Colouring Tutorial // Marcia Cross
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In PS Elements 4.0
Yay, this is another tutorial of mine =D. This time I decided to make a tutorial with a really beautiful picture of the beautiful Marcia Cross. It is very easy to understand, although it uses a very very veeeery simple Colour Variations layer. (PSP users can follow this tutorial too, but you’ll see). Well, I think, we should start.
Step 1:
Get your base. Sharpen, or do anything you do when you’re making a base. I did nothing.
Step 2:
Duplicate your base. Set it to Screen 45%. (My picture was rather light, so if yours is dark, you’ll have to play with the opacity.)
Step 3:
Make a new layer. Fill it with #9cd9ff, and set it to Colour Burn 100%.
Step 4:
Make another layer. Fill it with #ffb3d5, and set it to Colour Burn 20%.
Step 5:
Make a new layer. Fill it with #caad98, and set it to Soft Light 85%.
Step 6:
Make a new layer. Fill it with #000226, and set it to Exclusion 70%. Merge your layers.
Step 7:
Make another layer. Fill it with #00ccff, and set it to Soft Light 60%. Merge again.
Step 8:
Looks pretty good, doesn't it? Duplicate your new base, and set it to Multiply 30%
Step 9:
Make a new layer. Fill it with #ff0000, and set it to Soft Light 25%. Merge your layers.
Step 10:
Duplicate your base. Go to “Image -> Adjust -> Colour -> Variations”. Put that thing for the intensity into the middle and click “More Saturation” once. Then you can go (but you don’t have to) “Highlights”, and click “More Red” once, “More Blue” once, and “More Yellow” once too. (PSP users can just adjust the saturation with “Hue & Saturation”) Then set your base to Soft Light 70%.
And that’s it =D. I’d love to see your outcomes.
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