Cate Blanchett Coloring tutorial

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Someone suggested I should make a tutorial, so here it is.
First ever coloring tutorial, so be gentle.
I hope its okay

Program: Photoshop CS2
Difficulty: Easy.
PSD included: Yes.
Translatable: Nope [selective coloring]


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Step 1


As always, crop your base to 100x100, or whatever size you want.

Step 2
My base was already light enough, but this works best with light bases, so if it's needed duplicate the layer and set to screen, to lighten it.

Step 3


I'm not a fan of saturation layers. I rely much more on selective colouring, so I used a selective colouring layer to bring out the colors, and to get rid of some of the overall yellow tinge of the base.

Layers > New Adjustment layer> Selective Color

Reds: -48, +46, +100, 0

Yellows: -24, +13, +51, 0

Cyans: +100, 0, -100, 0

Blues: +100, 0, -100, 0

Magentas: -100, +100, 0, 0

Whites: 0, 0, -41, 0

Neutrals: +25, 0, -15, 0

Step 4


I still wanted the colors of the icons to be much more vibrant, especially the reds and cyans, as well as losing more of the yellow, so I used a color balance layer.

Layers > New Adjustment layer> Color Balance

Midtones: -23, -17, -46

Shadows: -14, -32, +12

Highlights: -3, 0, -12

Step 5


I still wanted to make the image lighter, and add more cyan, and remove even more yellow from the white.

Layers > New Adjustment layer> Selective Color
Reds: -51, +20, +100, 0

Yellows: -42, +43, +100, 0

Cyans: +100, 0, -100, 0

Whites: 0, 0, -100, 0

Neutrals: +8, 0, -11, 0

Step 6


I was already happy with the coloring at this point, but wanted to bring out the red more. So I used yet another selective coloring layer.

Layers > New Adjustment layer> Selective Color

Reds: -71, +27, +50, 0

Whitess: 0, 0, -73, 0

Neutrals: +25, 0, -4, 0

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