Cedric & Harry tutorial: exclusion, exclusion, exclusion! No levels or curves.
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In PS7. Exclusion, color burn, soft light. No curves.
1. Start with your base. Crop it, sharpen it, etc, etc.

2. Duplicate the layer & set it to screen, 100%.
3. Create a new layer. Fill it with #234C7A and set it to exclusion, 100%.

Create another new layer, fill it with #000040, set it to soft light, 100%.

4. Duplicate the base layer, drag it to the top of the layers, set it to soft light, 70%.

5. Create a new layer, fill it with #ffcc99, set it to multiply, 70%.

6. Duplicate the base, drag it to the top, desaturate (shift ctrl u), & set to soft light, 100%.

7. Create a new layer, fill it with #234C7A, set it to exclusion, 60%.

Create another new layer, fill it with #000040, set it to exclusion, 80%.

Create yet another new layer, fill it with #125808, set it to exclusion, 75%.

8. Create a new layer. Paste merged layers (SHIFT CTRL ALT E) into it. Set this layer to soft light, 100%. Duplicate it, and set the new layer to hard light, 100%.
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9. Create a new layer. paste this gradient into it, set it to colorburn, 100%.
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10. Create a new layer. Hit SHIFT CTRL ALT E to paste a merged copy into it. Set this layer to Screen, 60%.

Hope you enjoyed. =D
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to 
In PS7. Exclusion, color burn, soft light. No curves.
1. Start with your base. Crop it, sharpen it, etc, etc.

2. Duplicate the layer & set it to screen, 100%.
3. Create a new layer. Fill it with #234C7A and set it to exclusion, 100%.

Create another new layer, fill it with #000040, set it to soft light, 100%.

4. Duplicate the base layer, drag it to the top of the layers, set it to soft light, 70%.

5. Create a new layer, fill it with #ffcc99, set it to multiply, 70%.

6. Duplicate the base, drag it to the top, desaturate (shift ctrl u), & set to soft light, 100%.

7. Create a new layer, fill it with #234C7A, set it to exclusion, 60%.

Create another new layer, fill it with #000040, set it to exclusion, 80%.

Create yet another new layer, fill it with #125808, set it to exclusion, 75%.

8. Create a new layer. Paste merged layers (SHIFT CTRL ALT E) into it. Set this layer to soft light, 100%. Duplicate it, and set the new layer to hard light, 100%.
>> 
9. Create a new layer. paste this gradient into it, set it to colorburn, 100%.
>> 
10. Create a new layer. Hit SHIFT CTRL ALT E to paste a merged copy into it. Set this layer to Screen, 60%.

Hope you enjoyed. =D
This tutorial WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE after a few weeks for non members of
kirjava17icons. So, join the community, add this to mems, and check back later for more tutorials, icons, & more by me.For all my Harry Potter graphics, please visit Phoenixi