21 October 2007 @ 08:23 pm
Icon Tutorial #1  
Yes yes, a tutorial, it's my first so bare with me. I hope it makes sense andI hope it works for all of you.

* Uses: Photoshop CS3
* Not transable (sorry!)
* Curves & SC
* Enjoy and be happy :D


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#1. Crop your base to 100x100

#2. I duplicated my capture of Aishwarya once and put the opacity to 100% Screen

#3. Added a yellow layer ( #fff468 - softlight 30%)

#4. A Hue/Sat. layer in the Master section saturation on +31

#5. A selective colour layer (1 of 2)
Reds: -100;0100;0
Yellows: -100;0;100;0
Cyans: -100;-100;100;0
Blues: -100;-100;-100;0
Neutrals: 19;0;-45;0

#6. Selective colour layer (2 of 2)
Reds: -100;0;100;0
Yellows: 100;0;-83;0
Cyans: 100;-100;-100;0
Blues: 100;-100;-100;-100
Neutrals -16;0;-22;0
Opacity on 50%

#7. A curves layer (1 of 2)
rgb: O: 198; I: 187
red: O:167; I: 156
green: O: 203; I:194
blue: O: 138; I: 162

#8. Added this texture by: unknown. (Do let me know)
Softlight - 100%

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#9. A curves layer (2 of 2)
* RGB
- Point 1:
O: 187; I: 215
- Point 2:
O: 153; I: 192
- Point 3:
O: 90; I: 150
* Red
O: 164; I: 170
* Green
O: 171; I: 170
* Blue
O: 205; I: 209

You can end here if you want to.

I added a extra curves layers because I found the image to greenish.

My settings - Green
O: 199; I: 210

With the same settings:

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Rules:
- Credit would be very sweet.
- Comment, yes =D
- Feedback
- Would love to see some results.
- Friend the journal anytime for new updates. Love making friends.
- PSD

Screen Capture Credit
 
 
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( 9 comments — Leave a comment )
Lalita: uj aish[info]lalita000 on October 21st, 2007 07:53 pm (UTC)
yaya now everyones making tuts!!! the effect is very pretty wandena and i love the pictures you choosed!!! aish's face really fits this effect will try soon :) thx!
trueroyalty: Petrelli Brothers Picture>1000 Words[info]trueroyalty on October 22nd, 2007 04:01 am (UTC)
Beautiful icons! And lovely tutorial, too! The picture I was using had a bit of cyan/magenta-looking mottling, so I took out the first Selective Color layer and it looks great (IMHO). Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket Will try it again on a differently colored icon later. Thanks!
~TR
worship-elle[info]worship_elle on October 22nd, 2007 08:53 am (UTC)
I think if you brighten the image more, it will look perfectly. So open a new curves vanavas and brighten it up in the RGB window. The result looks pretty good, maybe a bit brighter.
Hannah[info]looni_ma on October 22nd, 2007 12:07 pm (UTC)
Lovely tut, but my result is different.. And I have some questions:
Step 2: at which blend-mode is the duplicated icon? Screen maybe?
And step 8: Which blend-mode did you use for the texture?
Sorry, that I ask so much :)

I've tried your tut on the same icon you used, but the first curves layer turns my image dark and magentablue, what did I do wrong? I'm sure my settings are right..
This is how it looks like:
http://s1.directupload.net/images/071022/xtgjv4i9.jpg
worship-elle[info]worship_elle on October 22nd, 2007 01:54 pm (UTC)
Oh crap, I forgat to wrote which mode. Thanks for letting me know. Yup duplicate to screen and the texture to soft light 100%. Try to work with these settings again.

I think you forgat to add the first curves layer. Because that fixes the magenta's part. And no, you don't ask a lot of questions, feel free to ask, I love to help.
Hannah[info]looni_ma on October 22nd, 2007 06:42 pm (UTC)
hey thanks, that makes it a lot easier :)
I've tried once more and changed some opacities and settings and got a result that looks really almost like yours, great tut!
worship-elle[info]worship_elle on October 22nd, 2007 08:44 pm (UTC)
I have added the PSD file, because curves is quite tricky.
pixel_876: house_new[info]pixel_876 on October 28th, 2007 09:23 am (UTC)
Thats a great tutorial, thanks for posting it on Icons :)
worship-elle: Team[info]worship_elle on November 30th, 2007 03:04 pm (UTC)
Your most welcome :D
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