Icon Tutorial (01) - PSP 8
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Learn how to make the icon below:
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*This tutorial was made for Paintshop Pro 8. I do not know how it will work in Photoshop, but you can easily translate it into past, or new versions of Paintshop Pro.
» Choose any picture (high quality) you'd like, resize and crop it. Or, you can use the image I already resized and cropped.
» Once it's cropped, go to Adjust > Sharpen > Sharpen.
» Now, go to Layers > Duplicate Layer.
» Layers > Properties - Change the blend mode to Screen, hit OK (Depending on the lightness of your graphic already, you might want to mess around with the opacity of that layer).
» Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.
» Go to Layers > Duplicate Layer again.
» Layers > Properties - Change the blend mode to Multiply, hit OK (Depending on the lightness/darkness of your graphic already, you might want to mess around with the opacity of that layer).
» Go to Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur and change the number to 0.55.
» Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.
» Go to Layers > New Raster Layer. Fill this new layer with #07132D, and set it to Exclusion.
» Go to Layers > New Raster Layer. Fill this new layer with #9CC1DB, and set it to Soft Light.
» Go to Layers > New Raster Layer. Fill this new layer with #CDDFED, and set it to Burn.
» In your layers palette (you can view it by going to view > palettes > layer) click on the bottom layer, go to Layers > Duplicate Layer, and then drag the duplicated layer all the way to the top. Set this layer to Soft with 50% opacity.
» Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.
» Add text, whatever you want -- you're done. :)
Learn how to make the icon below:
Before
After
*This tutorial was made for Paintshop Pro 8. I do not know how it will work in Photoshop, but you can easily translate it into past, or new versions of Paintshop Pro.
» Choose any picture (high quality) you'd like, resize and crop it. Or, you can use the image I already resized and cropped.
» Once it's cropped, go to Adjust > Sharpen > Sharpen.
» Now, go to Layers > Duplicate Layer.
» Layers > Properties - Change the blend mode to Screen, hit OK (Depending on the lightness of your graphic already, you might want to mess around with the opacity of that layer).
» Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.
» Go to Layers > Duplicate Layer again.
» Layers > Properties - Change the blend mode to Multiply, hit OK (Depending on the lightness/darkness of your graphic already, you might want to mess around with the opacity of that layer).
» Go to Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur and change the number to 0.55.
» Go to Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.
» Go to Layers > New Raster Layer. Fill this new layer with #07132D, and set it to Exclusion.
» Go to Layers > New Raster Layer. Fill this new layer with #9CC1DB, and set it to Soft Light.
» Go to Layers > New Raster Layer. Fill this new layer with #CDDFED, and set it to Burn.
» In your layers palette (you can view it by going to view > palettes > layer) click on the bottom layer, go to Layers > Duplicate Layer, and then drag the duplicated layer all the way to the top. Set this layer to Soft with 50% opacity.
» Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.
» Add text, whatever you want -- you're done. :)