Anne (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} annesaname) wrote,@ 2006-08-19 17:01:00 |
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Icon Tutorial #005
Tutorial for Photoshop for Photoshop only
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This is yet another attempt to make Supernatural Icons more colorful. Again, applying the exact settings to every picture might deliver unsatisfactory results. Have a look at the screencap you're using and see what colors are the most prominent and change the settings accordingly.
One more thing: I don't include steps like when to sharpen or when to soften. You know that by yourself ;)
Note that english isn't my first language and that I use a german version of Photoshop, so if there're anything you don't understand just ask.
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| I mostly use screencaps from stripedwall.com because they provide them in high quality. So in Photoshop I resize the image to 150 pixels of height and copy it into a new 100 x 100px file. Then I go to Image -> Adjustments -> Variations. For this screencap I only adjusted the brightness. I know it's alluring but don't go too bright. I've worked with the Variation options so often that I don't know what the default settings are, so I can't tell you how often you should press the "Brighter" button. You might want to have a look at the screenshot provided above. |
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| Then I copy my new base and set the first copy to "Screen 100%" and the duplicated top layer on "Screen 40%" | Not very impressive, yet. Now, go to your layer palette and add a "Hue/Saturation" adjustment layer. I set the saturation to +63. |
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| Now add a "Curves" adjustment layer RGB 0:15; 124:147; 247:255 GREEN 128:135 |
Add another "Curves" adjustment layout RGB 125:136 RED 0:3; 84:24; 162:160 GREEN 0:10; 97:69; 200:221; 247:255 BLUE 130:122 |
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| Not too bad but I'm still not 100% happy with it, so I added a "Selective Color" adjustment layer. REDS -48; 0; +100; 0 YELLOWS +100; +27; -29; 0 GREENS -90; -50; 0; 0 CYANS +100; 0; +10; +20 WHITES (I don't use this one often but I wanted to add color to the building in the background) +100; 0; -80; 0 NEUTRALS +5; 0; 0; 0 |
Now add another "Selective Color" adjustment layer to make the bushes or trees stand out more. For this I just edited the GREENS -100; -100; +100; +100 |
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| And now, just because I didn't like the dull color of Sam's jacket, I created a new layer and brushed over his jacket with #663333 and set this layer to "Soft Light 100%" | And... that's it! |
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| This is my complete layer palette, again for your reference. | And some more examples, made with the same technique but with slightly different settings. |
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