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fun_like_that ([personal profile] fun_like_that) wrote2005-06-24 05:57 am
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PSP 8 Full Tutorial: Gale Harold

I don't know if anyone will have any interest in this tutorial but I rather liked the icon and since I actually saved the layers I thought I'd put it up. :D

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I work in PSP 8 and probably still do things a little backwards from some people, but if it gets the job done, right? Also, please don't make this exact same icon, step-for-step, although I don't know why you'd want to anyway. Be original!

Okay, so, start out with the original image and crop it however you want. This is my base:


01. I duplicated it (1), sharpened, then duplicated again (2). I set duplicate 1 to screen and duplicate 2 to soft light. Then I desaturated the soft light layer, cause even though it's a black and white image I thought it did something to it. I'm also a creature of habit. Whatever. I probably just smoke too much crack. Those steps gave me this:


02. I used this gradient set to burn at 26%: to this:

03. Then this gradient set to soft light at 100%: for this:

04. Then I duplicated Gale base layer, dragged it to the top, sharpened it and set it to soft light. Not much different but a little more defined (at least in my mind):


05. Next I used this gradient/texture that I'm about 97.45% sure is by [livejournal.com profile] detoxcocktails set to 100% overlay:


06. So that brought me to the next image that I used my selection tool on to make a thin, vertical line on a new layer and flood filled it with white:


07. I went back to the image from step 04 and used the selection tool again to copy a bit of Gale's face. Then I pasted it as a new layer and positioned it over the white line:


08. It looked pretty lame just sitting there so I used my selection tool again (new layer) and made a box around Gale's face, flood-filled with white again. I positioned it under the layer with the portion of Gale's face and lowered the opacity to 50%:


09. Then I added some simple text cause I suck like syphilitic donkey balls when it comes to icon text and taa daa!

Gale:

I created this for [livejournal.com profile] actors100 so it's not up for grabs yet but I hope to stop procrastinating (*loves amazingly on new banner*) and get my first batch posted for that challenge in the next few days. *crosses fingers*

If you use this tutorial in any way to help make something I'd love to see it!

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