Sepia

[ivar]

So I've always wanted to try 'sepia'... I found an image that I wanted to try this with, I google for a method on how to convert to sepia and voila, 90187349018740192384 different methods. Riiiiight :scratch

So in the end I tried one that looked easy to me (and mainly because this one was written in such a way that I understood it :lol3); Add a layer, fill with sepia like color (i used 5E2612), set to 'soft light' and slide the fill back to around 30% or so.

Result:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/207482647-L.jpg
What do you think, enough sepia? too much? not enough?

[schmoo]

I like it! No complaints over here. She's lovely, and you captured her well, too. :thumb

Is there a difference between doing a photo in sepia and just toning greyscale? Or does it just depend the hue of the tone you use?

[JimW]

Ivar, I think it looks just great. One of the potential problems of a sepia toning is that it often looks too red, especially in the 3/4 tones. Checking the values in cmyk in PS, the channels look exactly even throughout the full range, except in the darkest shadows, where the cyan is slightly higher, which is excellent. Looks like it worked well. Lovely capture and treatment.

Jim

[ivar]

I like it! No complaints over here. She's lovely, and you captured her well, too. :thumb

Is there a difference between doing a photo in sepia and just toning greyscale? Or does it just depend the hue of the tone you use?Thanks Schmoo, I guess this method works.

I'm not sure about the differences between the way I did it and between toning greyscale. What I did do different from the tutorial, is that they desaturated the color version first, and then applied the sepia. I did a bw conversion, channelmixer style and applied the sepia to that. It looked quite a bit different actually, but I preferred this one.

[ivar]

Ivar, I think it looks just great. One of the potential problems of a sepia toning is that it often looks too red, especially in the 3/4 tones. Checking the values in cmyk in PS, the channels look exactly even throughout the full range, except in the darkest shadows, where the cyan is slightly higher, which is excellent. Looks like it worked well. Lovely capture and treatment.

JimThanks Jim! I have no idea what you said about the cmyk values and them looking equal and all, but I'm glad to hear this method works and is liked :thumb

[Icebear]

Beautiful shot of a beautiful lady, and I like what you did with it.

[wxwax]

Not too little at all, it's a warm photo, very nice.

I often use this Greg Gorman (here's the .pdf (http://www.gormanphotography.com/bw_conversion.pdf)) for B&W, because it includes a toning step.

[Andy]

Luminosity toning works great, too, try it :D

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077316

[ivar]

Beautiful shot of a beautiful lady, and I like what you did with it.:curtsey Thank you

[ivar]

Not too little at all, it's a warm photo, very nice.

I often use this Greg Gorman (here's the .pdf (http://www.gormanphotography.com/bw_conversion.pdf)) for B&W, because it includes a toning step.Thanks Sid,

I've saved it, and may give that a try at some point :thumb

[ivar]

Luminosity toning works great, too, try it :D

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077316
More tutes to try :rolleyes ... this one has pictures, I'm liking that :D

[schmoo]

More tutes to try :rolleyes ... this one has pictures, I'm liking that :D

I use this one and I find it simple and effective. :thumb