Helping icon makers one tutorial at a time.

Going from this:

to

with PSP 9.

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Get colouring like this:

here @ napalm_jelly

PS7. Enjoy. :)

[First post, please be gentle!]

I've seen a few comments lately in discussions of icon-making along the lines of "of course, everyone knows that a color burn layer makes everything more vibrant" (or it may have been color dodge; I can't remember now), but I've never seen any actual reference to this technique in a tutorial.

For those of you that use these layers to make an icon more vibrant, can you help?

* Is it color burn or color dodge?
* Is it a single-color fill layer, or a duplicated layer of the main icon image?
* What kinda opacity? (or is that an experiment-by-image thing?)
* Any other general input about color burn and color dodge blend-mode layers?

Thanks for any input you can provide!

[I'm using Photoshop CS and Photoshop CS3 Beta, but this is probably relevant for most versions of PS, and maybe PSP too?]

With all your wonderful help, I have finally fixed the problem. Thank you so much for your time and effort into helping me solve these problems - can anyone help me save these to memories - mods maybe - so they can help others in the future? *hugs everyone*

I have looked on memories and FAQ and I couldn't find an answer there. If the answer is there, could someone please point me in the right direction?

I use PS7 and have been for several years. Recently something changed on PS and I have no idea what I did to change it and in the progress of trying to change it back, something else has gone wrong. See... I should have asked first *rolls eyes*
EDIT The answer to the black background is hold the shift key down and paint the background with the paint bucket with the colour of your choice. Thank you everyone for your help.

Okay... The first thing that went wrong is you know the background that is immediately behind the picture you're working on? Well it has gone black. Before it was a mid grey - there is a small piccie here showing the black frame around the photo - if you want to see it better there is a larger one linked. large one here

second, you will see the grid lines all over the picture - I know how to temporarily get rid of the lines, but have no idea how to get rid of them permanently when I open up a new picture - getting rather irritating *and yes, this was one of my extras I accumilated when I was trying to fix the black background*

I am also getting this pop up when I open PS You currently have Adobe Photoshop's primary Scratch and Windows' primary paging file on the same volume, which can result in reduced performance. It is recommended that you set Adobe Photoshop's primary Scratch volume to be on a different volume, preferably on a different physical drive.

As you can see, I have quite a few problems. To try and sort it out, I have completely reinstalled PS twice and rebooted.

If anyone can help me I would be really thankful. The black background is the most irritating as I can't work with black on the icon or art as it disappears and I have no idea where my work is lol.

Any idea how to get these colorings?
I know they both involve selective coloring, but I'd like to know the settings and such.
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by lovemylouis

Thanks in advance

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For Photoshop with Animation Shop users only! Uses selective coloring.

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Tutorial #1 Photoshop 7



Simple Coloring with Color Layers, without Curves, without selectives Colors. Translateable.
Level: Easy
Works best with colorful, bright bases.


( I wish I knew how to quiet you )

Ok, so I've finally been able to make a not-quite-so-crap icon :)

Going from this to this

Made in PSP8. Translatable.

( Click me! )

Hi!I'm the new one on this site..
I want to ask you one question
How can make an icon like this???
please...help me if you can..
thanks

here at 42livewire

I just got the PS CS3 beta and suddenly every icon I make is waaay over lj's 40 kb limit. On PS7, I generally saved my icons as maximum-quality (12) jpegs and they'd come out somewhere between 10 and 30 kb. Now I'm doing the exact same thing and they're coming out between 45 and120 kb - I have to bring them down to medium to low quality just to get them in under 40 and it's not a good look at all. *flails* Am I doing something wrong or is Adobe just evil? Is anybody else having this problem?

[*] PS 7
[*] Using flood fills only

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Also made



located HERE.
please join my community ^^

Hi there!

I have a question about making mini movie icons.
I know how to make the icons, but I´m curious as where you all get your mini movies from.
Do you animate them yourself from screencaps? I am having difficulties getting the right amount of screencaps to animate them into a nice mini movie. :-(

Betty

I have found that most tutorials for lightening screencaps make dark-skinned people look washed-out. This tutorial will lighten the picture but the colours will stay vivid.


Made with Photoshop CS2, should be translatable.
Image heavy.

Here

Also with this tutorial:

A friend requested a tutorial for the icon below. I made it so I thought I'd share.



It's really simple, like my other one. A few layers and that's it.

First. Simple question. OK I use PSP8 but I feel like I hit a bit of a wall with it. I am thinking of getting Photoshop CS2. Should I?

Follow me

Also made with this tutorial:

as requested by maniac_aly, a tutorial on blending; using the perfect Jonne Aaron as a subject :D.
making this


+ Blending
+ Medium

here @ my journal

Tutorial One

from to

( read this one )

Tutorial Two

from to

( read this one )

And yes, those are both Veronica Mars.

Yes, I'm here again. With another request.

Cuz I'm dumb and desperate! LOL

Anyway... does anyone know how to make something like THIS?

I tried some kind of vetorization, but in the end it didn't look like that at all. =/

Hey guys!
This is my 3rth tutorial, this one is of Selective Color. Hope you like it!



Tutorial #3
Type: Selective Color
Steps: 5
PSD File: No
Programe: Photoshop 7

LEARN TO DO IT
+other examples

(x) Let me know if you find it useful
(x) No credit required

Laterr!

My first icon tutorial with Photoshop 7 ^__^;
Learn how to go from this image to

Other icons made with this tutorial;


Made with PS-7, not translatable, since it deals with curves&selective coloring- sorry.

(Fake cut to my graphics journal)

TUTORIAL #4 by houseforlife at eveningwalk

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Made in PS7, involves selective colouring.

over here please join??

Get this coloring:

Get this coloring:


Click on the images above to be taken to the tutorials! :)

Made in Photoshop CS, just color layers =)

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The full tutorial is right here

THIS IS HOW A HEART BREAKS. @ monellaicons.

First tutorial: Translatable; I use PSP7

going from this to

Hope you enjoy ^-^;

Happy belated valentine's. O_o

okay i dont mind capping with power dvd or VLC but, when i pause it, it never pauses in the exact spot i want it to. it usually stops a few frames later.

is there something i can do to fix this?

Hi!! ^^
Well this is my second tutorial

Go from this   to this:



( Stay with me... )

Made in PSP8.

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Right here