Couple of days ago
cakeinjection asked on
icon_tutorial for some help to get a good colouring on a dark Supernatural screencapture. I come up with the first result but at that day I didn't have time to write a tutorial, so here it is. [Also requested by
ssspiffy]
We're going from
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using Photoshop CS.
We're going from
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using Photoshop CS.
Dean : Yeah, that's called lying.'>
Tutorial 001
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001. Open your Picture. Resize/Crop it. Sharpen if you want to. (I didnt sharpen mine)
002. Duplicate your base. Blend Mode: Screen. Opacity: 100%. *Layer 01*.
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003. Duplicate your base. Blend Mode: Screen. Opacity: 100%. *Layer 02*.
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004. Go to Layers >> New Adjustment layer >> Selective Colours. *Method Relative*
Reds: -100; +92; +100; 0.
Neutrals: +25; -12; -15; 0.
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005. Go to Layers >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance. (Midtones/preserve luminosity)
+58; +25; +24
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006. Go to Layers >> New Adjustment Layers >> Hue/Saturation.
Masters: +12
Reds: +10
Cyans: +25
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007. Go to Layers >> New Adjustment layer >> Selective Colours. *Method Relative*
Yellows: 0; 0; -54; 0
Neutrals: +12; 0; 0; -15
Blacks: 0; 0; 0; -15.
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Final Result:
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Other Icons made with the same tecnique
Ps. My screencaptures were lighter, so I only used 1 screen layer for these icons.
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Tutorial 002
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001. Open your pictures. Resize/crop it. Sharpen if you want to. (I didn't sharpen mine)
002. Duplicate your base. Blend Mode: Screen. Opacity: 100%. *Layer 01*.
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003. Duplicate your base. Blend Mode: Screen. Opacity: 100%. *Layer 02*.
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004. Go to Layers >>New Adjustment layer >> Color Balance. (Midtones/preserve luminosity)
+46; +16; +16.
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005. Go to Layers >>New Adjustment layer >> Selective Colours. (Method Relative)
Reds: -100; +68; +100; 0.
Yellows: -90, 0; +95; 0
Neutrals: +20; -5; -25; -8.
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006. Go to Layers >>New Adjustment layer >> Selective Colours. (Method Relative)
Reds: -41; 0; 0; +12.
Cyans: +100, -100; +100; +100
Neutrals: +12; -11; -17; 0.
Blacks: 0; 0; 0; -15.
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007. Go to Layers >>New Adjustment layer >> Color Balance. (Midtones/preserve luminosity)
+57; +11; -32.
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Final result:
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Other Icons made with the same tecnique
Ps. In the middle icon, the opacity of the second screen layer is 30%.
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:: It doesn't bother me if you use this tutorial step by step, but I recommend you to use it as a guide. The majority of the colouring I come up (sans this two tutorials) is a result of following some steps from different tutorials and add some tricks as more saturation, a color balance/selective colors/curves/levels/ layers.
:: If something is confusing, feel free to ask me anything.
:: This tutorial will not work on every Supernatural screencapture.
:: Supernatural fans, If any of want suggest a special episode or a special set of screencaptures to my newxt batch of icons, feel free.
:: Feel free to friend me. I don't bite peole. I swear!