Tutorial n°4 - Stock

[shono-hime.livejournal.com]

First tutorial in English, I hope it's not too confusing, since English is not my mother tongue :) Let me know if there's anything unclear, yeah? ^^

It was requested by petite_patate ♥
If you want me to write another tut on one of my icons, you can go there and ask!

Let's find out how to go from this to using

Photoshop CS

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&01

Take your base (found at Veer) and crop it to your liking. I got this:

&02

Duplicate your base layer and set it to Soft Light at 50%. Sharpen

&03

Duplicate your base layer once again and this time, set it to Screen at 50%.

&04

New adjustment layer: Brightness/Contrast. Use this settings:
Brightness: -7 / Contrast: +5

&05

Another adjustment layer: Hue/Saturation this time. Settings:
Saturation: +11

&06

New layer. Fill with #ECC6F4 and set to Color Burn at 16%

&07

New layer. Fill with #000715 and set to Exclusion at 100%

&08

Another layer, filled with #BF803F and set to Soft Light at 100%

&09

Once again, an adjustment layer: Hue/Saturation again. Settings:
Saturation: +19

&10

We're almost done. New adjustment layer: Color Balance. Settings:
Midtones: -27; +19; +7
Shadows: +6; -6; -8

&11

Only text left :)
AUTUMN. I used Luciano in #D6D450, 10pt
For the pretty A in the background, I used HelenaScriptES still in #D6D450, 30pt, at 30% opacity.


Once again, don't be afraid of asking if you need any further explaination on something. I'll be more than happy to help you!
Also, show me what you got using this tut, I'm curious!
Of course, remember not to copy this tutorial from scratch. Experiment, that's the best way to learn!

Comments

[miyuse.livejournal.com]

Très clair et agréable à suivre ! *-*

Faite en suivant tes explications (et bon, en déviant carrément vers la fin, je l'avoue) :

[shono-hime.livejournal.com]

Mais il faut dévier, c'est même là le principe des tutos :D
Très jolie icone *o* Les couleurs sont extra!

[christine0701.livejournal.com]

very easy to understand! (and, I was able to understand the comments too! haha. i'm taking a french class right now)

also, I love your lj layout :)

[shono-hime.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) (and yay for french class :D)

Yeah, Ewan is love ^o^

[lucentvictrola.livejournal.com]

Your English is really good :)

Certainly better than my French xP

I can say "Il pleut comme les vaches qui pissent!" xD

My French teacher is awesome

I can say more stuff than that, of course, but it's like "hello," "how are you," "what day is it," "it's sunny," etc.

Anyway

Beautiful effect

[lucentvictrola.livejournal.com]

I made another, because I love this tut so much ^^

[nicspaper.livejournal.com]

lovely! mem-ed it so I could use it tomorrow! Lol.

thanks for taking your time in posting this icon tut!