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26 July 2007 @ 11:20 am
TUTORIAL #1  

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photoshop only
PSD FILE INCLUDED

(made in ps7)


Prepare your base, as soon as it's ready, move onto step one. As you can see, I don't know how to crop. D:


1. New Hue / Saturation Layer.
rgb: | 0 | +32 | +4 |
Adjust to your liking, but this step was just to add a bit more color to your base.


2. New Selective coloring layer.
r: -55 | +17 | +63 | -5
y: +36 | +23 | -40 | +19
n: +26 | -8 | -28 | -2
Adjust... er, it looks FUG now but it gets better. :D


3. New Curves Layer.
rgb: 117 | 141
(note: I actually dragged to these numbers. I heard there's a difference between dragging and just adding in the numbers. Not sure if it's true... er, yeah.)


4. New Selective Coloring Layer
r: -100 | +1 | +16 | -7
c: +100 | +100 | -57 | -19
blue: +100 | -18 | -21 | -27
n: -16 | +6 |+10 | -9
Getting better~ Er, I had a blue-ish background so that's why I used the cyans and blues, but you will probably need to adjust it a lot and maybe not even mess with the c+b, dunno.


5. Brightness/Contrast Layer
+4, +5
Dunno why I did this, there's barely any difference, but who cares? :'D


6. Color Balance Layer
m: -5, 0, +5
s: -5, -6, -5
h: -16, 0, -10
Not much a difference in this step, either...


7. Channel Mixer Layer
red
r: +130
g: -42
b: 0
blue
r: -44
g: +54
b: +94
that's my secret technique... but now you all know it, booh. D:
NOTE! Channel Mixer doesn't work well on all images.


optional: Add a texture if you'd like~

complete!
edit: fixed typo

  • Comment if you like/use my tutorial, please. D:
  • I'd love to see results <3
  • Credit is appreciated, but not needed.
  • Do not follow exactly. That would be lame.

  • AND A PSD FOR THE LAZY
    ( don't worry, i'd take the psd, too. D: )

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( 22 comments — Post a new comment )
Nabeela[info]funkyfruitz on July 26th, 2007 05:40 pm (UTC)
I like this! Adding to mems
Olivia[info]kieara on July 26th, 2007 05:44 pm (UTC)
Thanks and I'm glad you like the end result! :)
likeimeanrita[info]likeimeanrita on July 26th, 2007 06:21 pm (UTC)
Lovely! One of the best tuts I've ever found, I was trying to achieve this kind of effect from ages and never found a good tut abou it!
Thank you so much for sharing, will mem!
Olivia: Bubble Gum[info]kieara on July 26th, 2007 06:47 pm (UTC)
Thanks & you're welcome! ^^
miss_euphory: Makiri 2[info]miss_euphory on July 26th, 2007 09:00 pm (UTC)
i love this! but i didn't use the Chanel Mixer Layer because it made the icon too pinkish! but up to this step i love =)
i am jack's broken heart ★: tv {pb} just kiss him already.[info]already_used on July 26th, 2007 09:14 pm (UTC)
I mem'ed this tutorial for later. The outcome is really great.
Thanks :D
Olivia[info]kieara on July 26th, 2007 09:58 pm (UTC)
Ah, thanks you two. =)
@miss_euphory : Yeah, it really depends on your image for the Channel Mixer... should have mentioned that. =P
aysha[info]dayzee38 on July 26th, 2007 11:29 pm (UTC)
thanx so much!
(took the psd) eheh
i'll try it later =)
Ally[info]ilikethequiet on July 26th, 2007 11:46 pm (UTC)
This is a fantastic tutorial! *takes psd file* I love the colouring!
talula70[info]talula70 on July 27th, 2007 12:26 am (UTC)
Amezzin effect. Thanks - have taken the PSD - (and memmed) :)
flowerhearts[info]flowerhearts on July 27th, 2007 09:22 am (UTC)
Great tutorial, i love it!!!
Holly[info]holly1985 on July 27th, 2007 03:19 pm (UTC)
Memming this..

it's great.. but at the Channel mixer
it's 130 not 180 ;)
Olivia[info]kieara on July 27th, 2007 05:22 pm (UTC)
Thanks everyone~

and sorry for the typo. D: I'll fix it~
L I N D A D O L L[info]lindadoll on July 29th, 2007 02:03 am (UTC)
Oh, this is fantastic!
Thanks so much! ^_^
[info]candysweetgurl on August 3rd, 2007 11:06 pm (UTC)
i heart this !! if you wanna check out my results go here www.last.fm/user/candysweetgurl && scroll down, on the left my Top 10 :]
krizia922[info]krizia922 on August 6th, 2007 07:21 am (UTC)
Ooh, love thisss.
Will creditt.
:]
Olivia[info]kieara on August 12th, 2007 08:02 pm (UTC)
Thanks for the comments ^_~
shalowater: *sparrow shy*[info]shalowater on August 18th, 2007 09:52 pm (UTC)
i really like this tut. im bookmarking it. will try it one day. i wanted to ask u about the userpic u are using with all the yellow. its very pretty too. do u have a tut for it. i was wondering if i could get that coloring for some yellow themed stock icons ;) thanks a bunch. found your name on the psd tuts journal. its a great idea and journal.
Olivia[info]kieara on August 19th, 2007 05:38 am (UTC)
Thanks. ^^
Um, I don't really have the .psd for my current, so I can't do a tutorial for it. I remember it was fairly simple, and I used the Channel Mixer. Sorry, that's all I remember. ^^; I'll try to recreate the icon and make a tutorial later, though~
shalowater[info]shalowater on August 22nd, 2007 12:54 am (UTC)
that would be great thanks. sorry im late on reply.
Yade: pic#77897862[info]tommy4everiss13 on August 5th, 2008 03:17 pm (UTC)
Wow, thank you so much! It helped me a lot! :]
sexy_mojito[info]sexy_mojito on August 30th, 2008 10:02 am (UTC)
It's a great tutorial! I'm a moderator of one of the best Italian forum about graphic. One of our members ask me if I can translate your tutorial from english to italian. So...I'm here to ask you, too! The translation will be put on a private section wich included a lot of translated tutorial (more of them comes from LiveJournal -everything has been made with the authors' agree!).
Could I translate your tutorial to put it in our forum? You must be sure that I'll included all kind of credits ^^
 
 

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