the sky, and the actual sky image.
Go to the image of your person and hold down Ctrl + A. It should all be selected. Now go back to your sky image, and paste the Kristen Bell base as a new layer.
This is optional, but I just didn't think that the full colour image looked good on the sky. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Gradient Map. Choose a black to white default gradient and click OK. Go back to the layer with the Kristen Bell base on it. Duplicate the base three times. Set the first to multiply. Also set the second to multiply, but change the opacity to 50. Set the last duplicate to soft light at 90%.
Confused yet? I am! :)
Link all of those layers, and then go to Layer >> Merge Linked.
http://i1.tinypic.com/23wjt7a.jpg (Forgive me. I accidentally wrote "Quick" instead of Layer. Oh well!
Add a new layer mask to the Kristen image. You can either click on the "Add Vector Mask" button in the layer palette, or you can go to Layer >> Add Layer Mask >> Reveal All. This is so that when we do erase the background, if we make any mistakes, we can fix them easily. If the foreground colour is white, then using the eraser on the background will cause it to actually erase. If the foreground colour is black, then using the eraser on the background will restore the image.
There are a few ways you can do this. For this image, I simply selected the background with the magic wand tool. Then I went to Select >> Feather >> 1px. I pressed Delete (clear) twice. You can also do this manually with the eraser, but this just seemed quicker for me.
I pasted on a dusty texture by peoplemachines and set it to screen at 70%.
I merged everything. Then I created a new layer and just painted on some random dots.
I went to Filter >> Blur >> Radial Blur.
Settings -
Amount: 46
Method: Spin
Quality: Best
And there you go. :] It's not even close to being exact, but you'll get close by just experimenting.
Original:
Re-Created: