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Tutorial #6: Trio

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1st-Jun-2006 04:14 pm

How to go from

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to

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in Photoshop Elements, as requested by

effulgency

I didn’t save a .psd version of this icon, so I’m doing it from scratch; hopefully I’ll come close! Anyway…

1. Start out with your base. Mine is of the trio from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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2. Duplicate your base twice. Set the layer closest to the bottom to screen, 100%. Set the top one to soft light, 100%. The number of screen layers you’ll need depends on how dark your starting image is. It should look something like this:

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3. Fill a new layer with a turquoisey color (#99DDF6) and set it on color burn, 100%. Not very pretty, but should look something like this:

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4. Fill a new layer with a light pink (#FFAEE2) and set it on color burn, 25%. Not a huge difference and still not so pretty, but should look something like this:

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5. Fill another new layer with the same pink color (#FFAEE2) and set it on soft light, 100%. Now it should look something like this:

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6. Take this light texture thing and move it to the right side of the icon. Set it on screen, 100% This gives the nice pink on the side of the icon, so it should now look something like this:

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7. Next, I add a gradient to brighten the icon back up a bit. Flip it horizontally and erase the gradient where the red is. Set it on soft light, 100%. You should get something like this:

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8. It looks decent like that, but I always like some extra brightness and contrast in my icons, so I go to Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>>Brightness/Contrast, and set the brightness to +10 and the contrast to +25. The settings on each will depend on your icon. So now, the final product should look like this:

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And that’s it! Let’s compare…
This one:

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Original:

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Well, I didn’t get it exactly right, but it’s pretty close, I guess. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask; I’m not familiar with any other programs, but I’ll do my best to help. I’d love to see what you come up with if this tutorial helped you :)

other icons made using a similar technique:

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Tags:tutorial
Mood:complacent
Music:Snow - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Comments

1st-Jun-2006 08:32 pm (UTC)

purplesunbeam

LOVE the colouring. Adding to memories! :)

1st-Jun-2006 08:42 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thank you :)

1st-Jun-2006 08:41 pm (UTC)

xxcherylannxx

Beautiful! Adding to mems. :)

1st-Jun-2006 08:44 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks!

lol I love your icon ;)

1st-Jun-2006 09:05 pm (UTC)

julie_dicaprio

Great Tutorial hun! :D
and im loving that 3rd Juliet Icon Just beautiful!

1st-Jun-2006 09:19 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Awww thank you! I'm glad you like the Juliet icon too, I just made it :D

1st-Jun-2006 09:07 pm (UTC)

julie_dicaprio

im snagging it lol

1st-Jun-2006 09:20 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

lol thanks! :)

1st-Jun-2006 09:09 pm (UTC)

newfoundlover

I'll try this later, looks really good :)

1st-Jun-2006 09:21 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks, I hope it works out for you :)

1st-Jun-2006 09:36 pm (UTC)

titanicgirl

Oh wow, that is gorgeous, adding to mems.

1st-Jun-2006 09:47 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thank you! :)

1st-Jun-2006 10:01 pm (UTC)

Very nice! Saving and thanks :)

1st-Jun-2006 10:09 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks! :)

1st-Jun-2006 11:06 pm (UTC)

Oooh, adding to my memories :D
Been trying to fiddle with icons and never really used Elements before. Thanks for this! :)

1st-Jun-2006 11:17 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks, I hope it works for you! :)

1st-Jun-2006 11:29 pm (UTC)

Thank you so, so much! What a great tut! I will try it out shortly. Adding to memories. Thanks again! ♥

2nd-Jun-2006 02:08 am (UTC)

alex_c_potter

No problem, I hope it helps! :D

2nd-Jun-2006 01:15 am (UTC)

dutchwaffle

I tried it out for my Hammy icon, and I must say it worked great. Thanks. :)

2nd-Jun-2006 02:09 am (UTC)

alex_c_potter

That looks great, I'm so happy it worked for you! :D

2nd-Jun-2006 05:31 am (UTC)

_midnight_sky_

Memed the tutorial. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks Alex! :D

2nd-Jun-2006 05:43 am (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks Kristen!

2nd-Jun-2006 11:14 am (UTC)

Wow! =O The coloring is so amazing, the tut is too. <33 thanks a lot for posting. I love how it turns out.

2nd-Jun-2006 07:49 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thank you very much! :D

2nd-Jun-2006 12:58 pm (UTC)

whats photoshop elements?

2nd-Jun-2006 07:52 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

It's a graphic making program, similar to regular Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro.

2nd-Jun-2006 01:00 pm (UTC)

Wow, awesome tut! I love the coloring. And I played with it and came up with this. :) Mem+

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2nd-Jun-2006 07:54 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

That looks awesome! :D

2nd-Jun-2006 07:20 pm (UTC)

lovelyanarchy

lovely!

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2nd-Jun-2006 08:01 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks, those look great! :D

3rd-Jun-2006 08:46 am (UTC)

starry_night_53

gorgeous, simply gorgeous! i LOVE the colouring, especially the one with cameron. thanks!

3rd-Jun-2006 08:23 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks so much! :D

4th-Jun-2006 08:58 am (UTC)

I went a little farther than you did, but I absolutely freaking love what I came up with:

Memmed.

4th-Jun-2006 09:16 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Wow that's stunning! Thanks so much for trying the tut and showing me your results :D

11th-Jun-2006 02:26 am (UTC)

holdfastsailor

Adding to memories. This is lovely!

11th-Jun-2006 02:48 am (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Great, thank you! :)

11th-Jun-2006 08:06 pm (UTC)

lamenticons

Bookmarked. Love it. :D

12th-Jun-2006 07:08 am (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks! :D

14th-Jun-2006 03:31 pm (UTC)

__sparkles__

amazing! adding to mems =D

14th-Jun-2006 06:41 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thank you! :D

16th-Jun-2006 07:37 pm (UTC)

honeyswallow

Great! Can't go wrong with that one :)

16th-Jun-2006 08:01 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Aww thanks! :D

18th-Jul-2006 06:32 am (UTC)

That's awesome!!

Added to mems, this is what I got... ;)

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19th-Jul-2006 04:09 am (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks for trying it out, your result is great! :)

27th-Jul-2006 10:02 pm (UTC)

frostytheicicle

Great tutorial! Added to memories.

Here's what I got...

27th-Jul-2006 10:17 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

That looks fantastic, thanks for showing me! :D

8th-Aug-2006 05:40 pm (UTC)

mello_dicaprio

Thanks SO SO much helped out alot! and im using photoshop 7 and it worked great
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8th-Aug-2006 05:52 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

Thanks, glad it helped! :D

11th-Aug-2006 10:27 pm (UTC)

offbeat_upbeat

I love this! Thanks you. :)

This is what I came up with based on this tut. I added some extra stuff.

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13th-Aug-2006 09:41 pm (UTC)

alex_c_potter

That looks awesome! :)

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