Thanks William. This is a duotone in Photoshop that I use for most of my b/w's. I really like the high contrast but it was a bit harder with a very white dog against a very black background. I nearly lost detail in his fur!
the one thing i dont like is that all this as to be done to the background layer.. well in my version of cs anyways but wow this opens up new doors! thank you so much! got any other photoshop wizardry tricks up your sleeves?
You can do it to a duplicate layer in cs2 or you could even duplicate the image first if you wanted to drop it over the top of the colour image and and rub out some of the bw to reveal some colour.
I learn as much as I can about PS from photog mags mostly, they have some great tutorials on their cd's. There is always something new to learn! I love how it gives you more tools to be creative. If I can help with anything, just ask!
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Sure! In photoshop go to Image/Mode/Grayscale
then go to Image/Mode/Duotone
Load Duotone or Tritone from the dropdown box
And then select one of the brown mixes that you like the most and click okay.
You need to change back to RGB to save as a jpg (Image/Mode/RGB).
You can dodge and burn to taste or use a levels or curves adjustment to boost or reduce the contrast.
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You can do it to a duplicate layer in cs2 or you could even duplicate the image first if you wanted to drop it over the top of the colour image and and rub out some of the bw to reveal some colour.
I learn as much as I can about PS from photog mags mostly, they have some great tutorials on their cd's. There is always something new to learn! I love how it gives you more tools to be creative. If I can help with anything, just ask!