General: Manipulation Basics - Color and Lighting

Here is an example of what we will be making.

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Preperation:
[url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials/face.jpg]Click here[/url] for the photograph of the person I used. -OR- [url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials/mbtexture.jpg]Click here[/url] for the photograph I manipulated in the previous tutorial.
I added a couple more holes to the final image.

1. Open your image. Coloring.
a. Click the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer button [img:2199f729a2]http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials/mbclss1.jpg[/img:2199f729a2] on the bottom of the layers pallete. Select Color Balance.
Use the following settings:
Shadows:
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Midtones:
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Highlights:
[url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials/mbclss4.jpg]Screen Shot[/url]

2. Lighting.
a. Make a new layer and call it Lighting.
b. Open the Blending Options for the Lighting layer. Set the mode to Soft Light.
[url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials/mbclss9.jpg]Screen Shot[/url]
c. Set your forground color to Black ([color=#000000:2199f729a2]000000[/color:2199f729a2]). Select the Gradient tool [img:2199f729a2]http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials/mbclss5.jpg[/img:2199f729a2] with the following settings.
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d. Starting from the bottom right corner, click and drag upward to the left corner. Stop at the center of the image.
[url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials/mbclss8.jpg]Screen Shot[/url]

3. File > Save...

Finished! Thats the last installment! Yay! If you missed the other two, [url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/tutorials.php]click here[/url].

Please visit the authors [url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/forums/index.php/topic,308.0.html]original post[/url] at [url=http://www.graphicaddicts.net/]GraphicAddicts.net[/url] There you will find the Photoshop file for this tutorial.