
How to achieve these colorings using:
Curves, Color Balance and Selective Color.
These tutorial its for advance users of PS CS.
Notice that Im not gonna be asnwering questions.
Feel free to use them and spread some icon love ;)

Duplicate your base > Sharpen > Saturation +15
Curves: RGB - First point: input (112) output (128) / Second point: input ( 20) output ( 38)
RED - First point: input (117) output (128) / Second point: input ( 27) output ( 14)
GREEN - First point: input ( 121) output (109) / Second point: input ( 96 ) output ( 74 )
BLUE - First point: input ( 213) output (240) / Second point: input ( 91 ) output ( 93 )
Third Point: input ( 39 ) output ( 55 )
Selective Color: REDS - Cyan: -83 Black: +45
YELLOWS - Cyan: +100 Magenta: -100 Yellow: -100
GREENS - Cyan: +100 Yellow: -100
CYANS - Cyan: +100 Yellow: -50
BLUES - Yellow: +100
WHITES - Cyan +100
NEUTRALS - Cyan +45

Duplicate your base > Sharpen > Brightness +15 / Contrast +5 > Saturation +20
Color Balance: Midtones - +49, 0, +42
Shadows - -56, +35, +48
Selective Color: REDS - Cyan: -71 Magenta: -10 Yellow: -13 Black: +15
YELLOWS - Cyan: -51 Yellow: +19
GREENS - Cyan: +100 Magenta: -20 Yellow: -100
NEUTRALS - Yellow: -45

Duplicate your base > Sharpen > Saturation +30
Curves: RGB - First point: input (165) output (191) / Second point: input ( 114) output ( 153)
RED - First point: input (134) output (128) / Second point: input ( 80) output ( 44)
GREEN - First point: input ( 103) output (79) / Second point: input ( 46 ) output ( 30)
BLUE - First point: input ( 124) output (115) / Second point: input ( 64 ) output ( 64 )
Selective Color: REDS - Yellow: -13 Black: +8
YELLOWS - Cyan: -100 Magenta: -10 Yellow: +22
CYANS - Cyan: +100 Magenta: -32 Yellow: -100
BLUES - Cyan: +100 Magenta: +100 Yellow: +100
NEUTRALS - Cyan: +40 Yellow: -16
cheerful
September 3 2006, 18:59:41 UTC 5 years ago
September 3 2006, 20:01:39 UTC 5 years ago
September 4 2006, 04:32:37 UTC 5 years ago
That is absolutly gorgeous coloring, omg.
September 4 2006, 11:03:23 UTC 5 years ago
En fin, q espero q coincidamos pronto aunq sean 2 segundos para darte un ciber-abrazo =D
Los tuts como siempre: una pasada ♥ No los memorizo porq no puedo llevarlos a cabo (por el Slective Color, ya sabes >.<) pero me encantan, maestra =D Por otro lado, a ver si cuando coincidamos te pido (porq me encanta pedir jajaj) un tut sobre tu crop especial de algunos icons y walls *__* ya hablaremos de ello jusssssssss
A mi padre lo operarán ésta semana :S Hoy tenía la consulta en Madrid, a ver q le dicen...cuando sepa supongo q abriré una nueva entrada ;)
Besiñosssssssssssss y cuidate mucho :*
September 4 2006, 19:56:26 UTC 5 years ago
September 4 2006, 20:34:48 UTC 5 years ago
adding to memories.
thank you!
September 15 2006, 19:33:03 UTC 5 years ago
Thanks so much! :)