Eisley Tutorial
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using Photoshop 7.0. No Selective Coloring, but I did use a Color Balance layer and a Hue/Sat layer, so...there's those.
1. I didn't crop my base because I didn't plan on making anything with this, I was just messing with the coloring trying to help out
inducethemisery in his/her post. But you can crop it however you want.
Example crops:
But for now, I'm just going to work with the base picture as is.
2. To me, the image is light enough, but if you need tom Duplicate your base and set that layer to screen. Again, I didn't feel the need to do that to this one, but if your image is too dark, Screening is one way to lighten it up.
3. To get a little contrast and to add some color, I made a new layer and filled it with #641216. I set that layer to Soft Light at 50% opacity. The amount of opacity and the color you use depends on the image that you're working with.

4. I love dark blue exclusion layers and put them in almost everything I icon. So that's what I did here. Using #13114E, I made a new layer and filled it with that color. I set it to Exclusion at 100% opacity. Like the previous layer, make sure you mess around with the color and the opacity of the layer.

5. Looks a little strange, huh? Kind of washed out? This next step will help. Grab your base layer and duplicate it. Take this duplicated layer and set it at the very top of your layers. Set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity. This adds contrast to the picture while still maintaining that awesome color we got with the exclusion layer.

6. I used this next step to kind of lighten the picture, maybe make it not quite as red as it was turning. Make a new layer and fill it with #91EEE9. Set the layer to Soft Light at 35% opacity. Kind of low, but I didn't want the blue to overpower the picture.

7. Duplicate the base layer twice more and set those two layers on top. Set both to Soft Light, the first one at 100% and the top one to 40%. Remember to play around with the opacities. You may not even need two Soft Light layers. I used two because I like more contrast and that was how I wanted it.
Another way to add contrast is to use the Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer, but since I didn't want to brighten the picture, I went with the Soft Light layers.

8. I thought the picture was a little too red at this point, so I decided a Color Balance layer was necessary. My color levels were at -20 +15 -20, but make sure you play around with them. Not every picture is going to use the same color levels and not all are even going to need a Color Balance layer at all.

9. My last layer was a Hue/Saturation layer. The Master Sat level was set to +20. This made the icon too yellow so I went into the Yellows and lowered the saturation to -40. Again, play with it.

This is the final outcome in the full sized picture.
I'd love to see what some people get!!
using Photoshop 7.0. No Selective Coloring, but I did use a Color Balance layer and a Hue/Sat layer, so...there's those.1. I didn't crop my base because I didn't plan on making anything with this, I was just messing with the coloring trying to help out
inducethemisery in his/her post. But you can crop it however you want. Example crops:
But for now, I'm just going to work with the base picture as is.
2. To me, the image is light enough, but if you need tom Duplicate your base and set that layer to screen. Again, I didn't feel the need to do that to this one, but if your image is too dark, Screening is one way to lighten it up.
3. To get a little contrast and to add some color, I made a new layer and filled it with #641216. I set that layer to Soft Light at 50% opacity. The amount of opacity and the color you use depends on the image that you're working with.

4. I love dark blue exclusion layers and put them in almost everything I icon. So that's what I did here. Using #13114E, I made a new layer and filled it with that color. I set it to Exclusion at 100% opacity. Like the previous layer, make sure you mess around with the color and the opacity of the layer.

5. Looks a little strange, huh? Kind of washed out? This next step will help. Grab your base layer and duplicate it. Take this duplicated layer and set it at the very top of your layers. Set this layer to Soft Light at 100% opacity. This adds contrast to the picture while still maintaining that awesome color we got with the exclusion layer.

6. I used this next step to kind of lighten the picture, maybe make it not quite as red as it was turning. Make a new layer and fill it with #91EEE9. Set the layer to Soft Light at 35% opacity. Kind of low, but I didn't want the blue to overpower the picture.

7. Duplicate the base layer twice more and set those two layers on top. Set both to Soft Light, the first one at 100% and the top one to 40%. Remember to play around with the opacities. You may not even need two Soft Light layers. I used two because I like more contrast and that was how I wanted it.
Another way to add contrast is to use the Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer, but since I didn't want to brighten the picture, I went with the Soft Light layers.

8. I thought the picture was a little too red at this point, so I decided a Color Balance layer was necessary. My color levels were at -20 +15 -20, but make sure you play around with them. Not every picture is going to use the same color levels and not all are even going to need a Color Balance layer at all.

9. My last layer was a Hue/Saturation layer. The Master Sat level was set to +20. This made the icon too yellow so I went into the Yellows and lowered the saturation to -40. Again, play with it.

This is the final outcome in the full sized picture.
I'd love to see what some people get!!
