Sepia Tone

"Bob Williams" wrote in message
:I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. : I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 : To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a : brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels : adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. : Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a : "standard" Sepia Tone color?
: Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?
: Bob Williams
:
Probably the best way to get back to "real" B&W in Photoshop is BW Styler plugin from photo wiz. Exceptional choice of mimicked film and paper types. A few bells and whistles I’d rather do with PS but in the whole, it’s excellent.

Douglas
http://www.brisbaneweddingphotographers.com

Bob Williams wrote:

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?

CS2 comes with a sepia photo filter which has RGB 172 122 51 I recommend you put a layer of this color on top of the BW image and set the layer blending mode to "color". Then double click on the blank space right to the layer name (probably "layer 1") or go to Layer->Layer Style-> Blending options. A window will pop up with two sliders at the bottom. Keep the Alt key pressed and move the left half of the bottom right white slider to the utmost left. The right half of the slider should stay where it is. This setting gradually reduces the effect of the color blend from shadows to highlights. If you do not do this, the light parts of the image will look as if watering of the print was insufficient and the silver grain has been degraded to silver sulfide.

Peter

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?
Bob Williams

Bob you might also try this free software which seems to have a lot of choices!
http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:20:42 -0700, Bob Williams
wrote:

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?

You could have a look at:

http://www.ransen.com/Repligator/Sepia-Filter.htm

Easy to use graphics effects:
http://www.ransen.com/

Peter Wollenberg wrote:

Bob Williams wrote:

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?

CS2 comes with a sepia photo filter which has RGB 172 122 51 I recommend you put a layer of this color on top of the BW image and set the layer blending mode to "color". Then double click on the blank space right to the layer name (probably "layer 1") or go to Layer->Layer Style-> Blending options. A window will pop up with two sliders at the bottom. Keep the Alt key pressed and move the left half of the bottom right white slider to the utmost left. The right half of the slider should stay where it is. This setting gradually reduces the effect of the color blend from shadows to highlights. If you do not do this, the light parts of the image will look as if watering of the print was insufficient and the silver grain has been degraded to silver sulfide.

Peter

Thanks for that info.
Surprisingly enough, the sepia color I ended up with, had very much the same ratios of RGB as the 172 122 51 color chosen by CS2 My color was lighter but almost the same hue.
I’ll check out the procedure you described
Bob

"Owen Ransen" wrote in message

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:20:42 -0700, Bob Williams
wrote:

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?

You could have a look at:

http://www.ransen.com/Repligator/Sepia-Filter.htm

Easy to use graphics effects:
http://www.ransen.com/

Or indeed you could pay for Owen Ransen’s software for something that looks like it was done by a complete beginner!!!

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?
Bob Williams

some other nice techniques from simple:
adjustment layer on HUE SAT on colorize move slider to desired color to more complex
‘The DUOTONE interface is awesome.

Peter Wollenberg wrote:

Bob Williams wrote:

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?

CS2 comes with a sepia photo filter which has RGB 172 122 51 I recommend you put a layer of this color on top of the BW image and set the layer blending mode to "color". Then double click on the blank space right to the layer name (probably "layer 1") or go to Layer->Layer Style-> Blending options. A window will pop up with two sliders at the bottom. Keep the Alt key pressed and move the left half of the bottom right white slider to the utmost left. The right half of the slider should stay where it is. This setting gradually reduces the effect of the color blend from shadows to highlights. If you do not do this, the light parts of the image will look as if watering of the print was insufficient and the silver grain has been degraded to silver sulfide.

Peter

Thanks for that info.
Surprisingly enough, the sepia color I ended up with, had very much the same ratios of RGB as the 172 122 51 color chosen by CS2 My color was lighter but almost the same hue.
I’ll check out the procedure you described
Bob

KatWoman wrote:

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?
Bob Williams

some other nice techniques from simple:
adjustment layer on HUE SAT on colorize move slider to desired color to more complex
‘The DUOTONE interface is awesome.

How do I access the Duotone Mode?
When I have an image in RGB and click Image > Mode > the Duotone option is greyed out. Even if I convert to Greyscale, Duotone option is still greyed out.
Bob Williams

"KatWoman" wrote in message
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: "Bob Williams" wrote in message
: : >I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. : > I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 : > To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a : > brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels : > adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. : > Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a : > "standard" Sepia Tone color?
: > Or is there some better way to get the effect I want? : > Bob Williams
:
: some other nice techniques from simple:
: adjustment layer on HUE SAT on colorize move slider to desired color : to more complex
: ‘The DUOTONE interface is awesome.
:
:
:
:
I suppose preaching to the converted is OK?
Sepia toning was traditionally never a precise science. It required the addition of chemicals to water and submerging to photo in said mixture until your were satisfied of the tone.

You are never going to standardise a sepia tone colour because it was never a standard in the first place so ANY variation on brown can legitimately be called sepia.

Douglas

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"KatWoman" wrote in message
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: "Bob Williams" wrote in message
: : >I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. : > I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 : > To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a : > brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels : > adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. : > Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a
: > "standard" Sepia Tone color?
: > Or is there some better way to get the effect I want? : > Bob Williams
:
: some other nice techniques from simple:
: adjustment layer on HUE SAT on colorize move slider to desired color : to more complex
: ‘The DUOTONE interface is awesome.
:
:
:
:
I suppose preaching to the converted is OK?
Sepia toning was traditionally never a precise science. It required the addition of chemicals to water and submerging to photo in said mixture until
your were satisfied of the tone.

You are never going to standardise a sepia tone colour because it was never
a standard in the first place so ANY variation on brown can legitimately be
called sepia.

Douglas

it was smelly too!!!!

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

KatWoman wrote:

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?
Bob Williams

some other nice techniques from simple:
adjustment layer on HUE SAT on colorize move slider to desired color to more complex
‘The DUOTONE interface is awesome.

How do I access the Duotone Mode?
When I have an image in RGB and click Image > Mode > the Duotone option is greyed out. Even if I convert to Greyscale, Duotone option is still greyed out.
Bob Williams

To convert an image to duotone:

1.. Convert the image to grayscale by choosing Image > Mode > Grayscale. Only 8-bit grayscale images can be converted to duotones.
2.. Choose Image > Mode > Duotone.
3.. In the Duotone Options dialog box, select Preview to view the effects of the duotone settings on the image.
4.. Select Monotone, Duotone, Tritone, or Quadtone for Type.
5.. To specify ink colors, click the color box (the solid square) for an
ink. Then use the Color Picker or click the Custom button in Color Picker dialog box to open the Custom Colors dialog box to select an ink. For more information on the Adobe Color Picker, see Using the Adobe Color Picker. Note: To produce fully saturated colors, make sure that inks are specified in descending order–darkest at the top, lightest at the bottom.

6.. Click the curve box next to the color ink box and adjust the duotone curve for each ink color. (See Modifying the duotone curve.)
7.. Set overprint colors, if necessary. (See Specifying overprint colors.)
8.. Click OK.
To apply a duotone effect to only part of an image, convert the duotone image to Multichannel mode–this converts the duotone curves to spot channels. You can then erase part of the spot channel for areas that you want printed as standard grayscale. (See Adding spot colors (Photoshop).)

KatWoman wrote:

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

KatWoman wrote:

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?
Bob Williams

some other nice techniques from simple:
adjustment layer on HUE SAT on colorize move slider to desired color to more complex
‘The DUOTONE interface is awesome.

How do I access the Duotone Mode?
When I have an image in RGB and click Image > Mode > the Duotone option is greyed out. Even if I convert to Greyscale, Duotone option is still greyed out.
Bob Williams

To convert an image to duotone:

1.. Convert the image to grayscale by choosing Image > Mode > Grayscale. Only 8-bit grayscale images can be converted to duotones.
2.. Choose Image > Mode > Duotone.
3.. In the Duotone Options dialog box, select Preview to view the effects of the duotone settings on the image.
4.. Select Monotone, Duotone, Tritone, or Quadtone for Type.
5.. To specify ink colors, click the color box (the solid square) for an
ink. Then use the Color Picker or click the Custom button in Color Picker dialog box to open the Custom Colors dialog box to select an ink. For more information on the Adobe Color Picker, see Using the Adobe Color Picker. Note: To produce fully saturated colors, make sure that inks are specified in descending order–darkest at the top, lightest at the bottom.
6.. Click the curve box next to the color ink box and adjust the duotone curve for each ink color. (See Modifying the duotone curve.)
7.. Set overprint colors, if necessary. (See Specifying overprint colors.)
8.. Click OK.
To apply a duotone effect to only part of an image, convert the duotone image to Multichannel mode–this converts the duotone curves to spot channels. You can then erase part of the spot channel for areas that you want printed as standard grayscale. (See Adding spot colors (Photoshop).)

Hey! That is Way cool.
I’ve never done that before
You can bet I’ll do a lot more of that in the future.
Thanks for the helpful tute.
Bob Williams

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KatWoman wrote:

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

KatWoman wrote:

"Bob Williams" wrote in message

I have a some old B/W photographs that I want to render in Sepia Tone. I scanned them in RGB and edited them to my satisfaction in PS 7.0 To get the Sepia Tone I just created a new layer and filled it with a brownish color at low opacity. I fiddled around with color and levels adjustment until I got something that looked pretty good. Is there some color combination of RGB (R=X, G=Y, B=Z) that produces a "standard" Sepia Tone color?
Or is there some better way to get the effect I want?
Bob Williams

some other nice techniques from simple:
adjustment layer on HUE SAT on colorize move slider to desired color to more complex
‘The DUOTONE interface is awesome.

How do I access the Duotone Mode?
When I have an image in RGB and click Image > Mode > the Duotone option is greyed out. Even if I convert to Greyscale, Duotone option is still greyed out.
Bob Williams

To convert an image to duotone:

1.. Convert the image to grayscale by choosing Image > Mode > Grayscale.
Only 8-bit grayscale images can be converted to duotones.
2.. Choose Image > Mode > Duotone.
3.. In the Duotone Options dialog box, select Preview to view the effects
of the duotone settings on the image.
4.. Select Monotone, Duotone, Tritone, or Quadtone for Type.
5.. To specify ink colors, click the color box (the solid square) for
an
ink. Then use the Color Picker or click the Custom button in Color Picker dialog box to open the Custom Colors dialog box to select an ink. For more
information on the Adobe Color Picker, see Using the Adobe Color Picker. Note: To produce fully saturated colors, make sure that inks are specified
in descending order–darkest at the top, lightest at the bottom.
6.. Click the curve box next to the color ink box and adjust the duotone
curve for each ink color. (See Modifying the duotone curve.)
7.. Set overprint colors, if necessary. (See Specifying overprint
colors.)
8.. Click OK.
To apply a duotone effect to only part of an image, convert the duotone image to Multichannel mode–this converts the duotone curves to spot channels. You can then erase part of the spot channel for areas that you want printed as standard grayscale. (See Adding spot colors (Photoshop).)

Hey! That is Way cool.
I’ve never done that before
You can bet I’ll do a lot more of that in the future.
Thanks for the helpful tute.
Bob Williams

I copied it from the HELP file!! LOL but happy you liked it someone on here told me about it
maybe tacit or edjh??
just paying it forward