Dark/washed out look tutorial for PSP8

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1.Crop and re-size your pic to get a 100x100 base (well,if you haven`t done that already)
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2.Duplicate your base,desaturate it and and set it to Hard Light at about 62% opacity.
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3.Create a new raster layer,flood fill it with a dull orange-y color(#DDAB71)and set it to Multiply at about 60% opacity.
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4.Duplicate your desaturated second layer,drag it on top of your third layer and set it to Soft Light at about 62% opacity.
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5.Create a new raster layer,flood fill it with a grey/pink gradient and set it to Color at about 10% opacity.
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6.Create another new raster layer,flood fill it with greenish brown colour (#73643C) and set it to Hard Light at about 46% opacity.
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7.Lastly add these two splatter brushes (sorry,can`t remember who made them):
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this grunge brush by teh_indy(I erased the bits that were covering his face):
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and some text in 6pt Augustus and you`re done :)
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