TUTORIAL #003 - TORA
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Made in PHOTOSHOP CS2
INTERMEDIATE
SELECTIVE COLORING
NON-TRANSLATABLE
Feel free to tweak with the settings if need be; I only intend them as guides.
ONE
Prep your base - crop, sharpen, etc.
With this base, I used Sharpen, then Fade on 65%.
TWO
Duplicate base layer, drag to top.
Set to Screen, 65%
Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur
Fade » 55-75%
THREE
Duplicate 2nd layer (your Screen layer, the one you used Gaussian Blur on). Drag to top.
Set to Soft Light, 65%
FOUR
Layer » New Adjustment Layer » Selective Color
Reds
C: -100 M: +8 Y: +13
Whites
C: +100
Neutrals
C: +10 M: -4 Y: -6
FIVE
Layer » New Adjustment Layer » Hue/Saturation
Master
Saturation: +20
SIX
Layer » New Fill Layer » Solid Colour 55322C
Set to Exclusion, 30%
SEVEN
Layer » New Fill Layer » Solid Colour 171717
Set to Difference, 100%
PSD
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