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This is a discussion on B/W versus Sepia within the Critiques forums, part of the Photography & Fine art photography category; Went and got it. Nice little tool. At first I thought this was a fancy way of doing what I ...

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    Went and got it. Nice little tool. At first I thought this was a fancy way of doing what I do with the Saturation/Colourise feature in PS anyhow but when I gave up and hit the button to finish the REAL result came out. Not bad. If you like a more graphic looking image as opposed to a photo.
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    Here's one attempt with that action applied ...


    Larger Version http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/...6e29b7bb_o.jpg

    It seems to give a softening effect. The colour hue possibilties are endless.

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    I like the sepia photo the best, nice tones in that one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    I’d like to see what it looks like after being run through the free PS action by Dave Jaseck called Duotone Dreams. I don’t know if Marko would like it if I posted a like to the site where it can be downloaded, but google will turn it up for you in a jiffy. If you decide to give it a go, don’t just settle for the default pantone that the action offers. The available palate of pantones is wide and varied and also offers the option of creating tri-tones and quad-tones. It’s a real nice effect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mad Aussie View Post
    Here's one attempt with that action applied ...


    Larger Version http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/...6e29b7bb_o.jpg

    It seems to give a softening effect. The colour hue possibilties are endless.
    In my version of the action, DS 306-5C is the default pantone offered. I normally go for a lighter color by choosing somethin in the range of DS 310-8C. Don't forget to investigate the mode button in that same box that gives you the option of creating tritones and quadtones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    Don't forget to investigate the mode button in that same box that gives you the option of creating tritones and quadtones.
    I did ... in fact that image is done with the quadtone but I found the extra tones just took over and it still looks duo tone. Perhaps an image with a more varied tonal range would look better.
    I tried one of my daughter from the same shoot I post examples up from a few days ago and that came out quite nice.

    Have you looked at the actions steps after the final application? Man there's a lot of stuff going on in this action! I got a similar effect manually by duplicating the layer, using Guassian blur and then adding a layer mask and painting with only about 30% flow. Using saturation/colourise etc I was able to create something similar. The advantage was that I could control what I wanted sharp and what I wanted soft.

    I like the action though, works well on the right subject obviously.
    There's a few nice examples in Flickr if you do a search for Duo Tone Dreams

    Thanks for your input also Dwayne.

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