Legorlando ([info]icons_with_love) wrote,
@ 2004-10-03 19:54:00
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Full icon tutorial - 5-minutes-icons (Photoshop 7)
Because I've been asked here's a small tutorial how to use one of my bases.
This is what you could make for example:




I take this base:



and this picture of Gandalf:



Resize the picture and paste it as a new layer to the base.
Set the blending mode to Luminosity.



Now select the eraser tool and erase parts of the pic. Sharpen the layer. Then place text somewhere you like it. That's it.



Flatten image and play around with the Hue/Saturation settings. Finally it could look like this:




Please comment if you think this tutorial was useful. :-)

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[info]honehe
2004-10-03 11:04 am UTC (link)
Nice tutorial. Thankses!

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:49 am UTC (link)
You're welcome. :-)

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[info]lady_maethoriel
2004-10-03 11:04 am UTC (link)
Gah, you people and your danged Photoshop! But I can translate. Good tutorial, thanks. *puts in memories*

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:50 am UTC (link)
You're welcome, I'm glad you could translate it. :-)

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[info]fox_reed
2004-10-03 11:28 am UTC (link)
That's great!!
I've been wanting to know how to do that for a while now...
Seems kinda obvious now. *laughs*
But thank you!
It's a huge help!!

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:51 am UTC (link)
You're welcome, I'm glad I could be of help.
Not everything that looks difficult is really difficult to create. :-)

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[info]andnolewen
2004-10-03 12:25 pm UTC (link)
weee. i still can't do this..

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:53 am UTC (link)
And I know why!
I should have taken a pic of Legolas instead and everything would have worked fine. *g*

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[info]andnolewen
2004-10-20 12:37 pm UTC (link)
:)
YES!! that must be it!

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[info]sciencegeek
2004-10-03 12:41 pm UTC (link)
It's useful! I'm still learning the whole photoshop thing, so...yeah. I don't know where I was going with that.

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:53 am UTC (link)
I'm glad I could be of help. :-)

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[info]_fleur
2004-10-03 01:38 pm UTC (link)
thanks! what font is that?

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:55 am UTC (link)
Oh, this is a very, very sophisticated font.
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Times New Roman
:-)

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[info]_fleur
2004-10-21 07:59 am UTC (link)
haha! really? :D

Well, it looks nicer than it usually does ;P

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[info]lilkitten381
2004-10-03 05:37 pm UTC (link)
Yep, that was very useful...for some reason I didn't think of blending the colors together, (although it looks good), I just used them as a background :P

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:56 am UTC (link)
Take it as an inspiration for the next icons you're gonna make. :-)
That's the fun with tutorials.

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[info]unhipster
2004-10-03 08:36 pm UTC (link)
Thanks!

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:57 am UTC (link)
You're welcome! :-)

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[info]spattergroit
2004-10-03 08:37 pm UTC (link)
Am adding this to memories. And am going to try it. God, I hope it comes out nice like yours.

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:59 am UTC (link)
Don't be afraid, I'm sure it will work. :-) Just try it!

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[info]sempre
2004-10-03 10:04 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, very simple AND quick. :)

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:59 am UTC (link)
I'm glad you like it, thank you for commenting. :-)

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[info]mercuryrogue
2004-10-03 11:06 pm UTC (link)
Extremely easy to understand! I feel empowered! ^.~

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 02:00 am UTC (link)
:-) Thank you, I'm glad you like it.

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[info]snowpuppies
2004-10-04 12:01 am UTC (link)
Really simple, but very useful as well. Thanks!

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 02:01 am UTC (link)
You're welcome, I'm glad I could be of help. :-)

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[info]lily_sunshine
2004-10-04 04:59 am UTC (link)
Very cool tutorial! I never think about erase a part of a layer! I'll try!! ^_~

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[info]icons_with_love
2004-10-20 01:57 am UTC (link)
Well, that's what tutorials are for - to find out all those little secrets. *g* I'm glad I could be of help. :-)

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[info]idiotequeicon
2004-10-27 04:38 am UTC (link)
cool tutorial - i've never really seen the "luminosity" blend mode used properly/so well.

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[info]shewasfire
2004-11-26 06:25 am UTC (link)
I think you're awesome.

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[info]washizdarkbliss
2004-12-31 07:35 pm UTC (link)
Thanks so much for this. I've already made a whole bunch of icons with this tutorial. :D

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[info]georgierae
2005-01-10 02:57 pm UTC (link)
OMG! I actually made an icon without going wrong mucking it up too badly!

I'd say the tutorial was helpful! ty!!

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photoshop 7
[info]czi4
2005-01-31 09:16 pm UTC (link)
I know i may sound a little naieve, but how would you get something like photoshop 7? I know not everyone pays for it.

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[info]rhina
2005-02-20 10:43 pm UTC (link)
I just wanted to say that I found this really useful - especially with bad screen caps. I also learned more about using the different blending changes for layers.

My icons came out really interesting using these bases and I'm going to have to go back and download some more!

Thanks for putting this up!

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[info]sawcat
2005-03-05 10:03 pm UTC (link)
I plan to try this out very soon. I got some bases, and was wondering how to use them. One question, I am only seeing the base you used, Is that just me?

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[info]bargaining
2005-04-05 07:14 am UTC (link)
I only see it, too. Considering it was made last October, [info]icons_with_love probably deleted them or something. *shrug*

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[info]campmotha
2005-04-23 09:04 am UTC (link)
Yea cant see them either, Only one . Gutted looked interesting

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