1) duotones can go bad fast…
you as an artist/photographer, must use your color sensitivity when creating your duotone. Choose colors that work together. Typically you’ll use black for the shadows and a lighter tone of another color for the midtones and highlights. Combinations that work well are black and medium-blue, or black and cyan, or black and brown
2) Have fun, explore the dialogue box, it is full of options to play with.
-Remember this is a digital file. You have your original saved separately. You can always start over again
3) Create 20 duotones. Place them in a folder. We will be using these files to create a contact sheet in the next assignment.
•Title the duotones. duo1, duo2, duo3, fakeduo4 etc…
-Choose an image
-If RGB, in the menu go to: Image – Mode – Grayscale
-NEXT: Image – Mode – Duotone
3) In the Type drop down menu choose: Duotone
choices: mono, duo, tri , quad
-choose Duotone
4) Choose two inks to use
Ink 1 – black
Ink 2 – color
OR: Try a Duotone Preset
explore and have fun…
5) Make a curve adjustment, if you want (click on the curve icon, this brings up the curve dialog box, play experiment see what it does)
Ink 1 – curve – color – color description
Ink 2 – curve – color – color description
- If all looks good you can save this duotone to use over and over again (click the save button in the duotone options dialog box)
After creating a curve and clicking OK, the curve will be saved. The next time you create a duotone that curve will still be saved. To change the curve or remove the curve, with your cursor click and hold on the point you want to change or remove and drag the point off the curve or to another place.
6) go to menu: File – Save As
Save your file with a new name.
- Remember Save As saves a new file.
- Save updates the existing file.
Create a Faux Duotone
-create a hue and saturation layer
-click colorize
-adjust overall image
-click ok, that was fun and easy…
Have fun and experiment!!!
Additional Info:
http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/duotone.shtml
