after this tutorial, you should be able to make this:
now, start with a picture. i'll be using a picure of the lovely hyori lee
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/810/x349iz.jpg
go on, and open it in photoshop.
do Ctrl-A (select all) and then Ctrl-C (copy)
you will need this for later
first, go to Image > Mode > Indexed Color...
put in the settings i have here:
now, your picture should look something like this:
Next, go to Image > Mode > RGB Color
now we're going to paste (Ctrl-V) the original image we copied earlier
now, select the top layer and set the style to Overlay
now, it should look like this again:
now, select the bottom layer again, and set the fill to 15%.
i usually do it 10%-20%, whichever looks better
now, your image should look just like mine
congradulations. learn something?
Tutorial Copyright helen! @ Blogring.
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