90miles (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} 90miles) wrote,@ 2006-08-26 13:55:00 |
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Icon Tutorial
PHOTOSHOP CS2 TUTORIAL
| Tutorial for PS CS2, probably translatable First, I took a picture from Stock Exchange, and (accidentally) cropped it a little weird.  Now for some curves, they can be very tricky but I love the way it can lighten up your icon without using a Screen layer. New adjustment Curves layer, leave it on Normal at 100%. RGB Point One: Input 80 - Output 100 Point Two: Input 115 - Output 153  New layer, fill it with #9DFFFE and set to Color Burn (100%). A bit boring, I think, so I move the layer to the right top.   Again, a new layer. Fill it with #011537 and set to Exclusion (100%). Move this layer to the right as well.   Duplicate the Exclusion layer and move it only a few pixels to the right and the top.   New layer, fill it with #949494 and set it to Color Burn at 20%. Move this layer to the far right.   It looks nice, but a bit to yellowish for my taste. New adjustment Levels layer, leave it on Normal at 100%. Red Input Levels 0 - 1,52 - 255 Output Levels 0 - 255 Blue Input Levels 0 - 1,52 - 255 Output Levels 0 - 255  Add texture (by?), set to Soft Light at 100%.   Add a 'blob of doom' by myrasis, drag it under your first Color Burn layer. Set to Screen at 100%.   Merge visible. Because it's a bit blurry we're gonna sharpen it. Filter >> Sharpen >> Sharpen. Sharpen is easily overdone, that's why I use Fade Sharpen afterwards. Edit >> Fade Sharpen >> 68%.  Because of my weird cropping, the top of the icon looks really bad. Make a new layer. Select 15 pixels from the top, fill them with white. To make them look nice and blurry go to Blur >> Gaussian Blur >> 3.0. You can add brushes and text to your own liking. Because I don't want to overdo my icon, I choose not to add any brushes or text.  That's it! I hope you found it usefull! Please show me your results! Do not copy exactly! Like what you see? Friend me! |
