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Tutorial 001



Made with Photoshop 7.0. Uses Curves, Selective Colors, & Color Balance.

Step 1: Choose image. I chose this image.

Step 2: Crop the image to 100x100 however you want.

Step 3: Make a new Curves layer.
                RGB: Point 1- 165,146 Point 2- 137,121
                Red: Point 1- 133,117
                Green: Point 1- 124,132 Point 2- (point already in the upper right corner) 255,244
                Blue: Point 1- 132,117 Point 2- 147,136 Point 3- (point already in the upper right corner) 250,255

Step 4: Make a new Selective Colors layer.
                Reds: -100,-14,+40,0
                Yellows: -100,-10,+22,0
                Cyans: 0,0,0,+100
                Blues: 0,0,0,+100
                Whites: 0,0,0,-12
                Neutrals: 0,0,-36,0
                Blacks: 0,0,0,+4

Step 5: Make a new Color Balance layer.
                Shadows: -16,-8,0
                Midtones: 0,+25,0

Step 6: Make a new blank layer. Fill with #EC924F. Set to Darken at 14%.

Step 7: Merge layers.

Download the PSD.

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This is my first tut so be nice! Please only use this tutorial as a guideline. Don't go using this exact same thing on another icon. Make it your own. :] This also may not work with all photos, so experiment with the layers. I hope this was helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to comment. Also, feel free to bookmark, mem, or add to a public tutorial list. If you like what you see,  join the community!

I would love to see any icons you made from this!