TUTORIAL: icon #3
translatable; curves-color balance-hue/sat.; 5 steps
crop a 100x100 base and sharpen
Layers-New Adjustment Layer-Curves: input:104 output:155
Layers-New Adjustment Layer-Color Balance: midtones: 17,0,-6 shadows: -6,0,10
Layers-New Adjustment Layer-hue/saturation/lightness: saturation: 19
Layers-New Adjustment Layer-Color Balance: midtones: -25,0,-14
Layers-New Adjustment Layer-Curves: input:120 output:125
Sharpen again if needed.
other examples:
I've found this works well on icons that have color but are dark and dull. As always this is just a basic tutorial, tweak it to make your icons better if needed. I'd love to see what you guys come up with!