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07/22/2004 05:57:38 PM · #26
Thanks. Now, could I pick out pink, blue, red and orange? Man, that would be wild! Hope I have this right. The tone curve would apply colors based on the luminence/brightness of their placement on the curve, like anything really light would be one color,midtones another,darks another?
07/22/2004 06:15:22 PM · #27
Duotone Tutorial has some info about duotone/tritone/quadtone images and how to get them in photoshop.

Essentially you could choose any color you want, but that doesnt always mean they make a good image.
07/22/2004 06:23:36 PM · #28
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Load up a preset (Load button in the Duotone dialog -- look for a folder of presets in the PS application folder) and you'll see how it works pretty quickly.


Okay, why didn't somebody say before that there were presets!!! :-)

I've been experimenting all on my own wondering what an experienced user might pick. Thanks for the tip!
07/22/2004 06:47:41 PM · #29
Thanks, moodville. I don't have ps but was trying to get a feel about quads and the terms people used when they talk about duotones. Duotones seems to be the same as colorizing in psp but I'm trying to convert quads into a process I could use in psp. That's why I asked about the tone curve. Does it assign the colors to the curve based on the lightness? Each color has a specific region it will fall into and it will not overlap with another region? Do you have a quad that you used something other than 4 different hues of the same color in? Something where I can see the distribution of the colors?
07/23/2004 05:36:56 PM · #30
Hi everyone i have been playing around with the duotone settings and i´m never going to get happy with my results. i´m going to post the image i´m trying to convert into something that looks like these 2 images :)

This is my picture.
//simnet.is/gudrungud/Myndir/misc/netid.jpg

and these are the 2 pictures that i´m trying to copy ;)
//www.elementmodels.is/smafolk/kids/888.jpg
//www.barnaland.is/album/img/11896/20040714131724_0.jpg

Thank you for taking the time and helping me out.
07/23/2004 06:40:15 PM · #31
Originally posted by hostage:

Hi everyone i have been playing around with the duotone settings and i´m never going to get happy with my results. i´m going to post the image i´m trying to convert into something that looks like these 2 images :)


I've been experimenting with duotones too. See what you think of this. I did two things to your picture:

1) I first converted to duotone and used the brighter portion of the flowers as the second tone (the first being black).

2) Then I copied that picture over top of the original and masked the flowers for a selective-desat look. (I also lowered the saturation just a bit so that the flowers didn't over power the picture)

Whatdya think?

07/23/2004 06:48:26 PM · #32


I had a go but I think the real issue is more about getting the lighting right. Certain lighting combined with certain colors react differently to certain tones.

I actually got this tone by creating a new layer and filling it with brown, setting the layer type to soft light, and changing the opacity to get a light/dark that I found appropriate.
07/23/2004 07:01:11 PM · #33
Originally posted by moodville:

I actually got this tone by creating a new layer and filling it with brown, setting the layer type to soft light, and changing the opacity to get a light/dark that I found appropriate.


Looks like we were on the same wavelength... After I saw yours, I went back and looked at my attempt and I think I like the contrast in your photo better.
07/23/2004 07:02:37 PM · #34
Originally posted by dwterry:

Originally posted by hostage:

Hi everyone i have been playing around with the duotone settings and i´m never going to get happy with my results. i´m going to post the image i´m trying to convert into something that looks like these 2 images :)


I've been experimenting with duotones too. See what you think of this. I did two things to your picture:

1) I first converted to duotone and used the brighter portion of the flowers as the second tone (the first being black).

2) Then I copied that picture over top of the original and masked the flowers for a selective-desat look. (I also lowered the saturation just a bit so that the flowers didn't over power the picture)

Whatdya think?



Excellent ! i like it very much i´m going to play a round with ps alitle more around your instructions ;) !

thankz
07/23/2004 07:04:19 PM · #35
Originally posted by dwterry:

Originally posted by moodville:

I actually got this tone by creating a new layer and filling it with brown, setting the layer type to soft light, and changing the opacity to get a light/dark that I found appropriate.


Looks like we were on the same wavelength... After I saw yours, I went back and looked at my attempt and I think I like the contrast in your photo better.


I think you are right about the lighting ;) i´m trying to get that right ... do you know about a site that has something lika DIY portrait ligthing or something like that ;) ?

takk takk.
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