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How to go from this:

to this

This icon is made on a PC and with Photoshop cS3

First step.
The color of the flower does seems a little bit dull so we will make a new level layer
go to: layer - new adjustment layer - Levels
set
black: 87
grey: 1,82
white: 209

and you get this

The background of the flower does look a little bit to blue.
and the flower can use a little bit more red.
so go to: layer - New Fill layer - solid color
set the opacity on 40%
and use the color #7c2929
and you get this:

Now the color doesn't look that great. we miss some light effect.
So I was thinking about the dublicate the first layer of the rough image. and put the layer up the level and solid color layer like this

Now go to:FILTER - pixelate Mosaic
And set your settings on: Cell size: 9 square

and we should do one step more because only pixelate or motion blur won't give the right effect!
Now go to: FILTER - BLUR - MOTION BLUR
en set your settings on: Angle -58 - Distance171