First Ever Tutorial; CSI Coloring

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Made in Photoshop 7, includes Selective Coloring [and Color Balance]. Not translatable, sorry PSP users!

1. First get your base, and duplicate. Set duplicated layer to Screen 100%.
2. Now make a new adjustment Selective Coloring layer [Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Coloring]. Use these settings;

Relative

REDS;

-100 , +22, +100 , 0

YELLOWS;

-37 , +9 , +26 , 0

3.  Now make a new adjustment Color Balance layer [Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance]. On Highlights [leave Preserve Luminosity unticked], use these settings below;

-100 , -16 , -100

4. Make another new Selective Coloring adjustment layer, with the following settings;

Relative

REDS;

-28 , 0 , +25 , 0

YELLOWS;

-15 , 0 , +16 , 0

5. Once again make a new Selective Coloring layer, use the following settings;

Relative

REDS;

-45 , 0 , 0 , 0

NEUTRALS;

+19 , -14 , -47 , 0

Result; 



Notes;

Remember always mess with the settings, not all images are the same. 
This tutorial works best with screen caps.
Please do post your results, I'd love to see what you came up with.

Other Icons Made With This Technique;