#tutorials: coloring

Part one: Cropping and Sharpening

Step One: Find the screencap(s) you want to edit

I recommend using these sites...

screencapped.net 

homeofthenutty.com 

kissthemgoodbye.net 

Or you can just google "[name of show] screencaps gallery"

I’m using this screencap:

Step Two: Cropping If you're doing one screencap per row you'll want the width to be 540px, and if you have more two screencaps in a row in your post you'll want the width to be 268px. If you want to use the old Tumblr dimensions, it's 500px and 245px. The height can be whatever you want. If it’s a lot of screencaps in the set and in rows of two, I usually do something like 150px by 268px, and if it’s one in each row I usually do 300px by 540px. But that’s just me!

Step Three: Sharpening Go to the filter tab at the top, and under sharpening you'll see "smart sharpen" which you should click. The settings I use are: Amount: 123 Radius: 1.0 Reduce noise: 10

Part Two: Coloring

Step Four: Adjustment Layers 

Next, you'll add adjustment layers. I use these settings, in order of bottom to top:

Curves: Input: 74 Output: 126  

Brightness/Contrast: Brightness: 15 Contrast: 20

Exposure: Exposure: 0.00 Offset: -0.0250 Gamma correction: 1.00

Levels: 10 1.00 245

Selective Color: Reds cyan: -25 magenta: 0 yellow: +15 black: 0

Yellows cyan: -25 magenta: 0 yellow: +15 black: 0

Color balance: Shadows Cyan/Red: +15 Magenta/Green: -5 Yellow/Blue: -5  

Midtones Cyan/Red: -15 Magenta/Green: 0 Yellow/Blue: 0  

Highlights Cyan/Red: -15 Magenta/Green: 0 Yellow/Blue: +5

Hue/Saturation: Hue: 0 Saturation: +25 Lightness: 0

Part Three: Coloring With Brush Tool

Step Five: Color Hair

This step shows how to make hair more colorful.

Make a new layer 

Set that layer to "soft light" 

Select the brush tool 

Choose a color you want to use. I'm using #ffc322 

Color over the hair with the brush

Step Six: Color Eyes

Make a new layer 

Set that layer to "soft light" 

Choose a color you want to use. I'm using #b66c0e 

Color over the pupils with the brush.

Step Seven: Color Lips

Make a new layer 

Set that layer to "soft light" 

Choose a color you want to use. I'm using #ff577b 

Color over the lips with the paint brush.

Part Four: Saving

Step Eight: Save As Now all you have to do is go to File > save as > and save it wherever you want! 😃 I like to save images as PNGs because it preserves the quality more than a JPEG does.

Here is the PSD for the coloring