Coloring Tutorial

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Written in Paint Shop Pro 8.
But should be easy translatable for other versions and PS.


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Step 1




First start sharpen your image. (if needed)
Step 2




Duplicate base layer and set blend mode to "Screen" 100%. Duplicate again and set opacity to 50%. This depends on your image. If it's light enough, you don't need to duplicate again.
Step 3




Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation/Lightness (Shift + H) and set Saturation to +50. Leave Hue and Lightness on 0.
Step 4




Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Curves, and use these settings: (You can play a little bit with the numbers to get your fine result)


Now go to "General" (blue circled in the Curves Help Picture above) and set blend mode to "Soft Light" 100%.

Step 5




Copy and paste the image below as a new layer.

Set blend mode to "Exclusion" 30%



Step 6




Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast.

Set Brightness to 0 and Contrast to 20.

That's it !

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