Helping icon makers one tutorial at a time.

Hi. I was wonderin' about the "save for web" (or something like that) option. I have never used it till awhile ago and everytime after I saved the icon and wanted to close my icon, i would get if I wanted to save and i said yes to a few while rushin right now. Now my question is: are the icon PSDs automatically quality reduced everytime i open it like with animated gifs? I saved a few animated ones after I optimized it and then later modified them just a little and the quality was still reduced even though I tried upping it. Let me know. Thanks.
also, i still haven't recieved much help on the coloring for these:
http://community.livejournal.com/icon_tutorial/5435162.html
Any help on that is welcome as well.

I know it involves selective colouring and i have been playing around with photoshop trying to achieve colouring like this with no luck =[ So does anyone know how to do it?

We're going from this: to this:

Based on this icon:

Level: Easy-Intermediate
Program: PSP X, but it should be translatable.

Find the tutorial here at my icon journal, vestigeicons.

I just got photoshop CS3 and I have already a problem working with it. Always when I try to open an image it says:

"The document "xxxxxxx" has an embedded color profile that does not match the current RGB working space.

What would you like to do?

1. Use the embedded profile (instead of working space)
2. Convert document's colors to the working space
3. Discard the embedded profile (don't color manage)"

How could I get this fixed or which one of those I should choose? I used to have photoshop CS and there wasn't this problem.

Another thing is that when I try to resize the image (image - image size) it comes out very pixely (actually it's kinda' pixelised already when I open the image). How could I fix that?

thanks for any help!

edit. solved!

I really wasn't sure what to call it but anyway moving on.This is my first tutorial and it is pretty simple.I used PSP9 but I am sure you can also use PS
Going From this to
to this

Tutorial is Here in my LJ korineforever

4 Tutorials!
in Photoshop 7.0
These icons were part of this post.

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Tutorial requested by sweet_smile21 and newexistence.

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Tutorial requested by xg3n

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Tutorial requested by newexistence

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Tutorial requested by lady_devon

find them all here @ my lj!

Made with Photoshop 7. Uses Selective Colouring.

Just 3 layers to increase the vibrancy of colours.

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( instructions )

You can find my other tutorials here at snubicons

how can i get these colorings?

original image

icon by xtatiq

Made with Paint Shop Pro 7.

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( instructions )

Other icons made with the same technique:


My other tutorials are here @ snubicons

My Favorite Tutorials.

These tutorials are not mine,
but it's just a list of my favorite ones.
I hope this post could be useful!

UPDATED: 01.12.2007

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Made in PS CS. 6 layers.
Not translateable to PSP.

I'm out of my element here. I break bones for a living. I used to live in the basement. Most days I wear last night's eyeliner to work. I don't give a crap what other people think about me. Because I am a happily independent, successful woman, and I like it that way. Only when you say stuff like this, it just makes things too hard. So please, don't chase me anymore... unless you're ready to catch me.

Tutorial #002: Hermione granger (inglish-spanish)

Made by photoshop CS using selective colors -> Hecho con photoshop CS y usando corrección selectiva

I prefer you take your own base and not my base please. Thanks! -> Prefiero que utiliceis vuestra propia base y no pilleis esta por favor. ¡Gracias!

From this (de esto) to this (a esto)  (the result depends of your image/el resultado depende de vuestra imagen)

  
how do i get the effect of the smooth skin type thing :p ?
i use psp  8 , thanks :D

Hi! I just have a simple question: Does anyone have links to some header tutorials? Thanks in advance. :D

From this: to this: in PSP X.

-Translatable =)
-Works well with screen caps

  

Hi,

I hope s.o. can help me ? I´ve made a animated gif-file with PS Image Ready, but the file is a BIT too big (KB´s too high), is there a way to make the file SMALLER ? Not only a little bit, but almost as much as I want ??!!!

Thanks in advance !!!!

we're going from this to

Does anyone know how to go from this to (no clue who made the icon, sorry) using PS CS??

Any help is greatly appreciated. :)