Zooey Deschanel Colouring Tutorial



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6 Steps in Phtotoshop CS3.

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001. Duplicate the base twice.
So you have 3 layers.
Leave the first layer alone, set the second layer to screen at 100% opacity, and set the 3rd to screen at 19% opacity.

002. Create a new adjustment layer for channel mixer with the following settings:

Output channel: red
Red:200
Green:-96
Blue:-21

Output channel: green
Red:-4
Green:138
Blue:-26

Output channel: Blue
Red:-13
Green:-29
Blue:155

003. Create a new adjustment layer for color balance with the following settings:
Midtones: 14 -15 -35
Highlights:0 0 0
Shadows: 17 0 0

(make sure preserve luminosity is checked

004.Create a new adjustment layer for channel mixer with the following settings:

Output channel: red
Red:138
Green:-16
Blue:37

Output channel: green
Red:0
Green:100
Blue:0

Output channel: Blue
Red:0
Green:0
Blue:100

005.Create a new adjustment layer for selective coloring with the following settings:

Neutrals: 0 0 -48 0
Black:0 0 0 +46

006. Add a solid colour layer of #eadaca and set it to soft light at 23% Opacity.

That's it!
I'd love to see what you come up with!

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