Icon - Coloring
This tutorial uses PS CS2 and is not translatable as it includes selective coloring layers. Follow the cut.
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1. Select your image, I chose an image of Kate from LOST. For this tutorial to be successful you will want a image that is very yellow and red, such as a LOST image.
2. Duplicate your image and set the duplicate to 'Screen' you do not want it to be too bright because we will add lots of light with the curve layers. I set my opacity too 16%.
3. Create a new Curves layer (Layer - New Adjustment Layer - Curves) and use the following settings-
RGB: Point one, I: 100 O: 123
Red: Point one, I: 135 O: 125
Green: Point one, I: 118 O: 123
Blue: Point one, I: 106 O: 137, Point two, I: 159 O: 175
If you find your result too bright or too blue than lower the settings accordingly.
4. Create a new Color Balance layer (Layer - New Adjustment Layer - Color Balance) and use the following settings-
Midtones: -6, -2, +7
Shadows: -3, -4, -2
Highlights: -13, -7, +39
This layer helps to reduce the amount of red in the image and it adds a nice highlight of blue to the skin. If you find the blue to drastic adjust the highlight setting accordingly.
5. Create another Color Balance layer and use the following settings-
Midtones: -4, +5, +7
Shadows: -4, +4, +7
Highlights: +4, -10, -10
6. Create a new Selective Color layer (Layer - New Adjustment Layer - Selective color) and use the following settings-
Red: -28, 0, -23, +15
Yellow: +6, 0, +9, 0
White: 0, 0, 0, -36
Neutrals: +9, -5, -7, 0
7. Create another new Selective Color layer and use the following settings-
Red: -13, 0, 0, 0
Magnetas: 0, +100, 0, 0
Whites: 0, 0, 0, -29
Neutrals: +2, -4, -5, -4
If your whites are too contrasted than lower your white setting closer to 0. If your image still looks too red than take the red setting back to 0 and play with your neutrals settings.
8. Last step! Create a new Curves layer and use the following settings-
RGB: Point one, I: 100 O: 112
Blue: Point one, I: 80 O: 79, Point two, I: 141 O: 165
And you are all done! If your image is looking blurry make sure you sharpen it!