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Skins Screencap Colouring

2009-09-14T05:19:10Z

Today we will be going from:
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Program: Photoshop CS+ Semi Translatable.

Here are some other examples with this colouring.

Today we will be going from:
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Hi, today we'll be learning how to colour those oh so dark screencaps. We'll be making a bright icon using a screencap from skins, as shown above. I hope you enjoy this tutorial, make sure to post your results!

1. Get your base ready. Make sure to use a screencap, otherwise it will look... crazy.
2. Duplicate your base, and set the duplicate to Screen left at 100%.
3. Duplicate your second copy of your base, and it should be on Screen at 100%.
4. Repeat Step 3.
5. Duplicate your fourth copy of your base, and set it to Softlight at 11%.
6. Make a new curves layer, and put in my settings:

RGB:
New Point: Output: 96 Input: 97

Reds
New Point: Output: 92 Input: 105

Greens
New Point: Output: 68 Input: 62

Blues
New Point: Output: 100 Input: 95

7. Make a new colour balance layer, and put in my settings:

Midtones
-18, -17, -6

Shadows
-17, -8, -5

Highlights
-12, 0, 0

8. Make a new selective colour layer, and put in my settings:

Reds: -24, 0, +16, +9
Yellows: -45, +17, -49, 0
Neutrals: +23, 0, 0, +13
Blacks: +51, 0, 0, 0

9. Make a new Photofilter layer, and put in my settings:

Cooling Filter (82)
Density: 10

Preserve Lumnosity Checked.

10. Make a new levels layer, and put in my settings:

RGB
13, 1.17, 255, 0, 232

11. Paste the fog texture onto your canvas, and set it to Screen at 100%.
12. Copy merge your layers (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E) and set the layer to Softlight at 50%.

13. There you have it. Here are some other examples with this colouring.

The Freedom

2009-09-14T05:05:19Z

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Swirly Wirly Day

2009-08-30T08:14:46Z

Sigh.. what is up with me and swirls? XD. I have a single texture for you guys to use.

LAYOUT CREDIT!

2009-08-30T07:24:45Z

I apologize for being slack. I did not make this layout. I can make layouts, and i will be posting some up soon, but until i can make one i like, i'll be using this gorgeous layout by:

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So big thanks!

Wow.. this is my 3rd post today..

2009-08-30T07:20:39Z

My 3rd post today!! Wheeeee!! Anyway, can't really put these scans in a pack can i, so i guess i'll just post them separate. I apologize, they're very big. And don't forget to credit!

4 Swirly Large Textures

2009-08-30T04:35:57Z

Another batch of my textures. But this time you don't have to download the zip. I've just posted them up.
Don't forget to credit me.

Preview:

Remember the credit me!

5 Stock Icons + 1 header

2009-08-30T02:39:54Z

Just a few icons, and a header.
They're all under the cut and enjoy!

Preview:


1	2	3	4	5

OMG, how long has it been?

2009-08-29T00:52:02Z

Now, wow. Look at me. I am so useless. I just posted my first resource of the month. Ugh, i need to come on more often.
I was thinking about setting up requests, but since it's been ages and i still haven't got many friends i'm going to pass. (:

I hope you guys enjoy my icon set, didn't take very long, but eh. Enjoy!

Tiny Text Icon Textures

2009-08-29T00:40:14Z

Remember to credit my journal!

Download them here.

'.' << bunny.

2009-07-20T00:03:05Z

I'm really tired today. I got up like at 6am. No reason. It's just that i had a late night. And for some reason i couldn't sleep because my mum had the t.v on all night. And the lounge room is only across the room from me. Suckage. And i have the most uncomfortable bed ever. Thinnest mattress i've ever seen. xD.
But anyways. At the moment i'm holding Coco my new bunny! She's so cute. That's the only thing i'm going to say about her description otherwise i'm going to start bragging. xD. It was really very un-expecting because my Grandparents came down for a visit, and brought her down. They asked me if i wanted her and i was like O_O OMG YES. She's very tame i guess. She hung around my Grandparent's frontyard alot. But yay for a new pet! Extra cleaning, extra attention, it's going to be hard. Very hard.

luuscious @ 2009-07-19T15:26:00

2009-07-19T05:26:30Z

I've been into making icons alot lately, so i'm sharing this tutorial with you guys. For this tutorial, i recommend you use stocks like i did, otherwise the colouring will end up too strong for anything else.

This ---> This

Using Photoshop 7+

Like i said. Stocks are recommended for this tutorial.

1. To start, we are going to open up your base and duplicate the layer, setting it to Soft Light 100% opacity. For most images this may need to be lowered. This step just gives the image a bit of contrast.

2. On step 2 on all of my tutorials, i always go to selective colouring. So go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Colour and make sure you match your settings to mine shown below in a screenshot.

3. Now that you've done that, make a new levels layer, Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels. Now make sure you match your settings to mine.

4. Now your done! Don't forget to show me your results, and credit!

Luscious Resource Batch -- #1

2009-07-19T04:47:44Z

Okay. So it's like about time i posted some resources to get started! These are a later batch of mine i made a while ago, posted at various places before this journal was created. But this is a start. Please don't mind the flipitover resources tag because that was just my old journal. Credit us or the deviantart account instead please.

2 Large Texture Sets
Preview:

Set 1:

Set 2:

Download Set 1 here.
Download Set 2 here.

hey hey hey!

2009-07-19T04:26:51Z

Hey guys! I'm Tiffany! This is another account of mine, and my final. I am so so excited! I just found out how to remove my ads *dances* in a legal way, so i didn't try to remove any codes. So yeah. I found this absolutely fab layout by artphilia. Their layouts >> absolutely amazing. You should watch their livejournal. I'll be releasing some resources, icons, and much much more! As soon as we've reached 20 friends, i'll start a requesting event where you can request from me! Exciting, huh? But you can only join our contests and other events if you join! So join join join! Thankyou!