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xoxo--gloomybear
Hello, uhm how do you get this type of picture effect?
( I do have some knowledge of icon colorizing, but I'm still a noob at it. _unsure.gif )

heres this link:
clickies, ty.
schizo
Maybe try desaturating the image a bit and adding a layer with an army green set to soft light over it. Then add some contrast.

Not sure how well that will work...I haven't actually tested it, but it seems about right.
JackRapington
^That plus add a back and white version of the photo over the colored version and set it to a lower opacity.
fixtatik
if you have photoshop, it's easily done by playing around with saturation and color balance (i'm not familiar with how this works in other programs).

1. press ctrl+u to bring up the hue/saturation window. drop the saturation down to about -50.
2. press ctrl+b to bring up the color balance window.
- highlights: +10, 0, 0
- midtones: 0, +10, 0
- shadows: 0, 0, -10

gives you nearly the same coloring. if you need it a little different, just play around with the color balance.
technicolour
QUOTE(fixtatik @ Mar 21 2009, 07:17 PM) *
if you have photoshop, it's easily done by playing around with saturation and color balance (i'm not familiar with how this works in other programs).

1. press ctrl+u to bring up the hue/saturation window. drop the saturation down to about -50.
2. press ctrl+b to bring up the color balance window.
- highlights: +10, 0, 0
- midtones: 0, +10, 0
- shadows: 0, 0, -10

gives you nearly the same coloring. if you need it a little different, just play around with the color balance.


That would be the simplest thing to do. However, I'll tack on to the other suggestions that try a light yellow/orange color layer and set that to multiply or darken.
xoxo--gloomybear
omg, thnx. :)
& yeah, i use photoshop.
i'll try that.
i'll post up a picture of my work later to see if it works.
n___n
fixtatik
QUOTE(technicolour @ Mar 21 2009, 09:32 PM) *
However, I'll tack on to the other suggestions that try a light yellow/orange color layer and set that to multiply or darken.

the color balance levels i put up basically give you the same effect as a yellow/orange layer.
xoxo--gloomybear
hmmm, the desaturating really did help, but then i still really didn't get it. _unsure.gif

heres what i did:
technicolour
Hm, what all did you do for that picture?
xoxo--gloomybear
i did the settings you guys told me for hue/saturation & color balance.
i also played around w/ selective coloring & curves, && i added a really soft dark layer of sea green.
technicolour
Instead of the green try a light yellow or orange.
schizo
Your image probably just has a lot of red in it. I don't use Photoshop, but I'm sure there is some sort of channel mixer type deal somewhere. If you find it, lower the red levels and up the green. That should help somewhat.
xoxo--gloomybear
is this better? rolleyes.gif
schizo
It definately looks closer to what you were looking for.
technicolour
Yeah, that one looks pretty spiffy! It all depends on the colors already in the picture. Each picture is unique and everything was said above is just some guidelines.
Blaqheartedstar
that came out pretty good. the flash bleached out some color but it looks a lot like the look you wanted.
xoxo--gloomybear
haha thanks. laugh.gif
i like lighting effects too. tongue.gif
& uhm im not sure what this is called, but uh,
how do i make the edges of a picture darker, but then the center is like bright?
is that lighting effects also? xP
technicolour
Vignette effect, I think is what it's called.

Uhm. Nat has a tutorial for that. Lemme find it.

http://www.createblog.com/photoshop-tutori...tt-your-photo./

HUZZAH!

She spelled it wrong.
xoxo--gloomybear
HAHAs, thanks all. <333
Mickey
So is this okay for closing?
xoxo--gloomybear
um wait wait, hold on.
sorry.
i have something else to ask,
i'll ask tmrw. ><
its similar to this.
ahh.
xoxo--gloomybear
uh, i want to know how to do this also. :D
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clickies, thxxx :)
JackRapington
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=220287

Read, and after all that add a brown overlay(or maybe hue) layer.
technicolour
^ Just like they said, it's the same way pretty much but with the brown. Try Overlay OR Darken. Maybe even multiply, but it can't be that dark of a brown.
xoxo--gloomybear
oh, ok thanksies. laugh.gif
manny-the-dino
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