Twilight Tutorial

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Program: Photoshop CS2
Involves: Color Fill, Channel Mixer, Color Balance (Possibly translatable)
Level: Intermediate

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BELLA SWAN & EDWARD CULLEN TUTORIAL.
So I started with an image of Bella and Edward from the movie Twilight.

1. I started the image off by pasting in the image of Robert and touching up the background with black. I pasted the image of Kristen in and set the layer to 'Lighten'. I created a new layer under the layer of Kristen and painted some of it black where I wanted her to be more prominent. This gives the image a well balanced feel.
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2. Create a new layer and fill it with #a06900 and set the layer to 'Exclusion'. I left the opacity at 100%. Don't worry it is supposed to be a crazy color.
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3. Create a new layer and fill it with #f0bc08 and set the layer to 'Multiply'. I set the opacity to 20%. This layer neutralizes some of the stronger blues of the image.
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4. I copied my original base (from step one) and set it above the two previous layers, I set the layer to 'Overlay'. If you do not how to do this step I will explain. Turn off your 'exclusion' and 'multiply' layers. You should only see your base, hit Shift+Ctrl+C. This will select your entire image. Paste this copy on top of your previous layers and set it to 'Overlay'. Don't forget to turn your previous layers back on.
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5. Create a new Channel Mixer layer (Layer - New Adjustment layer - Channel Mixer) I used the following settings.
Red: +79, +21, +2, 0
Green: +1, +97, -5, 0
Blue: -5, 2, 100, 0
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6. Create a new Color Balance later (Layer - New Adjustment layer - Color Balance) I used the following settings.
Midtones: -12, -9 -16
Shadows: -7, -14, 18
Highlights: -15, -3, 6
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7. I took this texture and set it to 'Lighten' at 69% opacity.
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8. I took this texture, quickly created by me and set the layer to 'Lighten' and 6% opacity.
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9. Create a new layer and fill it with #ea3d3d and set the layer to 'Multiply'. I set the opacity to 10%. This layers add some pretty pink highlights to the skin.
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10. Create a new layer and fill it with a gradient, I used these colors #c77b57 and #bb5a4a. I set the layer to 'Lighten' and the opacity to 10%.
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11. I duplicated the previous gradient layer and changed the duplicate to 'Color Burn' and set the opacity at 13%.
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12. Take this texture and set the layer to 'Color Burn'. I placed my opacity at 39% but if your icon is too dark than adjust accordingly.
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13. Duplicate the previous layer and set the duplicate to 'Soft Light'. My opacity is at 38%, this layer adds some light to the background.
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14. Create a new layer and fill it with a gradient, I used these colors #18d39c and #7b7310. I set the layer to 'Luminosity' and the opacity to 11%.
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15. Create a new layer and fill it with #e9cf1b and set the layer to 'Multiply'. I set the opacity to 25%. This layer adds some much needed yellow to the skin.
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16. Create a new layer and fill it with #aacc37 and set the layer to 'Color Burn'. I set the opacity to 6%. This layer adds some contrast and neutralizes the colors, anything above 6% will be too much.
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