Chace Crawford/Blake Lively tutorial
This was made in Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Includes selective coloring.
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1. Duplicate your base, set it to SCREEN 60%. You may want to change the settings based on how light/dark your image is.
2. Now I want to take away some of the yellow and make Blake's shirt nice and white. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
REDS
Cyan: +7
YELLOWS
Yellow: +7
WHITES
Yellow: -72
3. Now to add some coloring. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
REDS
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +16
Yellow: +100
Black: 0
YELLOWS
Cyan: -47
Magenta: 0
Yellow: -31
Black: -22
NEUTRALS
Cyan: +17
Magenta: -11
Yellow: -18
Black: -17
4. More coloring. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
REDS
Cyan: -52
Magenta: +14
Yellow: +33
Black: -11
YELLOWS
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +14
Yellow: +57
Black: -17
GREENS
Cyan: +16
Magenta: -38
Yellow: +100
Black: +100
CYANS
Cyan: +100
Magenta: +100
Yellow: -100
Black: +100
BLUES
Cyan: +100
Magenta: +100
Yellow: -100
Black: -100
MAGENTAS
Magenta: +100
Yellow: +58
NEUTRALS
Cyan: +9
Magenta: -9
Yellow: -14
Black: +2
Set this layer to 23%.
5. Make a new layer and fill it with #2D1112. Set it to EXCLUSION 49%.
6. Duplicate your base and drag it above the exclusion layer. Set it to SOFT LIGHT 44%.
7. Now take away some of that yellow on Blake's face and hair. Selective coloring really comes in handy here. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
YELLOWS
Yellow: -27
8. Now a curves layer to make the icon bright and clear. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves:
9. Lastly, I added a texture I desaturated (if you made this let me know) and set it to SCREEN 100%.
10. To sharpen I usually go all the way to the bottom of my layer pallete, duplicate my base, go to Filter >> Sharpen >> Sharpen, and set that to around 40%, or whatever looks sharp enough. For this icon I only had to set it at 16%.
That's all! Play with the settings and see what you can come up with.
If you have any questions or are interested in the .psd, visit this post.
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misty_creates1. Duplicate your base, set it to SCREEN 60%. You may want to change the settings based on how light/dark your image is.
2. Now I want to take away some of the yellow and make Blake's shirt nice and white. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
REDS
Cyan: +7
YELLOWS
Yellow: +7
WHITES
Yellow: -72
3. Now to add some coloring. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
REDS
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +16
Yellow: +100
Black: 0
YELLOWS
Cyan: -47
Magenta: 0
Yellow: -31
Black: -22
NEUTRALS
Cyan: +17
Magenta: -11
Yellow: -18
Black: -17
4. More coloring. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
REDS
Cyan: -52
Magenta: +14
Yellow: +33
Black: -11
YELLOWS
Cyan: -100
Magenta: +14
Yellow: +57
Black: -17
GREENS
Cyan: +16
Magenta: -38
Yellow: +100
Black: +100
CYANS
Cyan: +100
Magenta: +100
Yellow: -100
Black: +100
BLUES
Cyan: +100
Magenta: +100
Yellow: -100
Black: -100
MAGENTAS
Magenta: +100
Yellow: +58
NEUTRALS
Cyan: +9
Magenta: -9
Yellow: -14
Black: +2
Set this layer to 23%.
5. Make a new layer and fill it with #2D1112. Set it to EXCLUSION 49%.
6. Duplicate your base and drag it above the exclusion layer. Set it to SOFT LIGHT 44%.
7. Now take away some of that yellow on Blake's face and hair. Selective coloring really comes in handy here. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color:
YELLOWS
Yellow: -27
8. Now a curves layer to make the icon bright and clear. Go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves:
9. Lastly, I added a texture I desaturated (if you made this let me know) and set it to SCREEN 100%.
10. To sharpen I usually go all the way to the bottom of my layer pallete, duplicate my base, go to Filter >> Sharpen >> Sharpen, and set that to around 40%, or whatever looks sharp enough. For this icon I only had to set it at 16%.
That's all! Play with the settings and see what you can come up with.
If you have any questions or are interested in the .psd, visit this post.