It's from "My Bloody Valentine" -- when Sam is taken aback that Dean isn't hitting the bars for women on Valentine's Day.
Welcome back to the Photoshop fold, bb!
My trick is to use Vibrance, my new best friend, and a brightness/contrast layer all settings on zero but set to soft light. (You could use any adjustment layer you wanted; I use the brightness/contrast layer because it doesn't add much to file size.) Not on every icon and rarely at 100% but it's amazing what that does for the color.
Mind you, I'd hate to see you lose that lovely, ethereal color that you do but you have such a good eye I'm sure I'd love whatever you do.
For sharpening, I do the following: 1. Convert layer to smart object (right click on the layer in the palette & choose "Convert to Smart Object"), 2. Smart Sharpen. I use either Gaussian Blur (essentially, it's unsharpen mask) or Lens Blur. I try each to see which one works better. Most of the time, I can't tell a difference but sometimes one is superior. Generally, I keep the settings 100%, 0.3 but I work at 200 dpi. I don't know if that would affect the radius you should choose for your work if you work at a different resolution. 3. Mask away the oversharpened bits Doing it this way gives a mask for the filter.
No apologies necessary. You're worth the wait. ♥ ♥
ETA: If you want me to send you a *.psd for something so you can see what I mean, just let me know.
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Welcome back to the Photoshop fold, bb!
My trick is to use Vibrance, my new best friend, and a brightness/contrast layer all settings on zero but set to soft light. (You could use any adjustment layer you wanted; I use the brightness/contrast layer because it doesn't add much to file size.) Not on every icon and rarely at 100% but it's amazing what that does for the color.
Mind you, I'd hate to see you lose that lovely, ethereal color that you do but you have such a good eye I'm sure I'd love whatever you do.
For sharpening, I do the following:
1. Convert layer to smart object (right click on the layer in the palette & choose "Convert to Smart Object"),
2. Smart Sharpen. I use either Gaussian Blur (essentially, it's unsharpen mask) or Lens Blur. I try each to see which one works better. Most of the time, I can't tell a difference but sometimes one is superior. Generally, I keep the settings 100%, 0.3 but I work at 200 dpi. I don't know if that would affect the radius you should choose for your work if you work at a different resolution.
3. Mask away the oversharpened bits Doing it this way gives a mask for the filter.
No apologies necessary. You're worth the wait. ♥ ♥
ETA: If you want me to send you a *.psd for something so you can see what I mean, just let me know.