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[satin999]

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Made in Photoshop CS3, Including PSD



001 Take your base. Crop it and prepare as you like. I sharpened mine.

002 Now we need to lighten the base. Duplicate it and set to Screen 75%

003 Selective Color

REDS: 0/0/-100/0
BLACKS: 0/0/0/100

(change yellow's settings in REDS depending on your base)

005 Color fill layer #211919 to Exclusion 75%(change as you like)

006 Channel Mixer

Red: 102/-5/0
Green: -3/100/2
Blue: -1/-3/109

007 Curves

Green
Point one: output 60, input 68

Blue
Point one: output 51, input 46
Point two: output 70, input 97

008 Channel Mixer

Red: 100/-3/0
Green: -3/100/0
Blue: -2/0/105

009 Curves

RGB
Point one: output 48, input 59
Point two: output 86, input 107
Point three: output 122, input 132

010 Curves

RGB
Point one: output 39, input 60
Point two: output 78, input 106
Point three: output 121, input 139
Point four: output 181, input 182

Green
Point one: output 57, input 63
Point two: output 85, input 91
Point three: output 131, input 133
Point four: output 172, input 166

011 Black&White

Reds:10
Yellow:90
Set to Soft Light. Change opacity as you like. Mine is 50%
(If you don't have B&W try to replace it with b&w gradient)

012 Color fill layer #FFFFFF to Screen15%

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