Tutorial #5
Today we are going to go from this picture from I don't remember where, but it was probably Mugglenet or the Leakey Cauldron to 
ETA: This was made using PSP8.
Step 1: Crop, resize and sharpen:
Step 2: Duplicate and set to screen 100%:
Step 3: Adjust curves on screened layer to:
to get:
Step 4: Duplicate the screened layer 2 times and set to screen 100% and 80%:
Step 5: Go to the base, duplicate it, drag to the top and set to multiply at 75%:
Step6: New raster layer. Flood fill with #040C20 and set to exclusion:
Step 7: Place this gradient(by??) on top and set to soft light at 50%:
Step 8: Take this gradient(by??) and set it to burn 65%:
Step 9: Duplicate the base drag it to the top, desaturate, adjust the curves at the same settings as the screen layer, and set to soft light 100%
Step 10: Next I took this brush by 
_joni and put it on the icon. Set it to soft light, then duplicated it, and set the duplicate on normal at 44%.
Then just add whatever text you'd like and you're done.
ETA: This was made using PSP8.
Step 1: Crop, resize and sharpen:
Step 2: Duplicate and set to screen 100%:
Step 3: Adjust curves on screened layer to:
to get:
Step 4: Duplicate the screened layer 2 times and set to screen 100% and 80%:
Step 5: Go to the base, duplicate it, drag to the top and set to multiply at 75%:
Step6: New raster layer. Flood fill with #040C20 and set to exclusion:
Step 7: Place this gradient
(by??) on top and set to soft light at 50%:Step 8: Take this
gradient(by??) and set it to burn 65%:Step 9: Duplicate the base drag it to the top, desaturate, adjust the curves at the same settings as the screen layer, and set to soft light 100%
Step 10: Next I took this
brush by _joni and put it on the icon. Set it to soft light, then duplicated it, and set the duplicate on normal at 44%.Then just add whatever text you'd like and you're done.