Tutorial: the making of 'midsummernight'
I know I'm spammy, do I care? nope.
apparently my tut poll was still open and now the votes have changed and this icon got as many votes as the former leader 'I burn for you'. maybe I should have closed the poll...
but as you have asked so nicely I explain what I did to achieve this effect and to be honest it's mostly cheating... it doesn't work for all pics...
From this
to this
General Notes:
- this is mostly cheating, the effect only works on certain colored pics
- I like to work on a 200x200 canvas and resize it in the end. it's just a thing of me.
- you should be familiar with the standard features of Photoshop
Step 01: cropping
- as the effect doesn't look all that good on facial features, I cropped it this way
Step 02: preparing
- I sharpened the pic (Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen)
- duplicated the layer twice
- desaturated the first duplicated one and set it on Soft Light mode
- I inverted the second duplicated layer (crtl+i), and set it on Luminosity mode
Step 03: Levels
- I added an adjustment layer (Levels, RGB 137, 1.10, 255)
and the result was this
Step 04: Brightness/Contrast
- I added another adjustment layer (Brigtness/Contrast -20/+27)
and the result was this
Step 05: Sharpening
- I made a new layer and pasted the whole icon merge copied in it (ctrl+shift+alt+e)
- then I sharpened this layer (Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen)
Step 06: the border
- I added a white border on the right site on a new layer
Step 07: color
- I added a new flood-filled layer on top, and set it on Screen mode with 80% opacity (the color was #AC380B)
Step 08: text
- added a text layer (font: BauerBodoniBT, size: 2pt, tracking: 300, all caps, color: #741A4B)
after rotating and replacing I got this
Step 09: gradient
- I added a light grey to dark grey linear gradient on Soft Light mode
Step 10: color balance
- I added another adjustment layer (Color Balance -56/+44/-18)
the result
used program:
- PS 7.0
used resources:
- cap made by _jems_
download:
- midsummernight psd-file
- midsummernight material-zip
if there are any questions feel free to ask. :)
apparently my tut poll was still open and now the votes have changed and this icon got as many votes as the former leader 'I burn for you'. maybe I should have closed the poll...
but as you have asked so nicely I explain what I did to achieve this effect and to be honest it's mostly cheating... it doesn't work for all pics...
From this
to this
General Notes:
- this is mostly cheating, the effect only works on certain colored pics
- I like to work on a 200x200 canvas and resize it in the end. it's just a thing of me.
- you should be familiar with the standard features of Photoshop
Step 01: cropping
- as the effect doesn't look all that good on facial features, I cropped it this way
Step 02: preparing
- I sharpened the pic (Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen)
- duplicated the layer twice
- desaturated the first duplicated one and set it on Soft Light mode
- I inverted the second duplicated layer (crtl+i), and set it on Luminosity mode
Step 03: Levels
- I added an adjustment layer (Levels, RGB 137, 1.10, 255)
and the result was this
Step 04: Brightness/Contrast
- I added another adjustment layer (Brigtness/Contrast -20/+27)
and the result was this
Step 05: Sharpening
- I made a new layer and pasted the whole icon merge copied in it (ctrl+shift+alt+e)
- then I sharpened this layer (Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen)
Step 06: the border
- I added a white border on the right site on a new layer
Step 07: color
- I added a new flood-filled layer on top, and set it on Screen mode with 80% opacity (the color was #AC380B)
Step 08: text
- added a text layer (font: BauerBodoniBT, size: 2pt, tracking: 300, all caps, color: #741A4B)
after rotating and replacing I got this
Step 09: gradient
- I added a light grey to dark grey linear gradient on Soft Light mode
Step 10: color balance
- I added another adjustment layer (Color Balance -56/+44/-18)
the result
used program:
- PS 7.0
used resources:
- cap made by _jems_
download:
- midsummernight psd-file
- midsummernight material-zip
if there are any questions feel free to ask. :)