Here's another simple, but pretty, coloring tutorial. This works best on photos that have blue-green-ish colors already in them. If you have a pinkish icon, scroll down!


We're going to go from to in PSP9 (Translatable!).


1. Take your base (I got my photo from ewonline.net) and sharpen it, etc. Duplicate your base and set it to Screen. Fiddle with the opacity (Mine is at 75%).
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2. Create a new layer and fill it with #030629. Set it to Exclusion 100%.
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3. Create a new layer and fill with #95e5f3. Set it to Burn 100%
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(Note: If you like your icon like this, you don't need to continue!)

4. Duplicate the base, drag it to the top and set it to Soft Light 100%.
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You're done!



Now, if you have a pinkish icon, we're going to do something a bit different.

We're going to go from to .


1. Take your base (I got my photo from ewonline.net) and sharpen it, etc. Duplicate your base and set it to Screen. Fiddle with the opacity (Mine is at 55%).
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2. Create a new layer and fill it with #030629. Set it to Exclusion 100%.
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3. Create a new layer and fill with #fdbded. Set it to Burn 100%.
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4. Duplicate the base, drag it to the top and set it to Soft Light 100%.
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You're done!

I'd love to see what everyone made! If you have any questions, feel free to reply or PM me.

Oooh, purty coloring! I'll add this to my tutorial list next time I update. :D

What does dragging the base up to the top mean? cause when I do it literally, nothing happens. I do the last layer I did .I have a feeling that's wrong.

You have to duplicate the bottom layer, drag the copy to the top and set it to Soft light.

Lovely tutorial! I got these two.

When i use softlight, it either turns what i'm making blue or green. No matter waht opacity I set it to