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![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/tutorials/7d05117f.png)
with PS7
VERY SIMPLE!! No curves, only 3 color layers ;)
1. Choose a pic, resize it, crope it, do whatever you want to get a base you like ;-)
Here is mine:
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/tutorials/base.png)
2. Duplicate the base and set it to screen. Set the opacity to 60% (depending on your base). Maybe you even won't need this step, see my second example, I did not need this layer.
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/tutorials/screen.png)
3. Duplicate the base and set it to soft light
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/tutorials/softlight.png)
4. Create a new layer and fill with #000428
![](http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/2133/exc5wm.jpg)
and set the layer to exclusion. Set the opacity to 50%
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/tutorials/exclusion.png)
5. Create a new layer and fill with #46D4BB
![](http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/3376/sat9rc.jpg)
and set the layer to saturation. Set the opacity to 65%
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/tutorials/saturation.png)
6. Create a new layer and fill with #FFDFAD
![](http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/605/prod7oi.jpg)
and set the layer to multiply. Set the opacity to 70%
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/tutorials/softlight2.png)
Voili, voilou!
Depending on your base, and on how bright and colorful you want your icon, the only hard thing is to find each layer's right opacity ;)
What you can get playing with this tut:
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/LIFE/a1925232.png)
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/LIFE/4e99034b.png)
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/LIFE/860c894c.png)
![](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/ketto/LIFE/8d8f7f9a.png)