| Icon Tutorial #1 |
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Note: I used Corel Paint Shop Pro for this tutorial. It will work with any paint shop pro or adobe photoshop version. Go from this  to this  1. Take the image you wish to use for your icon, and crop/resize it so it is 100 x 100 pixels. 2. Sharpen the image once, (Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen) then duplicate the base, twice. 3. Set the first duplicate to Screen 50% opacity, and the second to Screen 100% opacity. Then duplicate the base again, set it to soft light and drag to the top of all layers. You should now have 4 layers. 4. Create a new layer. (Layers > New Raster Layer) Fill it with a dark blue and set it to Exclusion at about 60%. 5. Create a new layer on top of that. Fill it with a pinkish color and set it to Burn at about 30%. 6. Create another new layer. Fill it with a brown color and set it to Multiply at about 15%. 7. Merge all layers together. (layers > merge > visible) 8. Duplicate the image and set to Screen. 9. Now you should have a beautiful icon! Add text, textures, brushes, or whatever you want to it. |
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