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Tinting a photo

 

Want a cool tint formula for a black and white? First, when you’re in Camera Raw, go to the HSL/Grayscale tab and turn on the Convert to Grayscale checkbox.

Then, go to the next panel to the right (Split Toning) and use this formula:

  • Highlights: Hue=37, Saturation=24
  • Shadows: Hue=40, Saturation=26

Go ahead and try it. It works especially well on urban still life photos.

I can’t explain it, but it just looks cool.

2 Comments

  1. Michael Sågerås said on — March 26, 2009 @ 4:47 am

    Hi, this was really cool. Thanks a lot. I´ve saved this as a presets in Camera Raw.

  2. HoLL DoLL said on — April 9, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

    Thank you! love the effect!

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
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