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1. Take a picture, resize it and crop it.
2. Create a curves layer:
RGB
point 1: 135 167
red
point 1: 124 152
point 2: 140 181
green
point 1: 128 137
point 2: 146 162
blue
point 1: 120 135
point 2: 138 162
3. Create a selective color layer:
red: -44 +6 +31 0
yellows: +78 0 0 0
whites: +100 -85 -26 0
neutrals: +30 -5 -15 0
4. New color balance layer:
midtones: +18 -1 +2
shadows: +11 +13 -2
highlights: -13 -2 +14
5. New channel mixer layer:
red: +124 -42 0
green: -2 +116 +2
blue: -10 +2 +124
6. Create a new layer, fill it with color #EEEEEE and set it to colorburn, 51% opacity.
7. Create a brightness/contrast layer, and set the brightnes to +12 and the contrast to +8.
8. Create a new selective color layer:
reds: -65 0 +34 0
yellows: -100 -75 -29 0
cyans: +100 +31 -50 0
whites: +13 +22 +41 0
neutrals: +5 -2 +12 -7
9. Create a black and white gradient map and set it to soft light, 25% opacity.
1o. New selective color layer:
neutrals: +22 +2 -6 -14
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