stiffy_byng wrote in icon_tutorial 😡frustrated

NCIS tutorial

This was the best I could do with this particular NCIS screencap. Request was posted a few entries down.

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Forgot to add:
Made in PSCS2
Not translatable, sorry
Involves selective color



1. It’s a blurry picture to start with, but I did Filter > Blur > Blur once to get rid of some of the noise.

2. Duplicate your base twice and set both to screen 100%

3. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels.
(All Input, not Output)
RGB: 0, 1.37, 215
RED: 0. 0.91, 255
GREEN: 3, 0.95, 255
BLUE: 0, 0.96, 245

4. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
RGB: 1st point: 144, 162 2nd point: 77, 71

5. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color
REDS: -48, 7, 87, 3
YELLOWS: -10, -1, -61, 0
CYANS: 100, 30, 0, 0
WHITES: 27, 12, 31, 0
NEUTRALS: 15, 15, 19, 5

6. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation
MASTER: SATURATION: 5

7. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance
MIDTONES: -42, 15, 16
SHADOWS: -11, 12, 11
HIGHLIGHTS: 15, 25, -11

8. Press down Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E.

9. Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen.
Amount: 45%
Radius: 1.0 pixels
Remove: Lens Blur (on the drop down menu)
More Accurate checked

And I still came up with some noise on it. :(

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