Heechul tutorial
It's my first post in this community. Hope you'll like my tutorials :).
Now you will learn how to go
from this:
to this: 
Made in Photoshop CS2, but I think it will work in other versions of Photoshop. We will be using Color Balance, Curves, Selective Color, Hue/Saturation and Color Fill layer.
STEP ONE
Other icons with using this technique:
Now you will learn how to go
from this:
Made in Photoshop CS2, but I think it will work in other versions of Photoshop. We will be using Color Balance, Curves, Selective Color, Hue/Saturation and Color Fill layer.
STEP ONE
Open your photo and make anything, which is necessery to make clear base. I opened Heechul photo, which was taken, when he was practicing to musical "Xanadu": http://i37.tinypic.com/2ykb42o.jpg I cropped it and resized to 100x100. Now I have ready base:
STEP TWO
Duplicate you base and set to Screen 50%.
-> 
STEP THREE
Make a Curves layer.
RGB
First point:
input: 7
output: 15
Second point:
input: 50
output: 70
Third point:
input: 150
output: 180
RED
First point:
input: 80
output: 90
Second point:
input: 165
output: 178
GREEN
First point:
input: 50
output: 60
Second point:
input: 130
output: 150
BLUE
Firs point:
input: 44
output: 54
Second point:
input: 150
output: 200
-> 
It looks nice, ne? You can stop here and add text, brushes, etc. if you want, but I will go on. So let's continue.
STEP FOUR
Make a Selective Color layer.
REDS: +54, +30, -10, +10
YELLOWS: +40, +30, +10, -10
WHITES: +10, +10, +10, -40
NEUTRALS: +10, +5, -10, +20
Make sure that Relative is selected.
-> 
STEP FIVE
Make a Color Fill layer. I filled mine with #060E1C. Set it to Exclusion 100%.
-> 
STEP SIX
Make a Hue/Saturation layer.
MASTER: 0, +20, +1
REDS: +10, +10, +10
YELLOWS: +10, +10, +10
GREENS: 0, +10, +10
CYANS: +10, +10, +10
BLUES: +10, +10, +10
MAGENTAS: +10, +10, -10
-> 
STEP SEVEN
Make a Color Balance layer.
MIDTONES: -1, +11, +27
SHADOWS: -10, +10, +10
HIGHLIGHTS: +9, +10, -3
Make sure that Preserve Luminosty is selected.
-> 
We can stop at this place and leave icon, as it is now. You can also add some brushes, text, whatever you want. I added text "intense" with font "Footlight MT Light" and I ended up with this icon:
Easy tutorial, don't you think so? ^^.
You can of course play with settings, add some new layers etc.
Have fun! ^^.
STEP TWO
Duplicate you base and set to Screen 50%.
STEP THREE
Make a Curves layer.
RGB
First point:
input: 7
output: 15
Second point:
input: 50
output: 70
Third point:
input: 150
output: 180
RED
First point:
input: 80
output: 90
Second point:
input: 165
output: 178
GREEN
First point:
input: 50
output: 60
Second point:
input: 130
output: 150
BLUE
Firs point:
input: 44
output: 54
Second point:
input: 150
output: 200
It looks nice, ne? You can stop here and add text, brushes, etc. if you want, but I will go on. So let's continue.
STEP FOUR
Make a Selective Color layer.
REDS: +54, +30, -10, +10
YELLOWS: +40, +30, +10, -10
WHITES: +10, +10, +10, -40
NEUTRALS: +10, +5, -10, +20
Make sure that Relative is selected.
STEP FIVE
Make a Color Fill layer. I filled mine with #060E1C. Set it to Exclusion 100%.
STEP SIX
Make a Hue/Saturation layer.
MASTER: 0, +20, +1
REDS: +10, +10, +10
YELLOWS: +10, +10, +10
GREENS: 0, +10, +10
CYANS: +10, +10, +10
BLUES: +10, +10, +10
MAGENTAS: +10, +10, -10
STEP SEVEN
Make a Color Balance layer.
MIDTONES: -1, +11, +27
SHADOWS: -10, +10, +10
HIGHLIGHTS: +9, +10, -3
Make sure that Preserve Luminosty is selected.
We can stop at this place and leave icon, as it is now. You can also add some brushes, text, whatever you want. I added text "intense" with font "Footlight MT Light" and I ended up with this icon:
Easy tutorial, don't you think so? ^^.
You can of course play with settings, add some new layers etc.
Have fun! ^^.
Other icons with using this technique: