Hey i'm posting my first tutorial (featuring scenes from the notebook)
Using Adobe Photoshop CS2. hope you guys like it. Works best with
images similar to dark, dull pictures like the example.. remember
results my vary depending on what picture you choose.. So play around with the settings in the tutorial

Involves: Curves and Selective color
Translatable: No, only PS Users sorry

1. Crop your image 100x100 and then Sharpen it (Filter,Sharpen,Sharpen)

2. Duplicate your image >> Layer, Duplicate,then Press OK

3. Screen the Duplicate layer a and make the opacity 60%

4. Next will be a RGB Curves layer >> Layer, New Adjustment Layer, Curves,OK
Make the settings like this Input: 95, Output:113 (it makes the image a little lighter)

5. Then you will make a Selective Color Layer >> Layer, New Adjustment Layer, Selective Color,OK
Make the settings like this
Reds: -100, 20, 0, 10
Yellows: -22, 0, 0, 0
Whites: 0, -25, 0, 0
Neutrals: -10, 5, 10,0

6. Your gonna to make another RGB curves layer Layer, New Adjustment Layer, Curves,OK
Settings>> Input: 153, Output: 155

7. Another Selective Color Layer >> Layer, New Adjustment Layer, Selective Color,OK
Settings:
Reds: -100,10,35,10*
Yellows: -50,0,-40,0
(there's a star there because you really need to play around with these settings
because my images was really dull so I added more Red to it but the other
I icons i made with similar the average setting for Reds was -40, 10,35,10

8. Make a Bright/Contrast layer >> Layers, New Adjustment,Bright/Contrast,OK
Settings Brightness: -5, Contrast: 10

9. Then you will add this
Make the settings Multiply opacity 70%

And your done!!!!!!!! I hope I explained it well if i didn't let me know
Here are other examples featuring similar coloring NOT exact
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me like! but why did you post the tutorial as a comment?
I'm not saying anything is wrong with that but I was just curious

lol i know i'm still trying to figure out the live journal basics lol

oh ok! haha that's how I was in the beginning but then I kinda learned, heck I'm still learning right now! try making an LJ cut that way the tutorial doesn't come up all in your main page but in under a link

thanx so much that's really helpful now i won't look to much like a beginner! by the way i noticed your name is Nathalie, that's my name too but i spell it without the "h."

really? that's cool I don't know very many people that are Natalie's and spell they're name with an H actually I hardly even know anybody XD
and your welcome!