I really hate candlelight.

I feel this so hard.

I MEAN. There has to be a way to color these caps.

But they're so fucking yellow.

They're so yellow.

I just. /drags hands down face

Everything is yellow. Nothing is not yellow.

y e p

its always very yellow or very blue

because if theyre outdoors the lighting must be SUPER BLUE

Yes.

YEP

to contrast all the yellow

I KNOW THIS FEEL TOO WELL

I just want icons of these fucking caps why is it so hard.

And you can't use curves, it fucks it all up.

And you can't use levels, because that fucks it all up.

You just need to photoshop the hell out of it.

I AM JUST

SO FRUSTRATED

WITH THESE CAPS

I know this feel so well.

'shop it 'til it can't breathe!

And see, the thing about the lighting in this particular scene it's just.

VERY YELLOW because there are CANDLES FUCKING EVERYWHERE

Because Hector Barbossa is BATSHIT INSANE and I just.

I can try to help and see what I can do when I get home, if you put together a few caps you want modified?

Aw, ty ty bb.

Hector has so many candles inside the Pearl.

I'm gonna keep plugging at it, I've made icons of this scene before that didn't suck I just need to remember what I did.

HE HAS SO MANY CANDLES

record and save your "actions" for Photoshop

He literally has the whole cabin covered in candles.

HE REALLY DOES

penbee I've done that before but I end up tweaking so much before I'm satisfied that. :T My actions are not pretty things.

I do that for icons sometimes so I can remember what I did and modify off that

I know this feeling so well. The selective color adjustments are helpful as hell for this,

aw ok

ME

See...Lemme. Lemme grab a cap real quick so you can see what I'm talking about.

Hopefully this works but.

If you post a cap, would you mind if I take a crack at it?

The lighting is shit in this scene anyway.

Have at.

I've been fighting with that particular one for like half an our now and haven't gotten past the prep stage.

*hour even!

But so many candles.

;o;?

oh that's a little too sharp plurk what did you do to my quality

Plurk hates icons for serious.

How did you do that. o

* even

lemme give you a cap of photoshop, hang on!!

actually i have no idea how to cap my actions LMFAO basically i duplicate the base, set the top to screen, then up the brightness, slap a texture on it (which i'll upload here in a sec)

and then i use selective color on the blacks and neutrals levels to take down the yellow/up the blues and a little bit of magenta so it's not too cool

and then i do a white-->black gradient layer set to radial, soft light, and down the opacity! ;u;

the texture! after that i just flatten everything and then unsharp mask ;o;

it's my "holy shit game of thrones why are half of your scenes by firelight" technique LOL

Ah, you're amazing, thank you.

Because fuck Hector Barbossa and his lit candle obsession.

♥♥ hopefully it works for you!! it is pretty magic i rely on it it pretty hard

the gradient layer is kind of optional but it gives the icons this pretty ethereal look i really like without making them too white blob-y

I took that and tweaked it I will show you.

Well, you guys be the judge.

Original cap.

Icon.

I'm pretty pleased with it, personally.

I can see the set!

That one still needs tweaking, there's a line where my multiply brush layer has a gap, but.

I find using sharpen once also helps make the icon pop, bu this is a friend's advice

and I am still learning to photoshop

I use a version of sharpen.

I don't like mine super sharp, they tend to look gritty.

mmm yes

What did you do.

Oh bb, don't worry about it. I mean, I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT GUY