Colouring Tutorial in 5 steps - PS CS2

[thekillerinme]

ok so couperose had a question about the colouring on this icon, and since I'm avoiding my homework like the plague I thought it was a perfect opportunity to write a tutorial. yay.





credit for the cap goes to: Striped Wall.

First off I just want to say that this colouring will only look nice on certain caps. The cap I chose is fairly colourful to begin with, therefore it was much easier to achieve a rich colouring. Secondly, I always colour then crop because I find that if I do it the other way around the icon turns out more pixely.



Step One:

Duplicate twice and set to screen at 100% both times



Step Two: CURVES

A lot of people seem to hate on curves, however it's the ONLY way to get this colouring exactly as you want it. Anyway:

Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves

RGB -

First Point -

Input: 85
Output: 90

Second Point -

Input: 193
Output: 220

Third Point -

Input: 220
Output: 244

RED -

First Point -

Input: 77
Output: 27

Second Point -

Input: 147
Output: 132

Third Point -

Input: 175
Output: 255

GREEN -

First Point -

Input: 36
Output: 46

Second Point -

Input: 117
Output: 132

Third Point -

Input: 233
Output: 255

BLUE -

First Point -

Input: 46
Output: 53

Second Point -

Input: 120
Output: 108

Third Point -

Input: 255
Output: 233

Step Three:

Set this layer to Soft Light at 100%



Step Four:

Duplicate the original cap and place on top of the others, set to soft light at 20%



Step Five:

crop to 100x100



and you're done!

Original:
Remade:
(looks pretty much the same)

Thank you for viewing my tutorial and I hope it was somewhat helpful. :)