Tutorial #09: fashion

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How to go from


to

in PSP XI

+no selective coloring
+uses curves, color balance, channel mixer etc.
+12 steps



1. Start with your base, cropped to 100x100 or whatever size you like to work with. I used the below image.



2. New raster layer; soft light 100%; filled with #c3daf4.



3. New curves layer. Create two nodes (dots) with the below settings:

blue: 1st node: 181>>207
2nd node: 144>>99



4. New curves layer. Create two nodes (dots) with the below settings

red: 1st node: 180>>194
2nd node: 95>>102



5. New channel mixer layer. Use the below settings:

red 100 0 0 0
green -18 115 0 0
blue -58 130 40 0

(make sure "monochrome" is unchecked)



6. Duplicate the channel mixer layer from step #5 and set at 32% opacity.



7. New raster layer; burn 57%; filled with #e9d69a.



8. New color balance layer. Use the below settings:

midtones -38 -36 -37
highlights -10 0 0



9. New hue/saturation/lightness layer. Use the below settings:

Master 0
Reds -19
Yellows 38
Greens 0
Cyans 23
Blues 0
Magentas 0



10. New channel mixer layer. Use the below settings:

red 100 0 0 0
green 0 100 0 0
blue 3 19 98 0

(make sure "monochrome" is unchecked)



11. New color balance layer. Use the below settings:

highlights 0 8 -10



12. New raster layer; multiply 34%; filled with #d6cdac.



And you're done!

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