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Program: PS CS2
Difficulty: Medium
Translatable: No
PSD: Coloring only
1. Start with the cropping: I cropped mine with a little space beside it. The negative space makes it easier to work with. There are tons of ways to fill that space, but I just duplicated my base and set it beside. Result:
2. Now I add this texture by
cielo_gris . I desaturated it and set it on screen at 100 %. Just want to add that in YOUR icon, you're free to put it in any place you would want to. Yes, this is for pure decoration. Mine looks like this:
3. Just to add a bit of brightness at the side, add this texture by (not sure who, it's really modified :x sorry!) Set it on screen at 20%. It's supposed to brighten up a little bit on the side.
4. To add a little bit more texture on the background, add this texture by (ugh, modified a lot, but I'm pretty sure it's bynoisettee?) Right now, I'm trying to make it the right kind of blue.
5. Get this texture bycookiestome, which I inverted and smudged a bit according to how I want it to look like.
(yes it looks weird, it will get better, hopefully!)
6. Okay now go to Layer>New adjustment layer>gradient map. Go to the bar and place in 99ceff and 000000. Set that layer to Normal at 43% (You may wanna adjust this accdg. to your image). it should look like this:
7. Layer>New adjustment layer>curves. Now don't do anything to it, just click ok. Then you set it on Softlight at 100%. Now it adds a little more contrast.
8. Layer>New adjustment layer>Color balance. I brought the yellows only a bit like so, just to make it slightly green.
9. Layer>New adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation, Master > Put in Saturation +17 to make some of the colors pop. :)
10. Layer>New adjustment layer>Selective coloring
Reds
Yellow: -37
Yellows:
Yellow: +100
Neutrals:
Yellows: +10
This is just to lessen the red and adding more yellow to the icon.
11. Layer>New adjustment layer>Selective coloring. Bascially, I tried to make the image brighter while adding a bit more blue. I tried to remove any source of red on my icon, and upped a little bit of the yellow. Settings are here
12. Layer>New adjustment layer>Curves The image itself is really bright, now we have to darken it a lot.
RGB
1st point
Input: 176
Output: 155
2nd point
Input: 78
Output: 44
Green
1st point
Input: 195
Output: 171
**If you are confused with the whole coloring here, comment if you need the psd/help! :)
13. Now take this texture by
_sinelinea and set it anywhere on your icon. I placed mine on the bottom. Then I placed another texture from _sinelinea as well. I placed it beside the first one. It's supposed to be a sort of border. Mine looks like this:
14. Add this texture by me(basically a failed icon blurred really well) on softlight at 20%. It's suppose to add more contrast to the icon
15. Now take this texture bynoisettee and place it where you want. I rotated mine to the side and smudged some of the black writing away.
16. Okay, time to brighten the blues up(get it?), so Layer>New fill layer>Solid color. Place in 00aeff on softlight at 100%, depending how bright you want it. It makes the blue more bearable and slightly brighter. I duplicated mine 3 times.
17. Add this texture by orchidee and set it on softlight at 100% this is supposed to make it brighter while adding a bit of green in the icon.
18. Now add this texture by (unknown, if you know, comment please! :D) on Screen at 30%
Okay these last few steps are really optional to be honest. It just adds more contrast.
19. Layer>New adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation
Master
Saturation: +17
20. Layer>New adjustment layer>Color balance
Midtones: 0, -42, -71
Shadows: 0, -27, -43
21. Okay last step, duplicate your base and drag it to the top, set it on softlight at 100%
* I added a brightness/contrast layer, this should depend on your image.
** Please do not copy my icon the EXACT SAME WAY! Please also note that this coloring will NOT work on every damn image, so try to adjust it a little. :)
*** Sorry if it isn't very long and detailed!
- Don't hesitate to ask for help if you can't understand something! :)
- Like what you see? Watch the community!
- Comment here
- Please do not hotlink/steal/redistribute anywhere else</b>
to Program: PS CS2
Difficulty: Medium
Translatable: No
PSD: Coloring only
1. Start with the cropping: I cropped mine with a little space beside it. The negative space makes it easier to work with. There are tons of ways to fill that space, but I just duplicated my base and set it beside. Result:
2. Now I add this texture by
cielo_gris . I desaturated it and set it on screen at 100 %. Just want to add that in YOUR icon, you're free to put it in any place you would want to. Yes, this is for pure decoration. Mine looks like this:
3. Just to add a bit of brightness at the side, add this texture by (not sure who, it's really modified :x sorry!) Set it on screen at 20%. It's supposed to brighten up a little bit on the side.
4. To add a little bit more texture on the background, add this texture by (ugh, modified a lot, but I'm pretty sure it's by
noisettee?) Right now, I'm trying to make it the right kind of blue. 5. Get this texture by
cookiestome, which I inverted and smudged a bit according to how I want it to look like. 
(yes it looks weird, it will get better, hopefully!)
6. Okay now go to Layer>New adjustment layer>gradient map. Go to the bar and place in 99ceff and 000000. Set that layer to Normal at 43% (You may wanna adjust this accdg. to your image). it should look like this:
7. Layer>New adjustment layer>curves. Now don't do anything to it, just click ok. Then you set it on Softlight at 100%. Now it adds a little more contrast.
8. Layer>New adjustment layer>Color balance. I brought the yellows only a bit like so, just to make it slightly green.
9. Layer>New adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation, Master > Put in Saturation +17 to make some of the colors pop. :)
10. Layer>New adjustment layer>Selective coloring
Reds
Yellow: -37
Yellows:
Yellow: +100
Neutrals:
Yellows: +10
This is just to lessen the red and adding more yellow to the icon.
11. Layer>New adjustment layer>Selective coloring. Bascially, I tried to make the image brighter while adding a bit more blue. I tried to remove any source of red on my icon, and upped a little bit of the yellow. Settings are here
12. Layer>New adjustment layer>Curves The image itself is really bright, now we have to darken it a lot.
RGB
1st point
Input: 176
Output: 155
2nd point
Input: 78
Output: 44
Green
1st point
Input: 195
Output: 171
**If you are confused with the whole coloring here, comment if you need the psd/help! :)
13. Now take this texture by
_sinelinea and set it anywhere on your icon. I placed mine on the bottom. Then I placed another texture from 
_sinelinea as well. I placed it beside the first one. It's supposed to be a sort of border. Mine looks like this:14. Add this texture by me
15. Now take this texture by
noisettee and place it where you want. I rotated mine to the side and smudged some of the black writing away.16. Okay, time to brighten the blues up
17. Add this texture by orchidee and set it on softlight at 100% this is supposed to make it brighter while adding a bit of green in the icon.
18. Now add this texture by (unknown, if you know, comment please! :D) on Screen at 30%
Okay these last few steps are really optional to be honest. It just adds more contrast.
19. Layer>New adjustment layer>Hue/Saturation
Master
Saturation: +17
20. Layer>New adjustment layer>Color balance
Midtones: 0, -42, -71
Shadows: 0, -27, -43
21. Okay last step, duplicate your base and drag it to the top, set it on softlight at 100%
* I added a brightness/contrast layer, this should depend on your image.
** Please do not copy my icon the EXACT SAME WAY! Please also note that this coloring will NOT work on every damn image, so try to adjust it a little. :)
*** Sorry if it isn't very long and detailed!
- Don't hesitate to ask for help if you can't understand something! :)
- Like what you see? Watch the community!
- Comment here
- Please do not hotlink/steal/redistribute anywhere else</b>