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I am a game developer. I am trying to achieve background effect they used in game called Guns of Boom.

UI example

As seen on the screenshot, background image has some kind of masking effect which gave it a yellowish color and also made it a little bit faded. This effect reduced complexity of the background, which makes it easier to read UI elements.

I have checked various Photoshop tutorial, none of them gave me this effect. Does anybody know how to achieve such effect?

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  • Hi berkc, Welcome to GD.SE! Can you tell us what you have tried? I don't think they did anything too specific. Looks like a solid color layer with the opacity turned down to like 50%.
    – AndrewH
    Sep 10, 2018 at 21:23
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    Possible duplicate of How can I achieve colour overlay effect in PS?
    – Luciano
    Sep 11, 2018 at 8:41
  • @AndrewH I tried color overlay in layers however they looked not as I wanted. I achieved the effect by the help of the answer below, thank you anyway for your comment!
    – berkc
    Sep 11, 2018 at 12:48

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You could add a new layer above the background layer, fill it with a light flesh colour, and reduce the opacity of the layer.

Here's an example

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If you feel the effect is a bit too strong, set the layer blending mode to "Screen" as well.

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  • I think this is the effect I am looking for. I tried blue version of it, it looks not as good as yellow mask but thank you for explaining in detail!
    – berkc
    Sep 11, 2018 at 12:47
  • @berkc - feel free to experiment with different colours of fill. This isn't an exact science, and the colour you choose may depend on the colours in the original background image.
    – Billy Kerr
    Sep 11, 2018 at 13:11

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