No curves,no selective color,beginner friendly. Made in PSCS3
This is what I had after cropping
As you can see is a very dark cap,so I duplicated it 4 times and set all of them to screen
I duplicate the base again,drag it to the top and put it to soft light. This gives the icon a more dramatic effect and that's just what I'm after
here's what I had at this step
Make a new exclusion layer and fill it with #101c61 at 100%
Another layer set at overlay and filled with #89d2fb. This will lighten up things,and for my picture an opacity of 50% was all right
New layer again and fill it with #f3bec9 color burn at 100%
Now it's time to add a gradient. I use this
colorfilter and put it to soft light 100% ( Style : Linear,Angle 180°)Make a new adjustment level,Hue/Saturation and put Saturation at +48
Et voila! You're done. I'll be glad to see what you come up with!
