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Gilmore Girls 5x11 & 5x12 - 'Women of Questionable Morals' & 'Come Home'

2006-02-03T03:07:30Z

Sorry these took so long to get up, I've had them forever, just haven't had a chance to upload them. xD Anyway, 270 caps of the 5x11 and 220 caps of 5x12. Comment and credit if you take, enjoy!

gg 5x11 // zip
gg 5x12 // zip

Tutorial #9: Red Eye - Make-up, Screencap Renovation, and Prominent Foreground Object

2006-01-29T00:36:12Z

A tutorial covering some basic make-up techniques I use, creating a sharper looking base from a screencap, and making the foreground object more prominent. Yep. All that rolled into one lil' icon. Mwah. Haha. Anyway, take a gander and tell me what you think. This is for PS7, but may be translatable.

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Ok, so this might get a little long, so I'll apologize ahead of time.

Here's the base I used, a Red Eye screencap of Rachel McAdams by blooms. I didn't use 100x100, I used 100x89.

The first thing I did was duplicate the base layer and set it to Screen, 100% opacity. Sharpen it twice, and do the blur-the-skin thing.

For almost all screencaps, that's basically a necessity because most screencaps are very dark. Next I made a Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer and checked the box that says Monochrome. I set the layer to Overlay, 100% opacity. This is something I do on ALL my icons, because it gives them a more realistic and sharper look.

Next I made a Color Balance Adjustment Layer. I set Midtones at Cyan -35Highlights at Yellow -27, and Shadows at Blue +35</b>. This is another step I use on almost all my icons.

Now that our base is prepped, let's do some makeup. Ok, I started with eyeshadow. I recommend zooming in real close for this. I took a yellowish color (around #DBD025) and started coloring her eyelids with a basic brush on a new layer. I set that layer to Color. Then I lowered the opacity to 84% because it was a little too bright for my tastes.

Now something I've noticed most designers don't do - blush. I think it adds a nice effect because screencaps cause the actresses to lose that shimmer. xD Wow, I do sound stupid. Anyway, I zoomed in real close and made a new layer. I took a pinkish tone (around #EF44A5) and drew with a big, soft brush on her cheek. I put it on Color. You'll notice it's quite ugly and prominent. Well, we'll fix that! I think made a Layer Mask and used a big plain brush at a low opacity and just masked some of it off. Almost all of your mask should be black and grey.

Then I took a small, star like brush (a default) and just blended the edges (still on the Layer Mask!) It should look something like this:

Pretty, eh? I'm so sorry if that's confusing. I wasn't sure how to explain it. xD Now for the lipstick. I took a deep red (around #A61423) and colored over her lips with a small brush on a new layer. I set it to Color again. Now it's a little too prominent. So I set it to 79% opacity.

Now we're going to make Rachel stick out more than the stupid dude in the background. First, I made a selection around Rachel.

I made a new layer and flood filled it with #89122B and set it to Lighten. This makes it seem more..I don't know..unimportant. xD Haha.

Then I simply added text, and you're done! I hope that wasn't too confusing. xD

If you have any questions, please ask. I can imagine getting confused with my crappy explaining skills. xD

Gilmore Girls 5x09 & 5x10 - 'Emily Says "Hello"' & 'But Not as Cute as Pushkin'

2006-01-22T05:50:15Z

Ok, so next two eps. of Gilmore Girls. As you can see, I can only cap on the weekends. My apologies. So look for new caps each weekend. Anyway, 260 caps of the first ep. and 296 of the second. Samples and zip files behind the cut. Please comment and credit if you take.

5x09 // zip
5x10 // zip

MegaUpload links, wait 45 seconds and then download.

Gilmore Girls 5x07 & 5x08 - 'You Jump, I Jump, Jack' & 'The Party's Over'

2006-01-15T05:43:57Z

Sorry about the delay on these. During the school week I generally don't have time to cap and my last weekends have been busy too. So here's the next two eps. of my Gilmore Girls capping frenzy. 271 caps of the first ep. and 246 of the second. Please comment&credit. Sample caps and zips behind the cut.

gg 5x07 // zip - 22MB
gg 5x08 // zip - 17MB

These are Megaupload links so wait 45 seconds and then you'll be able to download them.

Gilmore Girls 5x05 & 5x06 - 'We Got Us a Pippi Virgin' & 'Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!'

2006-01-02T00:22:19Z

5x05 and 5x06 of Gilmore Girls - 'We Got Us a Pippi Virgin' and 'Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!'. About 250 caps for each. Zips and sample caps behind the cut. Please comment and credit if you use! Sorry it took so long to get them up, my computer wasn't letting me upload them for awhile.

gg 5x05 // 5x05.zip // 5x05-2.zip // 5x05-3.zip

gg 5x06 // 5x06.zip // 5x06-2.zip // 5x06-3.zip

Again, YSI links so comment and tell me if they need to be reuploaded.

Gilmore Girls 5x03 & 5x04 - 'Written in the Stars' & 'Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too'

2005-12-28T06:14:02Z

Continuing my capping frenzy. 5x03 and 5x04 of Gilmore Girls, 'Written in the Stars' and Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too'. 200 caps of the first, and 230 of the second. Zip files and samples behind the cut. Credit&Comment.

gg 5x03 // first zip // second zip // third zip
gg 5x04 // first zip // second zip // third zip
These are YSI links, so comment and tell me if they need to be reuploaded.

Gilmore Girls 5x01 & 5x02 - 'Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller' & 'A Messanger, Nothing More'

2005-12-26T23:46:11Z

I was looking through the memories and noticed all of the season 5 caps of Gilmore Girls were expired! So I'm capping the whole season. xD *is crazy* Mwahah. So here's the first two eps - zips and samples behind the cut. Credt&Comment if you use. Thanks!

gg 5x01 // 5x01.zip // 5x01-2.zip // 5x01-3.zip

gg 5x02 // 5x02.zip // 5x02-2.zip // 5x02-3

These are YSI links, so if they need to be reuploaded please comment and tell me. ^^ Caps are big.

26 more Rent icons

2005-11-27T07:44:03Z

Yay! My obsession continues. 26 more Rent icons up for grabs. Comment and credit if you take!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

112 misc. icons

2005-11-26T05:29:29Z

A whopping 112 icons from various series and various celebrities. Please comment and credit if you take.

Adam Brody

1 2 3 4

AJ Michalka

5 6 7

Alexis Bledel

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Aly Michalka

15 16 17

Ashlee Simpson

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Audrey Hepburn

33 34

Bonnie Wright

35 36

Corpse Bride

37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

Elizabethtown

45 46

Emmy Rossum

47 48 49

HP: Goblet of Fire

50 51

Grey's Anatomy

52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

iPod

68 69 70 71 72 73 74

The Island

75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

Jessica Alba

85 86 87 88 89

Johnny Depp

90

Rent

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

Vanity Fair

109

Wicked

110 111

New York Yankees

112

16 Grunge Border Icon Brushes for PS7 + Imgpk

2005-11-24T15:20:29Z

16 new grunge border icon-size brushes for PS7, plus an image pack. Two downloads this time because last time my bandwidth exceeded. >.< Heh. Please comment and credit if you take.

Photoshop 7
Photoshop 7 Mirror

Image Pack
Image Pack Mirror

8 Grunge Border Brushes for PS7 + Image Pack

2005-11-22T22:28:01Z

8 grunge border icon brushes for PS7 plus an image pack for users of lower versions or PSP. Please comment and credit if you take.

Photoshop 7 | Image Pack

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2005-07-17T22:30:34Z

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