Tutorials and Icon help

[Emsan]

I decided to post a tutorial, I hope you like it.

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Step 1

First of all take your base and crop it like you want it. I took one of my own caps of ER.

Step 2

We want it to be a lot brighter and have better contrast, so we make a Curves layer (layer>new adjustment layer>curves).

I used these settings:

Point 1:

Output: 185

Input: 80

Point 2:

Output: 211

Input: 121

Step 3

Time to give it some coloring, it looks pretty lame right now. I made a selective color layer (layer>new adjustment layer>selective color).

I used these settings:

Reds: -100 | 0 | +100 | 0

Yellows: 0 | 0 | -100 | 0

Cyans: +100 | 0 | -100 | 0

Neutrals: +15 | 0 | 0 | 0

Step 4

To give it a more dull and nicer effect, I made a color fill layer (layer>new fill layer>solid color).

I used the color #301f02 and put the fill layer on the blending mode Exclusion with an opactiy of 100%.

Step 5

The last step I promise. I just wanted the colors to show a bit more so I made a hue/saturation layer (layer>new adjustment layer>hue/saturation).

I used these settings:

Saturation: +10

And you are done. Here are some more examples that are made with the same coloring.

[Zetti]

Does anyone know of any good gradients that comes out with a good bright pinky/purpley colour.

[matticus01]

Zetti requested this tutorial...

We're going from < this to < this

I'd love to see what others make .

I gave this a go Drew, and I love my result

[Luc]

OMG, I love the Maxxie one. It looks beyond awesome. And the Cassie one is just... wow !

[matticus01]

OMG, I love the Maxxie one. It looks beyond awesome. And the Cassie one is just... wow !

awww thanks

Maxxie is just even if he is gay

[Zetti]

Here is my attempt at Luc's tut! It came out great

[Luc]

They look amazing Zetti. I really love the Belle one.

[adellejefferiesxox]

I've recently bought adobe photoshop elements 7 and I'm not sure how to resize pictures to make them so they are 120 x 120 (or avatar standard size). Could some please tell me how to resize photos, step by step please

[Emsan]

^^ Click on image>resize image make the height 200px

Make a new image that's 120x120px file>new

Now go to your cap again, the one you resized to 200 px in height. Hit ctrl+a to select it all. Hit ctrl+c to copy it. Then go to your new document that's 120x120px and then hit ctrl+v. Then move around it so you get what you want.

Simple as that

[adellejefferiesxox]

Sorry I'm a little lost here,

Now go to your cap again, the one you resized to 200 px in height. Hit ctrl+a to select it all. Hit ctrl+c to copy it. Then go to your new document that's 120x120px and then hit ctrl+v. Then move around it so you get what you want.

could you please explain it differently lol.