TUTORIALS :: [001]

From this to this using Photoshop CS3 (you can use the other versions of photoshop as well)

1. First you will need a base. Mine is a screencap I made from Grey's Anatomy 4x02. Crop your image to 100x100.

2. Duplicate your base and set it to Screen 100%

3. Now create a new Selective Color Layer (Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>>Selective Color) and set to:
REDS
Cyan: -100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 100
Black: 0

YELLOWS
Cyan: -100
Magenta: 0
Yellow: 100
Black: 0

4. Copy the base that is set to screen and bring the new one to the top.

5. Create another Selective Color Layer

REDS
Cyan: -80
Magenta:
Yellow: 90
Black:

YELLOWS
Cyan: 48
Magenta: -41
Yellow: -100
Black: 40

NEUTRALS
Cyan: 20
Magenta: 0
Yellow: -21
Black: -13

6. Now copy the base that is set to screen again and bring the new one to the top. (this deppends of the image you're using. Mine was really dark)

7. Merge all layers (Ctrl+Alt+E or go to Layer>>Merge Visible)

8. Sharpen the image (Filter>>Sharpen>>Sharpen). I like to fade the Sharpen a little so it doesnt look too fake (Edit>>Fade Sharpen) set it to 49%.

And that's it! You should end up with something like this (but it will deppend of the image you chose):

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