Tutorials #3 & #4: Izzie
micia85 asked for a tutorial for some of the Grey's Anatomy icons in my last icon post.
Unfortunately, I hardly ever save the psd files and I don't use the exact same settings on each icon, so it's not easy for me to remember exactly how I got each finished icon. But I've tried to recreate two of them. I know they're not the same as the originals, but hopefully they're close enough that the tutorials will still be helpful!
Using Photoshop 7 (I don't think it's translatable because of selective colors, sorry)
to:
based on this:
I usually don't crop or resize the screencap until I'm done getting the coloring how I want it. But you can go ahead an crop/resize it however you want.
Duplicate base and set to screen.
Add a new layer and fill it with #FFE869, set it to soft light.
Add a selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan -85
Magenta +15
Yellow +44
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan +14
Magenta -15
Yellow -65
Black -3
Whites:
Cyan +24
Magenta +8
Yellow -23
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan +19
Magenta -9
Yellow -25
Black 0
Add a color balance adjustment layer with these settings:
Midtones: +26, +26, +23
Shadows: +22, +13, +7
Highlights: +6, +10, +17
Add a levels adjustment layer with these settings:
RGB: 44, 1.00, 251
Now add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds: Saturation +15
Yellows: Hue -6, Saturation -20
Cyans: Hue -2, Saturation +12
You can stop here if you want. But if you're a freak like me...
Merge all layers into one layer and set it to invisible.
Add another selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan +96
Blacks:
Black +70
Merge layers again and then move the first merge layer on top of the new one and make it visible again.
Now, with a soft edged eraser, carefully erase anything from the top layer that looks too red/fuzzy to you. I decided that the inside of her mouth and her nostrils had too much red and her eyelashes were too light. So I erased them from the top layer so that the bottom layer showed through. Then I used the burn tool to go over those areas on the bottom layer to make them even darker, until I had it how I wanted it.
But that's just me. If it looks good to you, leave it as it is.
(screenshot of those last steps, incase it confused you: Last Step)
to:
based on this:
Duplicate base and set to screen. Lower the fill of the screen layer to 80%.
Add a new layer and fill it with #FFE869 set to soft light.
Add a selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan -28,
Magenta +10
Yellow +16
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan -54
Magenta 0
Yellow -60
Black +27
Whites:
Cyan -5
Magenta +71
Yellow +16
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan +70
Magenta -15
Yellow -42
Black -18
Blacks:
Cyan -5
Magenta +6
Yellow -14
Black +1
Add a color balance adjustment layer with these settings:
Midtones: +8, +18, +4
Shadows: +22, +27, +2
Highlights: -9, -17, +7
Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with these settings:
Master: Saturation -35
Reds: Saturation +38
Yellows: Saturation -35
Cyans: Hue -7, Saturation -42
Add a levels adjustment layer with these settings:
RGB: 74, 1.26, 226
Add another selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan -80
Magenta +15
Yellow +29
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan 0
Magenta -44
Yellow -73
Black -88
Cyans:
Cyan -46
Magenta +100
Yellow -23
Black +73
Magentas:
Cyan -50
Whites:
Cyan +8
Magenta +2
Yellow -10
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan -10
Yellow -4
Blacks:
Cyan +29
Magenta +19
Yellow +12
Black -19
One more adjustment layer. Color balance with these settings:
Midtones: -5, +5, -9
Shadows: 0, 0, 0
Highlights: -11, 0, 0
Done!
Unfortunately, I hardly ever save the psd files and I don't use the exact same settings on each icon, so it's not easy for me to remember exactly how I got each finished icon. But I've tried to recreate two of them. I know they're not the same as the originals, but hopefully they're close enough that the tutorials will still be helpful!
Using Photoshop 7 (I don't think it's translatable because of selective colors, sorry)
to:
based on this:
I usually don't crop or resize the screencap until I'm done getting the coloring how I want it. But you can go ahead an crop/resize it however you want.
Duplicate base and set to screen.
Add a new layer and fill it with #FFE869, set it to soft light.
Add a selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan -85
Magenta +15
Yellow +44
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan +14
Magenta -15
Yellow -65
Black -3
Whites:
Cyan +24
Magenta +8
Yellow -23
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan +19
Magenta -9
Yellow -25
Black 0
Add a color balance adjustment layer with these settings:
Midtones: +26, +26, +23
Shadows: +22, +13, +7
Highlights: +6, +10, +17
Add a levels adjustment layer with these settings:
RGB: 44, 1.00, 251
Now add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds: Saturation +15
Yellows: Hue -6, Saturation -20
Cyans: Hue -2, Saturation +12
You can stop here if you want. But if you're a freak like me...
Merge all layers into one layer and set it to invisible.
Add another selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan +96
Blacks:
Black +70
Merge layers again and then move the first merge layer on top of the new one and make it visible again.
Now, with a soft edged eraser, carefully erase anything from the top layer that looks too red/fuzzy to you. I decided that the inside of her mouth and her nostrils had too much red and her eyelashes were too light. So I erased them from the top layer so that the bottom layer showed through. Then I used the burn tool to go over those areas on the bottom layer to make them even darker, until I had it how I wanted it.
But that's just me. If it looks good to you, leave it as it is.
(screenshot of those last steps, incase it confused you: Last Step)
to:
based on this:
Duplicate base and set to screen. Lower the fill of the screen layer to 80%.
Add a new layer and fill it with #FFE869 set to soft light.
Add a selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan -28,
Magenta +10
Yellow +16
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan -54
Magenta 0
Yellow -60
Black +27
Whites:
Cyan -5
Magenta +71
Yellow +16
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan +70
Magenta -15
Yellow -42
Black -18
Blacks:
Cyan -5
Magenta +6
Yellow -14
Black +1
Add a color balance adjustment layer with these settings:
Midtones: +8, +18, +4
Shadows: +22, +27, +2
Highlights: -9, -17, +7
Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with these settings:
Master: Saturation -35
Reds: Saturation +38
Yellows: Saturation -35
Cyans: Hue -7, Saturation -42
Add a levels adjustment layer with these settings:
RGB: 74, 1.26, 226
Add another selective color adjustment layer with these settings:
Reds:
Cyan -80
Magenta +15
Yellow +29
Black 0
Yellows:
Cyan 0
Magenta -44
Yellow -73
Black -88
Cyans:
Cyan -46
Magenta +100
Yellow -23
Black +73
Magentas:
Cyan -50
Whites:
Cyan +8
Magenta +2
Yellow -10
Black 0
Neutrals:
Cyan -10
Yellow -4
Blacks:
Cyan +29
Magenta +19
Yellow +12
Black -19
One more adjustment layer. Color balance with these settings:
Midtones: -5, +5, -9
Shadows: 0, 0, 0
Highlights: -11, 0, 0
Done!