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Prison Break Coloring - PSP7

Made in: PSP7
Difficulty: None, it's pretty easy.


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Other examples:

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Let's start!


My base:


I'll add a Screen layer at 100 Opacity.

Next, I'll add a Soft Light layer also at 100 Opacity. [The Soft Light layer is optional. Use it if your base is not deep enough, like my Michael base.]


This is how it looks now:



Now we're going to use 3 color layers:

-#FF40FF at Soft Light 24 Opacity
-#B09204 at Overlay 41 Opacity
#43D8FD at Burn 82 Opacity



Then we add the Color Balance layer.

Midtones:

-100, 100, 0

The Color Balance layer is set at Luminance Opacity 100.



Now come the Hue/Saturation/Lightness Layers.

Saturation at 15. Leave Hue and Lightness blank.

Once the Saturation layer is added, duplicate it.

First layer: is set at Normal Opacity 100.
Second layer: is set at Lighten Opacity 100.



To finish it off, I sharpened the icon. But that's optional. :)

Finished result:


Other results: [I added the brightened bases]

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A few notes:

* Your icon won't always be greenish. It can turn out like the Rory/Dean icon. Mostly it will depend on the original colors and the depth of blacks and browns in the original base. The less blacks/browns, the less green.
*Even if the base has deep blacks, make sure it is bright (especially faces) by adding 1 or two Screen layers. You can always readjust after the coloring is done.


Done. :)