Christie: Tutorial 012
tehuberfangirl asked for a tutorial for the coloring I did on my small batch of Covenant icons ( here). I found it extremely hard to color this movie, and trust me when I say that this coloring won't work on all of the Covenant screencaps. In fact, it worked on very few. But maybe it will give a jumping off point or something... it's really simple anyhow.
Make this:
PS CS 2 // Color Balance, Color Layers // Translatable // Easy
01. Cropped 100x100 base, cap by her_quiddity.
02. Duplicate the base, set the duplicate to Screen, 100% opacity.
03. Create a new Color Balance adjustment layer (Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance).
Midtones: +9 -11 +13
04. Create a new layer and fill with #2a2959, set to Exclusion, 40% opacity.
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05. Create a new layer and fill with #cdfbec, set to Color Burn, 20% opacity.
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06. Create a new layer and stamp a copy of everything you've done so far into that layer by pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E. Now go to Image >> Adjustments >> Variations* and click on 'More Blue' once.
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*The way to achieve this new color WITHOUT VARIATIONS is to create a new Color Balance adjustment layer (Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance) and input these settings:
Midtones: 0 -5 +45
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07. Duplicate your stamped layer and set the duplicate to Soft Light, 100%.
07. Put this texture by lovelamp set to Screen, 100% opacity.
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08. Create a new Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer (Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Brightness/Contrast).
Brightness: +4, Contrast: +4
Finished.
Make this:
PS CS 2 // Color Balance, Color Layers // Translatable // Easy
01. Cropped 100x100 base, cap by her_quiddity.
02. Duplicate the base, set the duplicate to Screen, 100% opacity.
03. Create a new Color Balance adjustment layer (Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance).
Midtones: +9 -11 +13
04. Create a new layer and fill with #2a2959, set to Exclusion, 40% opacity.
>>
05. Create a new layer and fill with #cdfbec, set to Color Burn, 20% opacity.
>>
06. Create a new layer and stamp a copy of everything you've done so far into that layer by pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E. Now go to Image >> Adjustments >> Variations* and click on 'More Blue' once.
>>
*The way to achieve this new color WITHOUT VARIATIONS is to create a new Color Balance adjustment layer (Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance) and input these settings:
Midtones: 0 -5 +45
>>
07. Duplicate your stamped layer and set the duplicate to Soft Light, 100%.
07. Put this texture by lovelamp set to Screen, 100% opacity.
>>
08. Create a new Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer (Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Brightness/Contrast).
Brightness: +4, Contrast: +4
Finished.