Dec. 29th, 2006

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This is a technique I developed while trying to brighten some horribly dark screencaps in Urgo where the subjects were practically invisible. The icon is simple, but given what the base looked like to begin with, I felt it was worth a tutorial.

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This is a PSP 8 Tutorial. Translates easily to other versions of the program; not sure about PS and GIMP since I haven't tried it. Like all my tuts, this is meant to be beginner friendly, so there are detailed explanations. Feel free to skip anything you don't need.

Show Me How )




And here's another horribly dark to bright and pretty tutorial. This time using the whole team and some warm colored gradients. I developed this technique to enhance the desert in my Dune icons, but it works brilliantly on dark caps too.

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This is a PSP 8 Tutorial. Translates easily to other versions of the program; not sure about PS and GIMP since I haven't tried it. Like all my tuts, this is meant to be beginner friendly, so there are detailed explanations. Feel free to skip anything you don't need.

Show Me How )



Okay, I'm in a tutorial groove now so here are a couple of more quick ones. First, Janet. Using my La Fuerza De Mi Corazon texture set.


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This is a PSP 8 Tutorial. Translates easily to other versions of the program; not sure about PS and GIMP since I haven't tried it. Like all my tuts, this is meant to be beginner friendly, so there are detailed explanations. Feel free to skip anything you don't need.

Show Me How )



And one last one with Sam, another really dark cap with a bit of a different effect added this time.

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This is a PSP 8 Tutorial. Translates easily to other versions of the program; not sure about PS and GIMP since I haven't tried it. Like all my tuts, this is meant to be beginner friendly, so there are detailed explanations. Feel free to skip anything you don't need.

Show Me How )

And, ladies and gentlemen, thus concludes today's installment of Iconning with SG-1. :P

Seriously, please let me know if you have any trouble following these steps. I'd be happy to help if I can.

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