love_cactus wrote in icon_tutorial 🙃artistic

Listens: she - green day

not icons, but graphics just the same.

this to this

using PSP X.

my first tutorial, sorry if it sucks or is confusing.



001) Duplicate the base layer and set the layer to screen 100%.

002) Make a new layer and fill it with #004a75.  Set the layer to exclusion 66%.

003) Create a new curves layer with the following settings.
          [RGB]       In: 179   Out: 186
                            In: 83     Out: 36
          [Red]        In: 153   Out: 135
          [Green]    In: 139   Out: 147
                           In: 91      Out: 86
          [Blue]      In: 142     Out: 156

004) Create a new layer.  Fill it with #000040 and set to exclusion 18%.

005) Make a new color balance layer with the following settings.
          Midtones: -63, 54, -32
          Shadows: 8, -15, 17
          Highlights: 11, 8, 36

006) Make a new brightness/contrast layer with the following settings.
          Brightness = 0
          Contrast = 18

007) Make a new posterize layer.  Make the posterize level be 25, then set the layer to soft light.

The End.