Incredibly easy tutorial today, yet delivers a really nice result. I was actually asked how to make this on my personal journal a while ago, but have only thought to copy it here today, whoops. ^_^;
Could somebody let me know who to credit the light texture and brush to please? Thank you.
We are going to go from
this to this:
.
Uses PS7.0, Very easy level of difficulty, transferable.
First, crop the base image to 100x100, then sharpen (Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen).
Duplicate the base and desaturate it. Set the layer to Linear Burn, 100% opacity.
Then apply
this light texture (forget who from ^_^;), and set the layer to Lighten, 75%.
Finally, apply
this antique-look, icon-sized brush to the image (who to credit please?) in white, and set to Soft Light, 100%.
Voila. As I said, easy.