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Created in Photoshop Elements 4.0
Image heavy!
The textures I added were subtle, but really came alive once I did step #12.
Play around with textures and colours until you like what you see. I experimented with a lot of textures and opacities before settling on these.
Hope you enjoyed the tut. Comments are ♥... thanx!
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to Created in Photoshop Elements 4.0
Image heavy!
 2. Crop to 100 x 100. 3. Duplicate and set to Multiply 100% opacity.  4. Duplicate twice and set both to Screen 100% opacity.  5. Duplicate top Screen layer and set to Soft Light 100% opacity.  6. Fill layer with #0092E0 and set to Overlay 60% opacity. Erase any blue colouring on Kate's face and body.  ~~>  7. Fill layer with #090724 and set to Exclusion 100% opacity.  ~~>  8. Fill layer with #F9DECA and set to Soft Light 50% opacity.  ~~>  9. Duplicate base and drag to top. Completely desaturate and set to Soft Light 50% opacity.  10. Paste this light texture by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} colorfilter and set to Soft Light 100% opacity. Rotate texture to the right 90 degrees and flip vertically. Erase anything lingering on Kate's face.  ~~>  11. Paste this light texture by colorfilter and set to Screen 25% opacity. Flip texture horizontally. ~~>  12. Flatten image. Duplicate layer and set to Soft Light 100% opacity. Desaturate to -10.  13. Paste this mask by ownthesunshine and set to Screen 100% opacity.Erase any dots on Kate's face & hair.  ~~> Voila, we're done! |
The textures I added were subtle, but really came alive once I did step #12.
Play around with textures and colours until you like what you see. I experimented with a lot of textures and opacities before settling on these.
Hope you enjoyed the tut. Comments are ♥... thanx!
Cross-posted at
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