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How to get the coloring for this icon:


requested by: myopic_view 


Program used: Paint Shop pro X 2

Translatable: Yes

  1. Duplicate your base twice and set the first copy to screen at 100 and then the second to screen at 12. (this step varies depending on the base image)
  2. Create a New Curves Layer with the following points: Blue: point One: 138, 137, point two: 46, 1
  3. Create a new color balance layer with the following settings: Highlights: 0, 0, 29 keep preserve luminance checked.
  4. Create a new channel mixer layer with the following settings: Green: -1, 98, 0 Blue: 6, -19, 130 Constant: 1
  5. Another color balance layer: Midtones: 17, 0, 0 Shadows: 5, 0, 0 Highlights: -17, 3, 17 keep preserve luminance checked
  6. New brightness/contrast layer: Contrast: 13
  7. New Hue/Saturation/lightness layer: Saturation: Reds: 14 Yellows: -21 Greens: 19 Cyans: -13
  8. New color balance layer: Midtones: 0,0, -14 Highlights: 5, 0, -11 keep preserve luminance checked
  9. New Fill layer: #f7b3d5 set at softlight 28
10. Another brightness/contrast layer: Brightness: 1 contrast: 3

and thats it.

Another result i came up with:




(for  that icon I lowered the first screen to around 60)