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How is this tone achieved?
Hello I'd like to understand the toning technique on this picuture. (I understand lighting and skin colour do have their roles to play.) How is this tonal effect achieved? The way I'd recreate it is by lowering the vibrance, change the black in the shadows to dark-brown, and lighten the shadows for a slight softer/washed-out look. Is there a simpler method, or a better method in your opinion? I hope this post doesn't conflict with any forum rules. If so, please forgive me. Dec 13 16 03:11 am Link Here is a very simple method for monochrome and duotone colorizing: Create a gradient map layer and set its blending mode to Color. Tune the color of the endpoints to taste. To reduce the effect simply use lower opacity of this layer. Dec 13 16 07:28 am Link anchev wrote: yes very good, Dec 13 16 10:10 am Link anchev wrote: can u clarify the gradient map colors selection? (Gradient) ? Dec 13 16 11:33 pm Link Chester Nguyen wrote: For a completely monochrome image (black and white) just use black and white. Dec 14 16 02:11 am Link Oh I like that technique! I've seldom use the gradient map. There's a duotone option under Image > Mode. I've used this before, but it doesn't allow me to save as JPEG afterwards. Have you ever tried that? Dec 15 16 03:08 am Link HammadsWorks wrote: Of course. Duotone created the way you describe is not RGB, so you can't save it to an rgb file format. The other limitation is that to convert to duotone this way you cannot work in 16bpc and have to convert the whole image to grayscale first with all the implications. Dec 15 16 04:12 am Link A lot can be done with this. Thanks for the info! Dec 16 16 07:42 am Link Is there an easy way to make that a bit more tan? Feb 10 17 10:35 am Link |
