Seventh.
Tutorial Number Seven. (contains two parts)
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Please, let me know if you're taking the icon.
And I'd LOVE to see what you make.
Today we're going from
to 
using PSPx. I'm sure that it's completely translatable.
Please, remember to mix it up, this is only a guideline. Making the exact same icon makes my heart sad. : c
Step One: So, grab your base (you can see mine above), and prepare it in any way you see fit. I always use Fade Correction at a setting between 30 and 45, depending on the colour quality of the image. Then, I use Smart Photo Fix (both of these can be found in the Adjust tab) and change the settings depending on my picture. I tend to up the saturation, and the shadows, and make sure that the image isn't being sharpened.
So, My base is ready, and it looks like
.
Step Two: So, I then duplicated the base and mirrored the image. (
) And set this to darken. Now, you should have this 
. Funny looking, right?
Step Three: All right, now, make a new raster layer, and fill it with a medium-beigey-orange colour. I used
(#eca158) And set this to multiply. The image will now look like 
. uhm. use lighter if you want it to be less dark. D:?
Step Four: Open a base of your choice, I used
. I rotated it to fit the image as well. Now, copy-merge your composition and paste it onto this base. I also erased the bottom half of the image which was overlapping the green, because it looked too busy. Set the layer with your composition to Luminance at 100%. 
. This is what it looks like now. Now, use that beige colour from step three on top of this set to multiply. 
. It's really dark, but we'll fix that. [ALSO: note that you can play with this multiply layer to give the subject more depth. At one point I had only the subject's hair coloured with this layer. But I just couldn't make it work with the rest of her face. But it definetly could look very good. c:]
Step Five: Now, duplicate the ACTUAL IMAGE OF YOUR SUBJECT twice, and drag them to the top of the composition. LOWER the saturation on them, but don't completely desaturate them. Set the first to Normal at 40%, and the second to Dodge at 40%. It's done.
. Just add any text, or lines that you want. . c: Easy, right?
Part Two
All right, I'm trying to recreate this
and this is the base I used 
and got 
(no where near as nice, but I'll explain why at the end.)
Step One: So, I have my base, as seen above, and use fade correction/smart photo fix to prep it. When I used smart photo fix I upped the saturation quite a bit.
Now, I duplicated this prepped base twice. I set the first duplicate to screen at 70%, and the second to burn at 30%. The image now looks like
. Yes. we're almost done. hahaha.
Step Two: I used the font tool to make a very large C directly over the subject.I used the font HVD poster at 125 pixels.The C alone looks like
and then I used HVD poster again at 14 px to write ostigan. this looks like 
Now, use the flood fill tool to make the area around the letters white. (it'll ask you if you want to change it to a raster layer, just say yes.)
. set this whole layer to screen. This will give you
I made a new raster layer, coloured that area black and put it beneath the screen layer, for the last part of the text, because it was difficult to see.
You'll also notice that this is really pixelated. That's because the first time I made the icon, I did all the work while the icon was still very large (350x350). If you're working in small images, and get the same problem, I'm sure running the soften brush over the image will fix 'er right up. c:
I love Comments, I yearn for them.
Please, let me know if you're taking the icon.
And I'd LOVE to see what you make.
Today we're going from
to using PSPx. I'm sure that it's completely translatable.Please, remember to mix it up, this is only a guideline. Making the exact same icon makes my heart sad. : c
Step One: So, grab your base (you can see mine above), and prepare it in any way you see fit. I always use Fade Correction at a setting between 30 and 45, depending on the colour quality of the image. Then, I use Smart Photo Fix (both of these can be found in the Adjust tab) and change the settings depending on my picture. I tend to up the saturation, and the shadows, and make sure that the image isn't being sharpened.
So, My base is ready, and it looks like
.Step Two: So, I then duplicated the base and mirrored the image. (
) And set this to darken. Now, you should have this . Funny looking, right?Step Three: All right, now, make a new raster layer, and fill it with a medium-beigey-orange colour. I used
(#eca158) And set this to multiply. The image will now look like . uhm. use lighter if you want it to be less dark. D:?Step Four: Open a base of your choice, I used
. I rotated it to fit the image as well. Now, copy-merge your composition and paste it onto this base. I also erased the bottom half of the image which was overlapping the green, because it looked too busy. Set the layer with your composition to Luminance at 100%. . This is what it looks like now. Now, use that beige colour from step three on top of this set to multiply. . It's really dark, but we'll fix that. [ALSO: note that you can play with this multiply layer to give the subject more depth. At one point I had only the subject's hair coloured with this layer. But I just couldn't make it work with the rest of her face. But it definetly could look very good. c:]Step Five: Now, duplicate the ACTUAL IMAGE OF YOUR SUBJECT twice, and drag them to the top of the composition. LOWER the saturation on them, but don't completely desaturate them. Set the first to Normal at 40%, and the second to Dodge at 40%. It's done.
. Just add any text, or lines that you want. . c: Easy, right?Part Two
All right, I'm trying to recreate this
and this is the base I used and got (no where near as nice, but I'll explain why at the end.)Step One: So, I have my base, as seen above, and use fade correction/smart photo fix to prep it. When I used smart photo fix I upped the saturation quite a bit.
Now, I duplicated this prepped base twice. I set the first duplicate to screen at 70%, and the second to burn at 30%. The image now looks like
. Yes. we're almost done. hahaha.Step Two: I used the font tool to make a very large C directly over the subject.I used the font HVD poster at 125 pixels.The C alone looks like
and then I used HVD poster again at 14 px to write ostigan. this looks like Now, use the flood fill tool to make the area around the letters white. (it'll ask you if you want to change it to a raster layer, just say yes.). set this whole layer to screen. This will give you I made a new raster layer, coloured that area black and put it beneath the screen layer, for the last part of the text, because it was difficult to see.
You'll also notice that this is really pixelated. That's because the first time I made the icon, I did all the work while the icon was still very large (350x350). If you're working in small images, and get the same problem, I'm sure running the soften brush over the image will fix 'er right up. c: