Claire Redfield 'Monochrome' Tutorial - PSCS, can be translated to PS7 or PSP
How to go from 
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First, we take our picure,
, and choose whatever you want to be included in the icon. I chose;
Now here, you can duplicate, blur the skin, sharpen the eyes, and lighten the picture, if you'd like. Do whatever you'd like to fix your image. All I did was sharpen the picture twice, then blurred.
Doesn't look too different, but here's how the image looks now.
Then, I went to Layer up on the tab, and chose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Channel Mixer. On the drop-down list, you want to choose 'Luminosity'. My levels are Red - +108, Green - +102, Blue +84, Constant - -24, and click on Monochrome.
Your picture should look something like this;
I then use this texture; (I only use the upper-left corner, but use whatever portion of the texture you'd like. I found the texture on a website. Unfortunately, it's only labeled '500mntexture11' so I can't tell you who made it. =\)
to achieve this effect.
The color I used on the texture is #CCE5FF and set the brush layer to hard light. If you'd like, you can erase the texture on her clothing and/or skin. It's up to you.
Now, we go to Image > Image Size and set the pixels to 100x100 for our icon.
Finally, we add some text. In the upper-right hand corner, I used the BIOHAZARD font at size 36. then, We right-click on the text layer, and choose 'blending options'. Choose 'Outer Glow' and the following to get the same effect.
Blend Mode - Normal
Opacity - 100
Noise - 0
Color - Solid Black
Technique - Precise
Spread - 18
Size - 4
Afterwards, go to Layer > Flatten Image and save.
And here is our final result;
You can mess around with the monochrome effect on different pictures to see what you get. Some pictures look good with it, some don't, do have fun.
to First, we take our picure,
, and choose whatever you want to be included in the icon. I chose;Now here, you can duplicate, blur the skin, sharpen the eyes, and lighten the picture, if you'd like. Do whatever you'd like to fix your image. All I did was sharpen the picture twice, then blurred.
Doesn't look too different, but here's how the image looks now.
Then, I went to Layer up on the tab, and chose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Channel Mixer. On the drop-down list, you want to choose 'Luminosity'. My levels are Red - +108, Green - +102, Blue +84, Constant - -24, and click on Monochrome.
Your picture should look something like this;
I then use this texture; (I only use the upper-left corner, but use whatever portion of the texture you'd like. I found the texture on a website. Unfortunately, it's only labeled '500mntexture11' so I can't tell you who made it. =\)
to achieve this effect. The color I used on the texture is #CCE5FF and set the brush layer to hard light. If you'd like, you can erase the texture on her clothing and/or skin. It's up to you.
Now, we go to Image > Image Size and set the pixels to 100x100 for our icon.
Finally, we add some text. In the upper-right hand corner, I used the BIOHAZARD font at size 36. then, We right-click on the text layer, and choose 'blending options'. Choose 'Outer Glow' and the following to get the same effect.
Blend Mode - Normal
Opacity - 100
Noise - 0
Color - Solid Black
Technique - Precise
Spread - 18
Size - 4
Afterwards, go to Layer > Flatten Image and save.
And here is our final result;
You can mess around with the monochrome effect on different pictures to see what you get. Some pictures look good with it, some don't, do have fun.