Tutorial (14)

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using PSP8. Translatable. Uses Curves and is image heavy!


Sharpen base if need be. Paste this texture (by me) and set to lighten 100%.

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Duplicate base and bring to the top. Set to screen 50%.

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Duplicate base and bring to the top. Set to softlight 100%.

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Set #020846 to exclusion 100%.

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Set #FFC0C0 to burn 100%.

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Set #80FFFF to overlay 40%.

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Go to Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance. Set shadows cyan to -40 and highlights red to 40.

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Set #DF0B4C to lighten 25%.

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Duplicate base and bring to the top. Set to softlight 100%. Go to Colors > Adjust > Hue/Saturation/Lightness. Set saturation to -100.

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Go to Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Curves. Set RGB input to 51 and output to 13, Red output to 47, and Blue output to 55.

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Paste this texture (by 77words) and set to darken 100%.

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Go to Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast. Set brightness to 10 and contrast to 10.

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Merge layers. Go to Effects > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask. Set radius to 100.00 and strength to 35.

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Alternately, by taking out this texture, you get this:


Play around with the opacity if your icon is too dark or too light. Please don't copy exactly. Thanks for reading :)

Icons made using this tutorial



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