Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:25 am Post subject: Colour picture into a two tints picture using B/W adj. layer
Hello photoshopers :
I have a question, I am trying to convert a colour picture into a two tints to send to print.
I have read several how to's but no one give me the control I need
What I have done so far, is to duplicate the image layer, set blending to multiply, apply a clipped B/W adjustment layer to each, and a Hue/Saturation (also clipped) to make the colour
So far, with the B/W adjustment layers, I have the control I want for creating each of the "offsets", and then I would simulate with the Hue/saturation the application of the tint.
so far so good, except that, with this method, I am unable to apply an specific Pantone colour to each "offset", just something that looks like ...
Probably my question is a first week-of-first-course of photoshop, but I am unable to guess how to do it...
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:26 pm Post subject:
Welcome to the forum.
Why not set a solid colour adjustment layer set to your blend mode of choice? as this would allow you to select a Pantone colour.
Perhaps a more pertinent question should be, why do they need to be a Pantone colour? By using blend modes and the like it destroys the need/benefit.
Are you trying to create two seperate images that are tinted or one complete piece that is dual tinted or more accurately called split tone?
If it's two seperate images, I would recommend duotones/tritones and quadtones as you could accomplish what you need without much fuss. If it is a split tone image then I would look at the endless tutorials to be found on every graphic design blog/tutorial site out there.
It may help to post an example on this forum or link to an image that you are trying to replicate or indeed both. _________________ If life serves you lemons, make lemonade!
Why not set a solid colour adjustment layer set to your blend mode of choice? as this would allow you to select a Pantone colour.
Perhaps a more pertinent question should be, why do they need to be a Pantone colour? By using blend modes and the like it destroys the need/benefit.
Are you trying to create two seperate images that are tinted or one complete piece that is dual tinted or more accurately called split tone?
If it's two seperate images, I would recommend duotones/tritones and quadtones as you could accomplish what you need without much fuss. If it is a split tone image then I would look at the endless tutorials to be found on every graphic design blog/tutorial site out there.
It may help to post an example on this forum or link to an image that you are trying to replicate or indeed both.
Thanks for the response
I need to be Pantone colours, becouse the guy who is gonna print can not asure me that mix will be the same if I do not give them pantone pictures ..., and we want it in two colours only (half of the price that full colour)
What I have done so far is ( -- for clipped layer)
-- Color layer "c2", filled with a pantone, BlendMode "Linear Dodge (add)"
-- Adjustment Layer Black and white "c2", Blend Mode normal
Image layer "c2" with Blend mode: Multiply
-- Color layer "c1", filled with a pantone, BlendMode "Linear Dodge (add)"
-- Adjustment Layer Black and white "c1", Blend Mode normal
Image layer "c1" with Blend mode: Multiply
"c1" and "c2" stands for channel 1 and channel 2
the image layer, is my image (full colours), duplicated
with the adjustment layer, I decide which parts of the image are shown in with channel
and then, with the colour layers, I apply the desire Pantone colour
That so far seems to work, except is a bit of a pain to change the Pantone colour (for example, from a yellow a little light to a yelllow a little dark). But it allow me to control very good the final output and the contrast between the different parts
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:46 pm Post subject:
Not sure if this is helpful, but there's a 'duotone' mode (image>mode>duotonte) available where you can set the ink colors. I think it needs to be grayscale first.
Not sure if this is helpful, but there's a 'duotone' mode (image>mode>duotonte) available where you can set the ink colors. I think it needs to be grayscale first.
thanks for the reply, but not , duotone is not helpful because I can not control how each individual layer looks like, as you say, it has to be already a black and white image
but thanks for the help,
got surprise that no so many responses around here
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