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before to after

If you want to download the .psd, click here

the steps

1. Duplicate base and sharpen. I lowered the opacity to 36 % because I thought it looked too icky too sharp. D:
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2. Make a new curves layer. Output: 191, Input: 139
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3. Make a Selective Color layer. Reds: -31, -29, +32, -10. Greens: -100. Cyans: -74. Neutrals: -12, -6, -19, -16. Blacks: 0, 0, 0, +80
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4. Make a new blank layer. Fill with #0e0c3c. Set to Exclusion.
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5. Make a new Hue/Saturation layer. Saturation: +54.
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6. Make a new Color Balance Layer. Midtones: +100, +34, -22. Highlights: +18, 0, -15. Shadows: -100, -35, -36
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7. Copy this texture (by _iconographer), and paste into a new layer. Set Opacity to 58%. Set to Multiply.
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8. I then added text. White, Times New Roman, 11pt.
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Other examples, some with minor ajustments:
example example2 example3 example4

Sorry it is rather longish. ^^;
I hope you like it all the same.
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