Creative Use of Color - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 120

Figure 5-9. Using the Colorize dialog to apply a sepia tone to this image

Tutorial 19: Converting Color to Sepia (No. 2)
In this tutorial, we'll use a different approach to achieve a sepia tone. Although the method is different, the
results are similar. I prefer this way of applying a sepia tone, but the previous method is no less valid.
To convert this image, follow these steps:

As in the previous lesson, open the image ( Ch5_old church ) found in the
Practice Images folder.

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2. Duplicate the background layer (Shift + Control + D) and rename it Black and

White Layer .

3. Create a new layer (Shift + Control + N) and name it Sepia . Change the blend

mode to Color .

4. Fill the Sepia Layer with a brown-orange color. If you'd like to duplicate the same

color used in this lesson, double-click the foreground color swatch and enter the
values R 176, G 116, and B 62 in the Change Foreground Color dialog (Figure 5-10 ).

Figure 5-10. The Change Foreground Color dialog