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1. choose a picture.
2. new Curves layer
    red: 124, 135
    green: 124, 131
    blue: 141, 155
        (this lightens your image and gets rid of some of the nasty cyan)
3. Levels
    rgb: 25, 1.44, 255
        (this softens the image)
4. Selective Coloring
    yellows: y: 100
    cyans: c: 100
    blues: c: 100, m: -100, y: -100, b: 100
    whites: c: 50
        (this fills the sky with a light blue and slightly intensifies the colors)
5. Hue/Saturation
    s: 42
    set layer to Soft Light

And tada! You're done! :D

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