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brokenrecord) wrote2005-05-14 01:04 pm
brokenrecord) wrote2005-05-14 01:04 pm
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Promised an icon tutorial for this icon: 
So, here we go.
This icon was made with Paintshop Pro 8, but I believe it should be fairly translatable.
1. Start with this cap by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_jems_ and crop it as you see fit and resize it. Then, sharpen it (adjust>sharpness>sharpen).
2. Duplicate the base and set it to screen. Then, duplicate that screened layer twice. Set the topmost layer to soft light and desaturate it (adjust>hue and saturation>hue/saturation/lightness). You should now have (from bottom-most layer to top-most) the base layer, two duplicates of the base set to screen, and another duplicate of the base desaturated and set to soft light.
3. Between the top layer and the layer beneath it, create a new layer. Fill the layer with a dark blue (#0B1837) and set it to exclusion.
4. Create a new layer on top of everything else (above the duplicated layer of the base set to soft light). Fill it with a brown gradient and set the layer to multiply.
5. Create a new layer on top of the previous layer and fill it with a light blue gradient. Set the layer to burn.
6. Create a new layer and fill it with the same light blue gradient. Set the layer to color (legacy) and change the opacity to 20.
7. Create a new layer and fill it with the same brown gradient as before. Set the layer to multiply.
8. All that's left is the text. Create a new layer. The text on this icon is Century Gothic, size 1, color black. Then I set the layer to soft light.
And there you go. Icon completed.
Just a note, that not all these effects will look exactly like this on every icon. It depends on the cap; whether it's dark or light, high or low contrast, the colors of it. I make a lot of my icons using these techniques, but I vary them from cap to cap, and of course add different layers or take away some of the layers I used in this one. So, don't expect to be able to come out with an exact copy of this icon with a different cap using these steps.
Anyways. Hope this tutorial was useful for you. :)
So, here we go.
This icon was made with Paintshop Pro 8, but I believe it should be fairly translatable.
1. Start with this cap by
_jems_ and crop it as you see fit and resize it. Then, sharpen it (adjust>sharpness>sharpen).2. Duplicate the base and set it to screen. Then, duplicate that screened layer twice. Set the topmost layer to soft light and desaturate it (adjust>hue and saturation>hue/saturation/lightness). You should now have (from bottom-most layer to top-most) the base layer, two duplicates of the base set to screen, and another duplicate of the base desaturated and set to soft light.
3. Between the top layer and the layer beneath it, create a new layer. Fill the layer with a dark blue (#0B1837) and set it to exclusion.
4. Create a new layer on top of everything else (above the duplicated layer of the base set to soft light). Fill it with a brown gradient and set the layer to multiply.
5. Create a new layer on top of the previous layer and fill it with a light blue gradient. Set the layer to burn.
6. Create a new layer and fill it with the same light blue gradient. Set the layer to color (legacy) and change the opacity to 20.
7. Create a new layer and fill it with the same brown gradient as before. Set the layer to multiply.
8. All that's left is the text. Create a new layer. The text on this icon is Century Gothic, size 1, color black. Then I set the layer to soft light.
And there you go. Icon completed.
Just a note, that not all these effects will look exactly like this on every icon. It depends on the cap; whether it's dark or light, high or low contrast, the colors of it. I make a lot of my icons using these techniques, but I vary them from cap to cap, and of course add different layers or take away some of the layers I used in this one. So, don't expect to be able to come out with an exact copy of this icon with a different cap using these steps.
Anyways. Hope this tutorial was useful for you. :)
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