It's been a long time since I have made my last icon tutorial. But when I found this great new photoshoot I just couldn't resist. I liked the outcome- so I thought I'd share it with you:

I made it for Photoshop 7
--> curves are involved

from this to this





-crop your image

-duplicate the base 2x

-set the first layer to screen

-set the layer to soft light

-make a new layer and fill it with: #c3d1d5
--> set this layer to color burn



-make a new layer and fill it with: #010e33
--> set this layer to exclusion at 32%



-select all and then go to edit/copy as merged layer

-make a new curves layer (layers/new adjustment layer/curves)
--->RBG
--> 1st point: 88/77
--> 2nd point: 139/115
--> 3rd point: 201/168

-make another curves layer
--->RED
--> 1st point: 74/96
--> 2nd point: 112/139

--->GREEN
--> 1st point: 97/58
--> 2nd point: 181/189

--->BLUE
--> 1st point: 69/52
--> 2nd point: 114/104
--> 3rd point: 189/183

-go to layers/new adjustment layer/hue & saturation
--> set the saturation to +15


And you're done!



Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

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