tutorial just for you :D

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- made in PS7
- non-translateable
- involves selective coloring
- level: easy, but it includes a lot of steps.
- might not work on EVERY picture. this is a great way to experiment with the layers =].

01.) prepare your base however you'll need to.

02.) make a new curves layer.
        RGB
        1st point: input - 178, output - 203
        2nd point: input - 50, output - 61

03.) make a channel mixer layer.
        red: 126, -66, 24, 0
        green: 8, 116, -20, 0
        blue: -14, 16, 113, 0

04.) make a color balance layer.
        midtones: -100. -66, -22

05.) make a hue // saturation layer.
        master: +10

06.) create 3 raster // fill layers. use these settings:
        1st layer: fill with #110058 and set it to exclusion, 100%
        2nd layer: fill with #ffc1fe and set it to color burn, 100%
        3rd layer: fill with #c1feff and set it to color burn, 100%

07.) duplicate your base TWICE and bring them both to the top. set both layers on linear dodge, 45%.
        (you can stop here if you want to. i like it the way it is right now =])

08.) make a selective color layer. use these settings:
        reds: -100, 0, 100, 0
        yellows: -100, 0, 100, 0
        cyans: -100, 100, -100
        blue: 100, 30, -100, 0
        whites: -100, 0, 15, 30
        neutrals: 42, 32, -7, 21

09.) duplicate your base. bring it to the top. set on softlight, 45%.

10.) create a new channel mixer layer.
        reds: 94, -18, 16.

DONE! annoying wasn't it? well, if you took the time to do it, i'd love to see people's results ^_^! hope you liked it!

if you'd like a visual of this tutorial, click here.
if you'd like more tutorials from me, click here, and the click on the "tutorials" branch =].