This tutorial should be translatable for newer versions of Photoshop. This tutorial is not dial-up friendly, as it utilizes example images to assist in understanding.

Tutorial: Using the selective coloring tool without abusing it.
Purpose: To help people understand the selective coloring tool and how to use it to enhance colors in your images.
Level: Beginner - detailed. Advanced Photoshop users may find this tutorial tedious.
Disclaimer: I am not proclaiming myself a Photoshop expert or graphics making God. This is simply written to help people learn to use a tool that has become very abused. I myself have abused it in the past and I've learned from my mistakes. :)

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A special thanks to xenylamine for teaching me not to be afraid of selective coloring and the benefit of using neutrals during this process. Hope this tutorial helps you. Feel free to leave comments or questions.

Level: Beginners - this tutorial will explain in detail how to use certain tools and short-cuts in photoshop. Very detailed.
Translatable: Yes

* Image heavy, not dialup friendly.
* Advanced PS users will find this tutorial annoying. XD

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This tutorial assumes you know the basic functions and terminology associated with photoshop. All examples used in this tutorial will have SAMPLE written on them to avoid having this tutorial copied step by step. Tutorials are meant to be a guide only. This icon placed second and most creative at bishoujo_awards. This tutorial is not dial-up friendly.

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I recently posted a batch of Final Fantasy: Advent Children icons and someone asked me for a tutorial for one of the styles I used, so here it is for everyone. Please don't copy it exactly, remember if you take any textures/gradients/brushes from this tutorial to credit the appropriate maker and visit their journals to check out their other work! This tutorial assumes you have basic knowledge of Photoshop 7.0.

This is the icon we'll be making:


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