:: tutorial .019
Start with your base, sharpen.
Duplicate your base, and desaturate it, set to soft light 100%.
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Set a #002B8C layer to 100% exclusion.
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Using color #A30000, make a new gradient fill.
(Click on the half black, half white circle at the bottom of the layers window, and select Gradient).
Use this as a guide:
Set this layer to lighten, and you get this:
Duplicate the base, bring to the top and set to 100% soft light and desaturate it.
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New curves layer, joy.
RGB
Point One
Input: 180
Output: 205
Point Two
Input: 68
Output: 52
Red
Point One
Input: 183
Output: 195
Green
Point One
Input: 201
Output: 184
Point Two
Input: 35
Output: 63
Blue
Point One
Input: 182
Output: 174
Point Two
Input: 108
Output: 100
Aaaaaand you get this:
Make another gradient fill layer, and use these settings: (The color I used is #D70000).
Set this layer to lighten, which gives you this, and the end result:
Woo!! Any Q's please ask and you can play around, change things to suit your liking.