H. Duff tutorial
Translatable: I'm guessing no
Includes: Selective Coloring, some Curves, Color Balance, Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation
Ok, this is my first tutorial so hopefully it's coherent.
This tutorial works well on images with a lot of yellows that you want to tone down because of the selective coloring settings.
1. Choose your base.
2. I like to sharpen my images next. You can also wait and do it at the end, it helps make the photo more clear after all the coloring. Filter > Sharpen
3. Add a Selective Coloring layer. Image > Adjustments > Selective Coloring
*these numbers are all just a frame of reference. You can adjust them to suit your needs.
This part is just trying to bring down some of the red and yellow tones
Reds
C: +59
M: -13
Y: -27
B: -16
Yellows
C: -21
Y: -26
M: -3
B: -37
Cyans
C: +100
M: 0
Y: 0
B: +97
Blues
C: +98
M: 0
Y: -100
B: +98
Magentas
C: +57
M: 0
Y: -53
B: +66
Whites
C: -29
M: 0
Y: 0
B: -45
Neutrals
C: +27
M: -9
Y: -21
B: +26
Blacks
C: +37
M: -17
Y: -22
B: +46
4. Add another Selective Coloring layer. Image > Adjustments > Selective Coloring
*again this one is bringing down the yellows/reds and amping up the cyans and blacks and whites
Reds
C: +51
M: 0
Y: 0
B: +18
Yellow
C: +36
M: 0
Y: 0
B: -45
Cyans:
C: +100
M: 0
Y: 0
B: 0
Magentas
C: -57
M: +7
Y: 0
B: +56
Whites
C: 0
M: 0
Y: 0
B: -24
Neutrals
C: +9
M: -7
Y: -8
B: +3
Blacks
C: +20
M: +4
Y: +2
B: +3
5. Add a Curves layer Images > Adjustments > Curves
*this brightens up the image a bit
make a point at 73 ; 91
make another at 1640 ; 90
6. Add a Hue/Saturation layer Images > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation
Reds
Saturation: +47
Greens
Sat: +43
Cyans
Sat: +53
Lightness: -17
Magentas:
Sat: +34
7. Add a Brightness/Contrast layer Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
Brightness: -38
Contrast: +20
8. Add a Color Balance layer Image > Adjustments > Color Balance
Midtones: -12 ; -7 ; +22
Shadows: -16 ; +1 ; +9
Highlights: +9 ; +5 ; -5
9. Add another Brightness/Contrast layer
Brightness: +8
Contrast: 0
10. Add another Hue/Saturation layer
Master
Sat: +8
Now you should end up with this.
Other Examples:
Be sure to experiment to make it work best for your image.
PSD: http://www.sendspace.com/file/okuh3b