Image Coloring - Enhance the Blue Eyes

Hello again! Another image coloring tutorial for you. This time we're enhancing the effect of red and blue in a picture. This tutorial will also help to enhance the blue color in somebody's eyes... if they have blue eyes of course ;) If you follow the tutorial carefully, here's some example of your final outcome:




1. Open your image.
2. Duplicate image. Set to screen. (Repeat this step depending on your image. If it’s still dark, make a another layer)
3. Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Use this color, b3b27d and set the layer to soft light.

4.
Layer > New adjustment layer > Selective color. Use the settings below:
REDS: -100, 57, 0, 0
CYANS: 89, 0, -100, 0
BLUES: 100, 0, -100, 0

5.
Layer > New adjustment layer > Selective color. Use the settings below:
REDS: -100, 71, 100, 0
NEUTRALS: 69, -12, -56

6. Layer > New adjustment layer > Brightness/contrast. Use the settings below:
Brightness: -4
Contrast: 10

7. Layer > New adjustment layer > Selective color. Use the settings below:
REDS: -32, 0, 0, 0
YELLOWS: -100, 0, -56, 0
CYANS: 100, -51, -71, -27
BLACKS: 0, 0, 0, 100
Tips:
1. This tutorial rarely works for dark image, when the color is not really apparent.
2. If the icon is still too dark for you. Repeat step 2 as much as you want. Adjust the opacity to your liking. Put all these screen layers above the original image.
3. You can try adjusting the opacity of the adjustment layers to get the desired effect.

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