Woo-hoo! Tutorial! Here we go!
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have base cropped and ready:
duplicate, set to multiply once, at 50% (% depends on brightness/darkness of picture)
duplicate base, drag to top, set to screen 100%
duplicate base, drag to top set to soft light 75%
merge visible
new layer, fill with #060C38, set to exclusion
duplicate base drag to top set to lighten
take gradient, set to exclusion:
duplicate base, drag to top set to soft light 100%
duplicate base again, drag to top, set to screen at 35%
duplicate base again, drag to top set to soft light 100%
blur the top soft light layer. i did gaussian blur at 2.0
new layer fill with #2A77C6 , set to screen at 35%
i added a box in #2DAFBA, added some tiny text and the word 'sweet' in Luna font, and you're done!
To get the second icon effect, I just added some red gradient at Screen at 75% Here's the gradient:
Would love to see what anyone made using this tutorial. Let me know if you get a little confused. Have fun!