Tutorial #3
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I first took this picture; resized, cropped, and sharpened it.
Now it's time to desaturate the picture (shift+h)
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I don't like how it looks, so I go to brightness/contrast (shift+b) and decrease the brightness to -10 and increase contrast to 30.
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Now it's time to burn. I floodfilled a new layer with #4F311F, set to burn 30.
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Text is the only thing missing so I use this brush made by ? (please tell me if you know).
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I first took this picture; resized, cropped, and sharpened it.
Now it's time to desaturate the picture (shift+h)
->
I don't like how it looks, so I go to brightness/contrast (shift+b) and decrease the brightness to -10 and increase contrast to 30.
->
Now it's time to burn. I floodfilled a new layer with #4F311F, set to burn 30.
->
Text is the only thing missing so I use this brush made by ? (please tell me if you know).
Other icons made this way: