Tutorial #3

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Created in Photoshop Elements 4.0
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• Tutorial #3 - Pearl Harbor

1. Take this picture of Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbor and sharpen it twice.




2. Crop to 100 x 100.




3. Duplicate and set to Multiply 100% opacity.




4. Duplicate twice and set both to Screen 100% opacity.




5. Duplicate top Screen layer and set to Soft Light 100% opacity.




6. Fill layer with #0092E0 and set to Overlay 60% opacity.
Erase any blue colouring on Kate's face and body.


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7. Fill layer with #090724 and set to Exclusion 100% opacity.


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8. Fill layer with #F9DECA and set to Soft Light 50% opacity.


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9. Duplicate base and drag to top. Completely desaturate and set to Soft Light 50% opacity.




10. Paste this light texture by colorfilter and set to Soft Light 100% opacity.
Rotate texture to the right 90 degrees and flip vertically. Erase anything lingering on Kate's face.


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11. Paste this light texture by colorfilter and set to Screen 25% opacity. Flip texture horizontally.


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12. Flatten image. Duplicate layer and set to Soft Light 100% opacity. Desaturate to -10.




13. Paste this mask by fangirls_inc and set to Screen 100% opacity.
Erase any dots on Kate's face & hair.


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Voila, we're done!




The textures I added were subtle, but really came alive once I did step #12.
Play around with textures and colours until you like what you see. I experimented with a lot of textures and opacities before settling on these.

Hope you enjoyed the tut. Comments are ♥... thanx!
Cross-posted at elementheads & icon_tutorial