Katy Perry CS3 Tutorial

Steps: 8
Program: CS3
Translatable: Yes(:

1. Crop base to 100 x 100.

2. Duplicate your base twice. Set the first to Soft Light @ 100% & the second to Screen @ 50%.

3. Make a new Curves layer by going to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Curves.
(Make only one point for each setting. Make sure you make a point before typing in the Input and Output.)
RGB
Input: 78
Output: 53
Red
Input: 91
Output: 73
Green
Input: 95
Output: 79
Blue
Input: 101
Output: 89

4. Make a new Channel Mixer layer by going to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Channel Mixer and match these settings:
Red: +97, +10, +10, 0
Green: +7, +97, -4, -4
Blue: +10, -7, +85, +4

5. Make a new Hue/Sat. Layer by going to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Hue/Saturation and match these settings:
Master: Sat: -18

6. Make a new Color Balance layer by going to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Color Balance and match these settings:
Shadows: -28, +13, 0
Midtones: +12, -18, +22
Highlights: -35, +7, -19

7. Make a new Brightness/Contrast layer by going to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Brightness/Contrast and match these settings:
Brightness: +10
Contrast: +20

8. Make a new Fill Layer by going to Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color.
Fill w/ 511303 and set the layer to Multiply @ 20%.

9. (Optional) Duplicate your base and drag it to the top. Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur: 2.0px. Set this layer to Screen @ 20%.

Hope this works out well with your pictures, and I'd love to see your results! (: