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Involves selective colors, curves, levels and color balance...but it's very easy ;)
Using photoshop CS (I think that it's translatable)



    Step 1

    Duplicate your base and set to screen at 100%, then sharpen


   


    Step 2

    Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Levels, set on RGB channel (input)     21     1,14     245
    Should be like THIS

   
   


    Step 3

    Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance, set on     +10   +5   -30
    Should be like THIS                                                                      

   


    Step 4

    Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Curves, set on RGB channel     input: 181     output:  198
    Should be like THIS                                                                                 


   


    If you are satisfied you can stop here, or go to the step 5!


    Step 5

Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color, set on

RED
C: 100% M: 0% Y: -100% B: 0%
YELLOW
C: 100% M: 0% Y: -10% B: 0%
GREEN
C: 0% M: -30% Y: 0% B: 0%
CYAN
C: 50% M: 0% Y: 0% B: 0%
WHITE
C: 40% M: 10% Y: 10% B: -20%
NEUTRAL
C: 10% M: 5 % Y: 5% B: 5%
   
   


    Step 6

    Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Hue\Saturation, set saturation + 10


   

...merge all the layers and FINISH!

1. Duplicate layer >> Screen 100%

2. New Adjustment Layer >> Hue/Saturation
MASTER
Hue -9
Saturation -23
REDS
Saturation +33

3. New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Coloring
REDS -64 27 46 10
YELLOWS 40 -61 -30 0
GREENS 60 -29 0 0
WHITES 20 0 0 -10
NEUTRALS 39 0 0 -4
BLACKS -13 0 -7 14

and you're done :)

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1 – Duplicate your base and set it to SCREEN 85% (depends of how dark is your image you can add more layers or change the opacity)

 

2 – Create a new layer and fill it with this COLOR #E1E2E2 and set it o MULTIPLY 70%

 

3 – Create a SELECTIVE COLORING LAYER:

 

REDS: -100 , 0 , +20 , 0

YELLOWS: -100, +20, -100 , 0

MAGENTA: 0 , +100 , 0 , 0

WHITES: 0 , 0 , 0 , -17

 

4 – Create a COLOR BALANCE layer:

 

MIDTONES: 0 , 0 , -26

 

5 – New SELECTIVE COLORING LAYER:

 

REDS: -35 , 0 , 0 , 0

YELLOWS: 0, 0 , -100 , 0

CYANS: +100 , -10 , -100 , 0

MAGENTA: 0 , +44 , +100 , 0

NEUTRALS: +15 , 0 , +12 , 0

BLACKS: 0 , 0 , 0 , +15

 

6 – Finally create  HUE/SATURATION LAYER:

 

MASTER: 0 , +15 , 0

YELLOWS: 0, +15 , 0

 

You’re done. Now you can add textures, text… or whatever you want. Be creative and feel free to made the modifications you want to get the best coloring.

Don’t post this tutorial anywhere else without permision.

 

OTHER EXAMPLES:

  

 

Download do .PSD

1- Crop and sharpen your base once if HQ.

2- Create a new selective colour layer and use the following settings:

Reds: -100/0/100/100
Yellows: 100/0/-100/100
Cyans: 100/-100/-100/0
Neutrals: -37/-16/6/0

3- Create a new Brightness Contrast layer and set the Contrast to +19

4- Finally create a new layer and fill it with #001F56 and set to difference 25%

Step 1: Sharpen your image once.

Step 2: Create a new selective colour layer and use the following settings:

Reds: -100/ -60/ 100/ 100
Yellows: 100/ 40/ -100/ -36
Greens: -100/ 0/ -100/ 0
Whites: 42/ -43/ -27/ 0
Neutrals: -34/ 0/ -13/ -18

Step 3: Create another selective colour layer and use the following settings:

Reds: 100/ 0/ 100/ 0
Yellows: 100/ 0/ -100/ 0
Neutrals: -14/ 0/ 7/ 6

Step 4: (optional step) Create a color balance layer and use the following settings:

Midtones: -44 1 26

1. Crop base.


2. Create a new Curves layer. RGB settings:
I: 61
O: 75

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3. Create a new Selective Colour layer.
Reds: -100, 40, 55, 0
Yellows: -100, 0, 74, 0
Neutrals: 20, 10, 20, 0

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4. Create another Selective Colour.
Reds: -61, 6, 35, 0
Yellows: -95, 0, -70, 0
Neutrals: 44, -3, -6

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5. Create a Colour Balance layer.
Midtones: -9, -6, -4
Shadows: -1, -3, 12

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6. [Optional] Paste this texture on, made by peoplemachines:


Set to Darken, 100.

1. Duplicate your base twice and set each to Screen (this depends on your base)
2. Add a new layer, fill with, #02102D, set to Exclusion
3. New Adjustment Layer, Selective Colour,
Reds =   -100   0   0   0
Neutrals =   +100   0   0   0
Blacks =   0   0   0   +100
4. New Adjustment layer, Hue/Saturation,
Master Saturation = +25