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Step 2: posterize
Paste original again (it will be on the top layer). Apply posterization (here, a 6). Play with the number so that it wacks out the original colors, but not so much that blurring it won't obfuscate the majority of the banding posterization creates.
In the final version this will leave more color along the edges of the shadows (like on the left side of her face) while the highlights are desaturated.
You can skip this step, as the difference is subtle. I found that if you do, there is less saturation next to the shadows.
Alternate technique: Duh. Skip the posterization. Go to the next step and blur. Then saturate (a +20 gave me the same final result). You'd have more control this way anyway! next
Step 2: posterize
Paste original again (it will be on the top layer). Apply posterization (here, a 6). Play with the number so that it wacks out the original colors, but not so much that blurring it won't obfuscate the majority of the banding posterization creates.
In the final version this will leave more color along the edges of the shadows (like on the left side of her face) while the highlights are desaturated.
You can skip this step, as the difference is subtle. I found that if you do, there is less saturation next to the shadows.
Alternate technique: Duh. Skip the posterization. Go to the next step and blur. Then saturate (a +20 gave me the same final result). You'd have more control this way anyway! next