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Quadtoning for Richer B&Ws
Ifyou'veeverwonderedhowtheprosgetthosedeep,rich-lookingB&Wphotos,youmight
be surprised to learn that what you were looking at weren't just regular B&W photos, in-
stead they were quadtones or tritones—B&W photos made up of three or four different
grays and/or brown colors to make what appears to be a B&W photo, but with much great-
er depth. For years, Photoshop had a bunch of very slick presets buried somewhere on your
computer, but luckily, now they're just one click away.
Step One:
Open the photo you want to apply your quadtoning effect to (the term quadtoning just
means the final photo will use four different inks mixed together to achieve the effect. Tri-
tonesusethreeinks,anddoIreallyhavetomentionhowmanyduotonesuse?).Quadtoning
effects seem to look best with (but are not limited to) two kinds of photos: (1) landscapes,
and (2) people. But, here, we're going to apply it to an image of an old car.
