psp colouring tut 01 - feat. jared padalecki
This tutorial was written in Paint Shop Pro 9. It should work in lower versions, Photoshop, and Gimp as well. Tutorial is written by Kim.

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Step 01. Our first step is to create a Curve Layer ( Layers > New Adjustment Layers > Curves ). Enter the settings below and press Ok.
Channel - RGB [ Input: 126, Output: 169 ]
Channel - Red [ Input: 164, Output: 138 ]
Channel - Green [ Input: 170, Output: 151 ]
Channel - Blue [ Input: 0, Output: 0 ]



Step 02. Add a Hue/Saturation layer ( Layers > New Adjustment Layers > Hue/Saturation ), and set the Saturation on 9.



Step 03. Add a Channel Mix Layer ( another New Adjustment Layer ) and enter the setting below. ( Just to clarify; 94, 0, -12 = Red: 94, Green: 0, Blue: 12 ]

Channel - Red [ 94, 0, -12 ]
Channel - Green [ 0, 100, 0 ]
Channel - Blue [ 0, 0, 100 ]



Step 04. New Raster Layer ( Layers > New Raster Layer ). Select Flood fill tool and fill the layer with the colour ' #d3e1ed ' . Set blend mode to exclusion with opacity on 8.



Step 05. Create another New Raster Layer, and Flood fill it with ' #fa856e ' this time. Set the blend mode to burn, Opacity on 20.



Step 06. Add a Brightness/Contrast Layer with Brightness on 6, and Contrast on 10.



Step 07. Create another Curve Layer and enter the below settings, then press Ok.
Channel - RGB [ Input: 161, Output: 176 ]



And that's it! If you found this tutorial helpful a link back would be appreciated (: