I haven't done a tutorial in a while. :) I was cutting bases for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde icons, and it struck me that one of them would work splendidly with some of my recent textures. In fact, a couple of the textures I use here are from sets I haven't released yet, so this tutorial offers an added sneak preview of coming attractions. *g*

( Suffer me to go my own dark way... )

I hope this tutorial is intelligible useful. I also hope it has you looking forward to more of my texture sets! *g*

I felt like writing a tutorial, so you get a tutorial. *g* Recently I've come across remarks by some very talented icon makers who say they hate working with black-and-white images, so I thought my experience with classic-film B&W might be useful to someone. If this gets a good reaction, I may write more along these lines from time to time.

( The Dingus )

Making classic movie icons often means working with scans of black-and-white photos that are sixty or seventy years old. Of course, the quality of these can be dodgy--especially if you're fond of obscure stars and character actors who don't have any nice galleries of hi-resolution photos devoted to them. One of the problems I've often come across is scans that are too high-contrast, making some parts of the image glaringly white. This tutorial offers a simple fix that will, if nothing else, make your image more consistent to work with.

( Fixing white glare in high-contrast B&W photos )