Tutorial Numero Dos---Pleasantville

[_oceansong_]

Allright, here's my second tutorial ever, one that's not Lost, House or Harry Potter. Egad!

Today we'll be going from to

Made in PSP9, but easily translated.



First we have this , cropped from a still at this site.

Sharpen (adjust>>sharpness>>sharpen) as necessary (once for me). I then did a small curves adjustment (layers>>new adjustment layer>>curves). My settings were:

Input: 138
Output: 163

But this may change to suit your image.

Merge all layers. (layers>>merge...>>flatten)

We're now working with this:

Duplicate your base (layers>>duplicate) twice.

First layer, desaturate (shift + h ), second layer on softlight. Both 100%.

Now paste this layer:

Softlight, Opacity %20.

And then this layer:

Softlight, 40%

We're now at this:

Now paste this:

Multiply, 26%

and this:

Exclusion, 26%

We're now at:

Finally, duplicate the base, bring 'er to the top, and set it at Softlight 54% for

The distinction isn't the most apparent, but...

Then it's just a matter of adding brushes.

Add this number:

by amethystia. I duplicated it twice to darken it.

And, finally, this border by sanami276

(Modified slightly from the originial, just made it a bit longer to suit the image).

And, we end with .

I hope this was helpful somewhat and at least easy to follow!