I'm Cinthya, 26 years old, nature lover, addicted to music and movies,
web designer and graphics maker, icons freak. Fanatic of Harry Potter
and Johnny
Depp and much more?
Choose an image and crop it. I recommend this tutorial for dark
images, but you can use images with a bright backgrounds and
the result will be a little different but you will get a good icon.
STEP #2
Duplicate your base and set the layer to Screen, opacity 100%.
STEP #3
Now go to your base and duplicate it, drag it to the top and desaturate
it. Set the layer to Lighten and don't forget to
adjust the opacity, I use 45% but it depends of your base.
STEP#4
Create a Selective Color Layer
Reds: -100 / -18 / +100 / +25
Cyans: -100 / +35 / +100 / +51
Blues: +16 / 0 / 0 / 0
Magentas: 0 / -100 / +100 / -100
Whites: 0 / 0 / +14 / +100
Neutrals: +20 / +26 / 0 / +9
STEP #5
Create a Brightness/Contrast Layer and set contrast to +8.
STEP #6
To make your icon bluer you will need to create another Selective Color Layer
Neutrals: +40 / -10 / -7 / 0
This can be your final step if you want this colorization.
STEP #7
(Variation)
If you want more color for your icon and make it greener create one
more Selective Color Layer