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| You, too can Have Fun with Sepia Images!
If you are one of those who wonder how people come up with the
cool looking sepia tone prints that you admire so much. If you
are doubling up with jealousy over a sepia tone, here, we will
give you tips on how you could achieve this sepia tone, too.
Ready up your Photoshop software program, your PC and prepare to
have fun with sepia! It’s time that they envy you, too.
First of all it is important for you to choose images that have
some darks and lights – it doesn’t matter how colorful they are.
Many images could go along with sepia tone, so you won’t take
forever finding an image. You can even have a black and white
image. However, if you start with images that are in CMYK,
there’s no need to convert them to RGB. If you’re going to use
them for the web, then convert them to RGB by clicking
IMAGE-MODE-RGB. Take the image size down to 72 dpi with about 4
inches in height. Do this by the commands, (IMAGE-IMAGE SIZE).
If your image is for print, though, a much higher resolution is
needed for it. The dpi needed can be checked with your printer.
You’ll see how big your image is by making sure you are at 100%.
Whether you are using the image for the web or planning to print
it, make sure that you are aware of the size you have it set at.
Scale the size down or repair a choppy image by using the ZOOM
TOOL-Hit Z on the keyboard – hold down your ALT key. On a Mac,
open apple key to toggle back and forth between zoom in and
out). You’ll see your image smoothing out as you manipulate
these commands. We dearly hope that it would work for you!
When you have found the ideal size you want for your images, we
go on to the fun part! Begin working on the color first for it
is easier and adjust your lights and darks.
Change the Hues of your image by IMAGE-ADJUST-HUE/SATURATION.
Check the box that says colorize and preview or check it by
default. It’s your choice if you like to adjust the top bar to
the color you want for your image, or just type in numbers.
Saturation is how much of the hue you chose will be used on your
image. For adjusting lightness, the lightness slider does the
trick. Try not to go crazy over this last bar (lightness).
Then, adjust the darks and lights. Even if you think your image
is already so great and you wouldn't want to mess it up try this
– select IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS. Three sliders will appear – the
first will make your image lighter, another will make it darker,
and the last one adjusts the midtones. Adjust on these sliders
depending on the image you use. Once you’re done, hit CONTROL-Z
or EDIT-UNDO MOVE to see your image before the adjustments. It
will switch back to the original image. If you hit CTRL-Z or
EDIT-UNDO MOVE again, it will toggle back to the image with the
level adjustment you just applied. If you like to have fun, go
over it again and again! Just don’t blame us if you get bored!
And we haven’t told you that you can do different types of hues?
So, we’re telling you now! If you’ll be doing this types of
images for the web the great thing is that you can save them as
a GIF and they will look wonderful. File sizes will not be a
problem since you are using lesser colors! Good luck with your
sepia! -30-
For comments and inquiries about the article visit
http://www.graphicdesignsunlimited.com
About the author:
Lala C. Ballatan is a 26 year-old Communication Arts graduate.
Book reading has always been her greatest passion -- mysteries,
horrors, psycho-thrillers, historical documentaries and
classics. Her writing prowess began as early as she was 10 years
old in girlish diaries. With writing, she felt freedom – to
express her viewpoints and assert it, to bring out all concerns
-- imagined and observed, to bear witness.
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