Requiem For A Dream Icon Tutorial

Start with your base which is from the movie Requiem For A Dream. The base is from me! [ kerrie_kors]

1. First DUPLICATE your base and set to SCREEN 77%.

2. Make a new SELECTIVE COLORING layer with these settings:
Reds: 15, -19, 15, 13
Neutrals: 6, 7, 7, 0
Leave the layer at NORMAL 100%

3. Make a new FILL LAYER with the color B9AA49 and set to SOFT LIGHT 100%

4. Make another new SELECTIVE COLORING layer with these settings:
Reds: -40, 40, -79, -13
Yellows: 31, 0, 10, 4
Neutrals: -18, 5, -4, -6

5. Make a new layer with this gradient [from ?] and set to SCREEN 80%

6. Make a new layer with this texture [from ?] and set to LIGHTEN 53%

7. Make a new layer with this texture [from ?] and set to DARKEN 47%

8. Make a new layer with this texture [from ?] and set to SCREEN 37%

9. Make a new layer with this texture [from fake fidelity ] and set to COLOR DODGE 65%

10. DUPLICATE THE BASE IMAGE and drag it to the top, and give it a GAUSSIAN BLUR [filter>blur>gaussian blur] with a RADIUS OF 1.3 PIXELS. Then set this layer to SOFT LIGHT 70%


[optional for 2nd option]
11. take this texture and set to DARKEN 85%

And you are done! If you have any questions... feel free to ask!
I did the optional texture with the program paint.net