Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
B&W photos, you might be surprised to learn that what you were looking at
If you've ever wondered how the pros get those deep, rich-looking
weren't just regular B&W photos, instead they were quadtones or tritones—
B&W photos made up of three or four different grays and/or brown colors
Richer B&Ws
to make what appears to be a B&W photo, but with much greater depth.
For years, Photoshop had a bunch of very slick presets buried somewhere
on your computer, but luckily, in CS6, they're just one click away.
Step One:
Open the photo you want to apply your
quadtoning effect to (the term quad-
toning just means the final photo will
use four different inks mixed together to
achieve the effect. Tritones use three inks,
and do I really have to mention how many
duotones use?). 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 the inside of a church.
Step Two:
To create a quadtone, you'll have to
convert to Grayscale mode first, but
by now you know what a flat-looking
B&W photo that creates, so instead try
this (from a few pages ago): Press the
letter
D
to set your Foreground and
Background colors to their defaults
of black and white, then click on the
Gradient Map icon in the Adjustments
panel. When the Gradient Map options
appear in the Properties panel, you
don't need to make any changes. Now,
before you can make a quadtone, you
need to convert this image to
Grayscale
mode by going under the Image menu,
under Mode, and choosing Grayscale.
It will ask you if you want to flatten your
layers, so click the Flatten button. (It will
also ask you if you want to discard the
color info. Click Discard.)
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