Santa Hat Tutorial

Submitted by: Ana
Description: Create a christmasy avatar by adding a santa hat, a few color layers, two adjustment layers and a snowflake border. For Photosop CS3.

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1. Crop your picture
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2. Duplicate base layer and set to screen
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3. Duplicate base layer again and set to screen
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4. Find a stock photo of a santa hat (or use one of those):
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Scale and rotate it until it fits your image.
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5. Add a new adjustment layer - Black and White (only in CS3).
Set the values to: Reds 120, Yellows 110, Greens 40, Cyans -30, Blues 0, Magentas 70.
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Set this adjustment layer to Color burn opacity 54%.
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6. Create a new color layer #c5ff15
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Set it to Darken, 45%
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7. Create a new color layer #d21a26
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Set it to hue, 42%.
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8. Create a new adjustmen layer - levels.
Set the values to 29, 1.11 and 255.
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Set this adjustment layer to Color Burn, 18%.
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9. Duplicate the base layer again and bring it to front. Desaturate it and set it to Hue at 36%.
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10. Add a snowflake border by (me):
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Set it to Linear Dodge (Add) or Screen.
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Voila, you're done.

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