Heres my 24th tutorial i hope ya'll enjoy it and find it useful. Learn how to make the following.

from this to this

Made in Photoshop CS . Using: curves, selective color, channel mixer, levels, color balance.
( this is first time ive ever used levels.)

Step 1: Crop and resize image to 100px x 100px


Step 2: Curves
Input: 117 Output: 137


Step 3: Selective Color
Reds: -87, 0, +83, 0


Step 4: Channel Mixer
Output Channel: Reds
Source Channels:
red: +82
green: +4
blue: -12
constant: +4


Step 5: Selective Color
Reds: -12, +78, +43, +55


Step 6: Selective Color
Reds: -82, +100, +100, +100
Blacks: 0, 0, 0, +100 ( 74% Opacity )


Step 7: Channel Mixer
Output Channel: Reds
Source Channels:
red: +66
green: -10
blue: +8
constant: +18


Step 8: Curves
Input: 125 Output: 130


Step 9: Levels
Channel : RGB
input levels: 12, 1.09, 255
output levels: 0, 255


Step 10: Color Balance
Midtones: +24, +18, +10
Shodows: -15, -6, -14


Step 11: Selective Color
reds: -100, 0, +100, +100
yellows: +100, 0, +96, 0 ( 33% Opacity )


THE END!
PSD let me know if u downloaded the PSD. thx

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