Tutorial #4 - Sophia Bush
We're going to be taking this: 
and making this: 
Made with: Photoshop CS
Involves: Color Balance, Curves, Color Fill
Translatable? Yep!
1. crop your image
(note: I like to sharpen at the end, on the highest duplicated base layer. if you prefer to sharpen it before coloring, or on a different layer, feel free to do so.)
2. duplicate base and set to soft light 100%
3. new color balance layer
Midtones: -29, 0, +38
Shadows: -46, -7, +28
Highlights: 0, +10, +17
(make sure preserve luminosity is checked)
4. new curves layer
RGB:
Input: 119
Output: 125
Red:
Input: 167
Output: 121
Green:
Input: 130
Output: 107
Blue:
Input: 121
Output: 105
5. duplicate your base again, drag to the top, and set to Difference @ 10% opacity
6. new color fill layer: #54575B set to Overlay @ 100% opacity
7. duplicate your base one last time, drag to the top, and set to screen. Change the opacity to fit your image (some are okay at 100%, others are too bright. For this particular image, I set the opacity to 28%)
And you're done!
This tutorial works best on images with natural lighting. Sometimes, reds can come out a little too saturated, but that can be fixed by creating a new hue/saturation layer and lowering the saturation of reds.
Feel free to comment with any questions or concerns, or if you'd like to show me your results. =)
and making this: Made with: Photoshop CS
Involves: Color Balance, Curves, Color Fill
Translatable? Yep!
1. crop your image
(note: I like to sharpen at the end, on the highest duplicated base layer. if you prefer to sharpen it before coloring, or on a different layer, feel free to do so.)
2. duplicate base and set to soft light 100%
3. new color balance layer
Midtones: -29, 0, +38
Shadows: -46, -7, +28
Highlights: 0, +10, +17
(make sure preserve luminosity is checked)
4. new curves layer
RGB:
Input: 119
Output: 125
Red:
Input: 167
Output: 121
Green:
Input: 130
Output: 107
Blue:
Input: 121
Output: 105
5. duplicate your base again, drag to the top, and set to Difference @ 10% opacity
6. new color fill layer: #54575B set to Overlay @ 100% opacity
7. duplicate your base one last time, drag to the top, and set to screen. Change the opacity to fit your image (some are okay at 100%, others are too bright. For this particular image, I set the opacity to 28%)
And you're done!
This tutorial works best on images with natural lighting. Sometimes, reds can come out a little too saturated, but that can be fixed by creating a new hue/saturation layer and lowering the saturation of reds.
Feel free to comment with any questions or concerns, or if you'd like to show me your results. =)