Wednesday, July 30, 2008

VINTAGELICIOUS

Okay, Now i want to give a tutorial about VINTAGE TONE.. this is a very simple tutorial.. and i think, you have your own 'vintage' tone.. but, basicly it has a same way to get the tone.. but, i want to give you a tutorial on my way.. :)

Let's do the Tone..

TOOLS : I recommend Photoshop CS3 :D

Step 1 :

This is the first Image



Step 2 :
  • Duplicate the image twice (use ctrl+j twice), then, change the image mode, one into SCREEN one into SOFTLIGHT
  • Select Photo Filter>Yellow>OK
Then, you will produce this color..



Step 3:
Now, you have to play with COLOR BALANCE..
in my color, i use this setting..

click to enlarge..


That's the basic.. but, it's really depend on your image and your taste of color :) just be your self, i believe you have your own style.. :D

  • After you play with color balance, now i want you to SELECT SOLID COLOR, then please select the VERY DARK BLUE color in there.. if you confused what solid color is.. you can find here
  • After you cover the image with Dark Blue color, please change the mode into EXCLUSION, it will make your picture more vintage..
Then, you will produce this color..


Step 4:
Oke, now do the curving thing.. :), It's so hard to explain.. but i hope you understand with this image..

click to Enlarge


Okay, i will give a little explanation about this..

1st Curve :
All you have to do is just change the Line in Channel : RED, GREEN, and BLUE..
TOP RED : turn it down
BOTTOM RED :turn it up

and do the same thing with Green and Blue.. :)

2nd Curve :
Yeah.. i hope you understand the image.. you just play with the RGB Channel.. :)

Then You will Produce this Color..



Step 5 :

If you play with Curve, i recommend you to play with Selective Color and modify the color.. :)
you can modify it as you want.. but i recommend you to modify in : color : BLUE, YELLOW, WHITE, BLACK, and NEUTRAL. BUT.. it really depend on your image.. :) if your image has more RED, you can the selective color in red..

okay.. in this part, i produced this color..



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Actually, this is not the finishing thing..you can modify as you want.. as you like.. maybe you want to add some texture.. or else.. or maybe BOKEH.. it's really depend on your taste.. :)
but the vintaging thing is over ..

if you want to make it sharper you can edit the image following STEP3 in this link

or maybe you want to make it more dimensional, you can edit the image following STEP3 in this link

OK! and this is my final touch.. :)


*blowkiss*


Love, nanath

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

MILKY TONE

Hello again! :) i'm nadia, now i wanna give you a tutorial about 'How to make a Milky Tone'. This might be a really simple Tutorial.. you can make a milky tone fastly! :)
ok! Let's begin the tutorial :)

Tool : PHOTOSHOP CS 3 IS A MUST

Step 1 :
This is The First Image Before i touch it! :)


Step 2:
Duplicate the image twice (use ctrl+j twice), then, change the image mode, one into SCREEN one into SOFTLIGHT.
Then, You will produce this color

then, Flatten Image

Step 3 :

  • Duplicate The Image
  • Filter>Noise>Reduce Noise(10 0 100 0)>OK!
  • Filter>Other>HighPass (Depend into your image, i recommend 1-2,8)>OK
  • Change The Image's Mode into LINEAR LIGHT
  • Flatten Image
Then You will produce this color (It's sharper than before!)

Then, Flatten Image ^_^

Step 4 :

Okayy!! Let's do THE MILKY THING.. :D
  • Duplicate The Image
  • Click SOLID COLOR
If you get confused about what Solid Color is, you can find it here!


  • Pick the color into WHITE (#FFFFF)
  • Change the Solid color Mode into SOFTLIGHT (You can play the Opacity as you want, i recommend you to change the fill opacity, it will make your picture softer)
  • Select SELECTIVE COLOR, then change the color above into White, then please turn the black one into left, (make it minus), and the Yellow one into right (make it plus) (you can play the color here as you like, and of course it really depend on your picture.
  • After you play with "WHITE COLOR", now you have to play with BLACK COLOR and NEUTRAL COLOR, still in SELECTIVE COLOR. But Remember, you only play in BLACK mode, you can turn in into left or right (make it minus or plus), it really depend on your picture.. :)
Then You will produce this Color..

then flatten image..

Now you already have a MILKY TONE!! you can modify your last milky tone with your really tone.. you can modify it as you want!

Oke, I modified my last milky tone, and i produce this color.. :)

click to enlarge it.. :)



Ok, For modification, i recommend you to use :
  1. Shadow/Highlite
  2. Curve
  3. Levels
See yaaaaaaaa... ^_^

Love, nanath