{OO3; TUTORIAL→ by leikochan14

Program; Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Difficulty; easy to medium
Extra; includes curves & selective coloring
Steps; 8
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Other Examples;


・We all know you crop your base either first or last, so we'll move onto step number 1.

o1; Layer → New Adjustment Layer → Curves
RGB
Input; 138 // Output; 209
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o2; Layer → New Fill Layer → Solid Color
Mode; exclusion // Opacity; 100%
Fill with; 2B110B
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o3; Layer → New Adjustment Layer → Color Balance
Midtones; +41, -19, -25
Shadows; -29. -8, +42
Highlights; -6, -4, -2
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llnote: you can skip steps 4-6 if you want. they don't make much of a difference but are meant to make it a bit brighter. use them or not, but that depends on your base.ll

o4; Layer → New Adjustment Layer → Hue/Saturation
RGB; 0, +15, 0
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o5; Layer → New Adjustment Layer → Selective Coloring
REDS;
cyan: -37
magenta: -27
yellow: +27
black: +39
NEUTRALS;
cyan: -18
magenta: -17
yellow: -19
black: +19
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o6; Layer → New Adjustment Layer → Hue/Saturation
RGB; 0, +12, 0
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o7; Duplicate your base and drag it to the top, then set it to Soft Light.
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o8; Layer → New Fill Layer → Solid Color
Mode; exclusion // Opacity; 100%
Fill with; 1E2004
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And you are done. of course this won't work so well for all your icons, so you will have to play with the settings

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.credit isn't necessary, unless you snagged one of the three examples.
.no hotlinking please
.questions are welcomed and will be answered
.show me your results if you try it! :D
.Have fun!!