Colouring Tutorial

in Photoshop CS3


We´re going from this to in Photoshop CS3.

1. Rezise and crop your base.

2. Duplicate your base, add a Gaussian blur 2,5 and set this layer to soft light 100%.

3. Add a new color fill layer #FED5D5 and set it to color burn 100%.

4. Add a new color balance
Shadows: -27,-10,+8
Midtones: +4,+20,+23
Highlights: +21,+8,-2

5. Now add a new selective coloring layer
Reds: +100,0,-23,-14
Yellows: -100,0,+100,-45
Neutrals: +23,+14,0,-15

6. Add a new brightness/contrast layer
Brightness: +3
Contrast: +8

7. Now add a second selective coloring layer
Cyans: +100,0,0,0
Blues: +100,+79,+100,0
Magentas: -100, +100,0,0
Whites: +100,0,0,0
Neutrals: +10,+5,+3,+3

8. Add a second brightness/contrast layer
Brightness: -5
Contrast: -9

9. Next step add a curves layer
RGB: Input 157, Output 179
Red: Input 186, Output 182; Input 25, Output 27
Green: Input 192, Output 188; Input 59, Output 54
Blue: Input 187, Output 186; Input 41, Output 40

10. I added the Text “KATE WALSH” in Georgia 12px and an outer glow.

11. Finally I added some sparkle lights (I don´t know anymore who makes it. If you know, then tell me and I´ll add the credit.)


Now you´re done!

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If there´s anything wrong or you don´t understand something then ask me! I hope this was useful, comments are LOVE and maybe I get to see some of your results.

Get the psd file at my journal.