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London

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:14:04 GMT

Hey guys! I'm going to London this spring break!
I've never been there before and i was wondering
what are your favorite places in London (beyond the typical tourist areas)?

anything is welcome! websites, pictures, whatever! post away! :)

paranoid park: 2 tutorials

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:08:16 GMT

also posted @ icon_tutorial

#1:
how to go from
to
1. choose a base (this works especially well with very dark blue images)
2. new Color Balance layer (do NOT check "preserve luminosity")
    s: 19,9,32
    m: 59,66,38
    h: 9,15,-21
3. new Selective Coloring layer
    y: -100,0,100,0
    g: 100,0,100,0
    c: 100, 0, -100,100
    b: 100,0,0,100
    w: 100,0,0,0
    b: 0,0,0,50
4. now make a new layer and press SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, and E at the same time (this merges all the visible layers into one). then set this layer to Soft Light.

Other examples:


#2:
how to go from
to
1. choose a base. here i chose a screencap from the movie, paranoid park.
2. new Curves layer
   red: 125, 153
   green: 132, 155
   blue: 126, 156
(this lightens up the base, while slightly intensifying the colors)
3. new Levels layer
   rgb: 25, 1.44, 255
(this softens the image)
4. new Selective Coloring layer
   y: 0,0,100,0
   g: 100,-100,100,0
   c: 100,0,-100,0
   b: 100,0,0,0
   m: 0,100,0,0
   w: -100,-25,0,0
5. new Hue/Saturation layer
   s: +18
6. finally...new Levels layer
   rgb: 25, 1.44, 255
(same as step 3)

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Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:25:14 GMT

also posted @ icon_tutorial

#1:
soft, vibrant coloring

from to

1. choose a picture.
2. new Curves layer
    red: 124, 135
    green: 124, 131
    blue: 141, 155
        (this lightens your image and gets rid of some of the nasty cyan)
3. Levels
    rgb: 25, 1.44, 255
        (this softens the image)
4. Selective Coloring
    yellows: y: 100
    cyans: c: 100
    blues: c: 100, m: -100, y: -100, b: 100
    whites: c: 50
        (this fills the sky with a light blue and slightly intensifies the colors)
5. Hue/Saturation
    s: 42
    set layer to Soft Light

And tada! You're done! :D

tutorial #2:
a better alternative to the traditional method of prepping

from to

1. open up your image.
2. duplicate base and set it to soft light (fill: 44%)
3. new Color Balance layer
midtones: +10, 0, 0
4. Brightness/Contrast
    b: -8
    c: +11
5. new Color layer (#A5A5A5)
    set it to soft light
6. new Curves layer
    rgb: pt 1: 70, 71     pt 2: 131, 137     pt 3: 232, 234
    r: 182, 191
    g: 150, 159
    b: 131, 138
7. Color Balance
    s: 19, 9, 32     m: 66, 56, 81     h: 9, 15, -21

phew!

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