Tip of the Week - Convert a Photo to Sepia Tones
MAKING A PHOTO SEPIA TONED
In Photoshop Elements (Version 4.0 and up). Once you have your image open. Go to ENHANCE > CONVERT TO BLACK AND WHITE . A dialogue box will open. Click OK.
Then go to ENHANCE > ADJUST COLOR > COLOR VARIATIONS .
Then click on the color increase or decrease buttons until you are happy with the color.
If you totally mess up you can click the RESET button. If you didn’t like the last thing you did you can click the UNDO button.
When you are finished you click OK.
In Photoshop CS3. Go to IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>BLACK AND WHITE (ALT+SHIFT+CTRL). The dialogue box has a little check box that says TINT. Check that box and then adjust the hue and saturation levels until they are to your liking. Click OK when you are finished.
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY TO DO SEPIA TONES
Another way to do Sepia, in Photoshop Elements (Version 4.0 and up), is to use an ADJUSTMENT LAYER. In your layers pallet, click on the YING/YANG button, and select HUE AND SATURATION from the drop down menu.
When the dialogue box pops up, put a check mark in the box next to colorize. And adjust your sliders until you have the sepia color you want, click OK when you are done.
In Photoshop CS3 you can create a new adjustment layer from the black and white circle button at the bottom of your layers palette. Choose BLACK & WHITE. The Black & White dialog box will appear and you will check the TINT box and adjust the hue and saturation levels, as we did above.
Save your work!
Before:
After converting to B&W and choosing tint:
After creating new Black & White adjustment layer and choosing tint:
