GIFFING THE ERAS TOUR: TUTORIAL, RESOURCES, AND ACTION
intermediate editing skill level required. this took hours to throw together, so please like and reblog if you use this in any way - or just to show support. video
RESOURCES NEEDED:
photoshop, obviously - i pay for it, so i have the most current version
i suggest vapoursynth - i will elaborate on this more in the tutorial
tour footage - personally i use tiktok, which i'll elaborate on too
my coloring action - linked in the tutorial
basic understanding of editing coloring layers - will elaborate
rizz's action pack for saving - also linked in the tutorial
YOU CAN FIND THE FULL TUTORIAL HERE - TUMBLR TEXT EDITOR SUCKS !
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Hi! Do you have a colouring tutorial for how you make your icons maybe? They look lovely! xx
Hi! I don’t have a general coloring tutorial since I do different styles for every icon! That being said, I can provide a tutorial on this icon specifically. I use Photopea, but this should be the same process for Photoshop.
This is what I start out with, I apply a gradient fill layer to the background. I choose background colors based on what matches with the image.
In this case, I duplicated the image and put it on soft light and put the opacity to 50%.
I applied the layers below. Levels is really important! I think it makes a big difference in edits. Here's the two images just with and without levels.
In selective color, I alter the red, magenta, yellow, white, and black. These are all up to personal preference, I increased the yellow by a lot and the magenta in this case. In color balance, I brought down the yellow-blue in shadows to -21%. In channel mixer, they were very minimal changes like bringing up the red in blue to 6%. I also sometimes change the opacity for some layers if I like the settings but think they're slightly much, like for channel mixer I changed it to 70%. I would probably skip channel mixer next time and focus on a different adjustment layer.
I add a gradient layer on top on soft light at 20% opacity.
I also added a hue/saturation layer to change the shade and brightness of the blue, I thought this one looked better with the image. I tend to go for bright backgrounds! They're easier to work with.
Sharpen the icon! I've used this sharpening action! You can adjust it for icons.
That's all for my coloring process for this icon! Since this image was already well-lit and didn't have any annoying filters, it was only a few steps. For the speak now icons I made, the color balance layers made a huge difference there. Hope this helps!