ashleywb
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Welcome to day 26! The end is in sight - which is both kind of exciting and kind of sad. I hope you enjoy today's challenge which incorporates a photo coloring technique.
I sometimes look to the graphic design and advertising world for scrapping inspiration. One trend I've seen in both web design and print is the use of bold two-color images. There's a word for these images: duotone.
Here are some examples:
Duotone is just what it sounds like - an image composed of two colors. Historically, duotone images were created on printing presses using 2 shades of one color, or black and one tint. In the digital age these images have branched from the traditional print technique to also using two complementary colors or two contrasting colors.
Your challenge today is to scrap a photo that you have converted into a duotone image. As with most things in scrapbooking, there are multiple ways to achieve the effect. Today I will show you how to get the look using gradients. I am using Photoshop CC.
So, Let's get started.
First choose your photo. A fairly simple photo with high contrast is probably going to be your best bet. I selected a photo I took of my daughter playing her violin. You may want to make a copy of your photo and hide the copy before you start working.
1. Pull your photo into your workspace. With the photo layer highlighted Go to the Layer menu and choose New Adjustment Layer - Gradient Map.
2. You'll get this little dialogue box. Just click OK.
3. Once the layer is created, double click on the gradient scale in order to manipulate the colors.
The gradient editor will open. There are four boxes - one each at the corners of the gradient scale. We will be using the bottom boxes. By clicking on the bottom left one I can select a color to replace black (for the darker portions of my photo). Clicking on the bottom right square allows me to choose a color for the highlights in the photo. It's pretty fun to play around with the color combinations.
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I sometimes look to the graphic design and advertising world for scrapping inspiration. One trend I've seen in both web design and print is the use of bold two-color images. There's a word for these images: duotone.
Here are some examples:
Duotone is just what it sounds like - an image composed of two colors. Historically, duotone images were created on printing presses using 2 shades of one color, or black and one tint. In the digital age these images have branched from the traditional print technique to also using two complementary colors or two contrasting colors.
Your challenge today is to scrap a photo that you have converted into a duotone image. As with most things in scrapbooking, there are multiple ways to achieve the effect. Today I will show you how to get the look using gradients. I am using Photoshop CC.
So, Let's get started.
First choose your photo. A fairly simple photo with high contrast is probably going to be your best bet. I selected a photo I took of my daughter playing her violin. You may want to make a copy of your photo and hide the copy before you start working.
1. Pull your photo into your workspace. With the photo layer highlighted Go to the Layer menu and choose New Adjustment Layer - Gradient Map.
2. You'll get this little dialogue box. Just click OK.
3. Once the layer is created, double click on the gradient scale in order to manipulate the colors.
The gradient editor will open. There are four boxes - one each at the corners of the gradient scale. We will be using the bottom boxes. By clicking on the bottom left one I can select a color to replace black (for the darker portions of my photo). Clicking on the bottom right square allows me to choose a color for the highlights in the photo. It's pretty fun to play around with the color combinations.
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