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01. Open your image. I know, it seems obvious, but some people don't work like I do. *shrugs*
02. Do any fancy schmancy prepping to your image like you usually do unless you're a beginner in which then you should just read the tutorial and try some out later on. For me, I duplicate the image twice and set the first layer to Screen at a low opacity because the image is bright enough, and the second at Hard Light to make the image seem more defined and give more contrast. The second layer is also set at a low opacity because we don't want for the image to become too strong and overly-burned looking. :P
03. Ooh, this is where the real fun begins, I suppose. Go to Layer->New Adjustment Layer->Hue/Saturation and set the layer at Normal, 100%. My settings for this particular image would as followed:
Hue: 0
Saturation: -20
Lightness: +2
04. Next layer up is a Color Balance layer. Set at Normal, 100%, and the settings as:
MIDTONES
C: -48
M: -33
Y: -6
SHADOWS
C: -31
Y: -21
M: -25
HIGHLIGHTS
C: -16
Y: 0
M: +19
05. New Color Fill Layer, #876229 set at Overlay, 44%, to give Kame-love some skin color that I managed to do away with.
06. New Levels layer, set at Normal, 100%. For this particular image, I wanted the background to be really dark, so I moved the black pointer over to the right a little, darkening the entire image. No particular settings because it doesn't always work.
07. omg last layer, shocking, isn't? New Color Balance layer, set at Normal, 100%. Settings are:
MIDTONES
C: -36
Y: -47
M: -3
SHADOWS
C: -7
Y: -12
M: -32
HIGHLIGHTS
C: -7
Y: +4
M: +11
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