Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
Now, on to split tones. To create a
split-tone effect, start with a good-looking
B&W photo (you know how to convert
from color to black and white in the Basic
panel now), then you're going to do the
same thing you did to create a duotone,
but you're going to choose one hue for
the highlights and a different hue for the
shadows. That's all there is to it (I told you
this was easy). Here, I set the Highlights
Hue to 45 and the Shadows Hue to 214.
I then set the Shadows Saturation slider
to 27 and the Highlights Saturation slider
to 50 (a little bit higher than usual, just
to add more color).
TIP: See a Tint Color Preview
To make it ea sier to see which color tint
you're choosing, press-and-hold the Option
(PC: Alt) key and drag the Hue slider, and
it will give you a temporary preview of
your color tint as if you bumped up the
Saturation amount to 100%.
Step Four:
You can also choose your colors f from
a color picker: click on the color swatch
next to Highlights to bring up the High-
lights color picker. Along the top are some
common split-tone highlight colors. For
example, click on the beige swatch (the
third from the left) to apply a beige tint
to the highlights (you can see the result in
the Preview area). To close the color picker,
click on the X in the upper-left corner.
The Balance slider (found between the
Highlights and Shadows sections) does just
what you'd think it would—it lets you bal-
ance the color mix between the highlights
and shadows. For example, if you want
the balance in your image more toward
the beige highlights, you'd just click-and-
drag the Balance slider to the right. Now,
if you've created a particular duotone or
split-tone combination that you like, save
it as a preset by going to the Presets panel
and clicking the little + (plus sign) button
on the right side of the panel header.
