Tutorial
Here are some tutorials that were requested from my last set of icons. Nothing particularly innovative, but maybe they'll be helpful.

I didn't have the original PSDs, but I tried to get them as close as I could. But they all use a similar technique, anyway (I tend to use the same techniques with some variations for individual shows and films). Please try to ignore any glaring inconsistencies.

Program: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Includes: Color Fill layers, Color Balance, Levels. NO Selective Coloring.

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I know. Not new icons. School just started and my schedule just imploded into negative free time. But I thought I'd use the little I do have to do an instructional post.

Warning! This is especially for images that are overall too much of a dull yellow. Made mostly to get a semi-realistic skin tone. It's gonna look really odd with normal caps...like an explosion of neon blue. Examples of caps in the cut.

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Made with CS2. NO SELECTIVE COLORING. Presumably translatable. 7 steps.

( No hablo French. )

Also made with this tut:

Simple Ugly Betty Tutorial

This tutorial is also used to help smooth out pixely pictures, as from-tv-caps so often are.

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Made in PSCS2, Selective Color. Not translatable (...only in coloring. But there are tips for dealing with pixelation).

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I know I'm a bit of a beginner, but I like the way this one turned out and I remembered to save the steps, so here's my first attempt at a tutorial.

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In PS CS2, Curves, Selective Color.

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