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Selected Sepia Tutorial

March 26, 2008 – 11:15 am

  
 

 In this tutorial you will learn on how to create a selective sepia effect to a photo

 

Step:1 Open an image

Open the File menu and select Open. Browse for the photo you would like to add a selective sepia effect to and click OK.

 

Step:2 Hue/Saturation adjustment

Click on the NEW ADJUSTMENT LAYER icon and select Hue/Saturation

 

 

 

 

A HUE/SATURATION will appear. Specify where the sepia effect will appear

 

 

 

 

 

 


A. Select by color

Selecting the sepia areas based on color will give the most natural effect.

decide which color in the photo that you want to keep. Then, select from the edit drop down menu the each color in the list except for the colors you want to keep and reduce the saturation to -100. For example, to keep the reds in the photo use the following settings:

Reds: 0
Yellows: -100 Saturation
Greens: -100 Saturation
Cyans: -100 Saturation
Blues: -100 Saturation
Magenta : -100 Saturation

 

B. Select manually

Manually selecting the sepia toned areas will let you specify the area that you would like toned.

Set the master saturation to -100 and click OK. Your image should now appear grayscale.

 

 Step:3 Add Hue/Saturation adjustment layer

 click on the New Adjustment Layer icon and select Hue/Saturation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 adjustment layer should appear. Simply click OK without editing the settings. Then, change the blend mode of the top adjustment layer to Overlay. Double click back on the icon of the layer to bring back the tool.

 You will be using the Hue/Saturation tool to add a sepia tone. Checkmark "Colorize" and apply the settings below:

 HUE: 42

 SATURATION: 25

LIGHTNESS: 0 

 and then COLORIZE

 

 And Thats It. .Done!! emoticon

 Feel free to leave some comments! Thanks