Tutorial: Rafa Nadal

[lasamy]

Requested by
so_bazaar from this post.
i had to redo it from scratch and it's not exactly the same but that's the closest I could get (and I have to say, I like this result better lol)

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Program used: Photoshop 8
Includes: Selective colors, Curves, Gradient, Photo Filter
Translatable: No
PSD: no

My cute base is from this even cuter pic.

Prepare the base and all that jazz.
Since it's dark, I duplicated the base twice and set both layers to screen (in total we've got 3 base layers)

Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Gradient Map
Choose the black to white greyscale. Set the layer to soft light

Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color
R: -100, 0, 70, -18
Y: 0, 0, 100, -50
C: 100, -100, -100, 100

Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Curves
RGB: 1st point (I:41,O:64), 2nd point (I:118,O:64)
set to normal, 61%

Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color
R: -100, 0, 100, 65
Y: 0, 100, 100, 100
N: -3, -6, 21, -13
B: 34, 3, -13, 0
set to normal, 66%

Layer >> New Fill Layer >> Solid Color >> #3F2605
set to exclusion

Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Color
R: -57, 7, 100, -3
Y: 46, 0, -47, 11
C: -1, 6, 0, -1
W: -2, 3, 100, 0
N: 42, 6, -9, 5
B: 0, 2, 100, 16

Layer >> New Fill Layer >> Solid Color >> #361900
set to exclusion 88%

Layer >> New Fill Layer >> Solid Color >> #F2DEEF
set to color burn

Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Photo Filter
Cooling filter (82). Normal 33%

Layer >> New Fill Layer >> Solid Color >> #DEF1F2
set to color burn, 38%

Layer >> New Fill Layer >> Solid Color >> #011827
set to exclusion 38%

Layer >> New Fill Layer >> Solid Color >> #A09898
set to lighten 8%

Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Brightness/Contrast
B: +6
C: +35

.fin