Tutorial #17

Going from this: 

To this: 

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1. My usual first step is to sharpen my base, then duplicate my base set to softlight 100% and go go gaussian blur and put radius to 1.3

2. Hue and Saturation:
Master Sat: 19

3. New fill layer: fill with A06C6C set to softlight 100%

4. New fill layer: fill with DBDFEF set to multiply 100%

5. Selective Color:
Reds: -43,-3,-31,-18
Yellows: -30,4,-20,-11
Neutrals: 29,1,-5,9

6. New fill layer: fill with EBD3EA set to Color Burn 33%

7. Color Balance:
Midtones: -27,-14,-22
Shadows: 1,12,4
Highlights: -20,-16,27

8. Selective Color:
Reds: -49,-15,20,25
Yellows: -100,5,-9,-48
Neutrals: -2,-6,12,-16

9. New fill layer: fill with C7E9C4 set to Color Burn 43%

And you're done!
I'd love to see your results. :D
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