Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Bill Agee <billagee@r...> 
wrote:
> At 10:14 AM +0000 4/7/02, memefirechicken wrote:
> >I 'am fairly new to the digital world so please go easy on me with
> >the techno. language. I need to print out my images in a light 
sepia
> >tone. I have a PC, Photoshop 6, and an Epson 1280 w/ MIS archival
> >inks (reg. color/black, not hextone). I have read work flows from
> >Roark and just about everyone else, and cant find anyone working in
> >this way.
> >I ran into Butch H.(an instuctor of mine) at his opening of his
> >gallery show and he told me about this online group. And by the way
> >the exhibition was a huge success, his work was flawless, and I
> >couldnt belive it when he told me he used 35mm negs. WOW. 
Absolutley
> >unbelivable that you can get that kind of quality(tonal range) and
> >size from 35mm/digital prints.
> >Right now the paper Im using is Epson matte heavyweight, but I have
> >some Tunbridge on the way. I've tryed Duotone in photoshop -yuk, 
and
> >Ive tryed switching to RGB and messing with the color balance, but 
Im
> >not getting good results. I know part of the reason is like Butch
> >said I need a program to sync my monitior and printer up, but I 
just
> >havent wanted to give up the money for it since Im a student, and 
not
> >professional. Anyway anyone have any ideas for moderate to light
> >sepia tone in my prints? Thanks, Clary
> >
> 
> 
> One of the easiest of several ways to do this is to put your image 
in 
> Photoshop in RGB mode,  then make a new layer and name it sepia. 
Fill 
> that layer... the new one which is on top of your image... with the 
> color you like.  Set that sepia layer's mode to color (default is 
> normal) and lower the opacity until you have what you want.  The 
> image will appear when you change the mode to color...that way it 
is 
> not opaque and works only on the dark pixels... and dropping the 
> opacity turns down the color intensity.
> 
> Another way is to and make an adjustment layer using color balance 
> and place it on top of your image layer.  Tweek the midtones using 
> magenta and yellow until you have what you want. Be sure to check 
> preserve luminosity.  I find that I usually put in about 2x the 
> amount of yellow as magenta.  You can either do a little of a lot 
> depending on how much color you want to add.
> 
> 
> 
> Bill
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> 
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Thanks for the help Bill, it worked great. I used your first 
suggestion. Now, do you have a suggestion for a good color,I tryed 
several colors and opacity's from a light creamy skin color, to a 
deep chocolate. My images are close-up's of the body, and I just want 
a hint of color, just to warm it up. I just printed about 6 different 
versions of the color change, but its not where it needs to be yet, 
like I said before my monitor is not synced to my printer, so I'm 
still having a hard time judging the difference. I thought if you 
happen to have some specific color(by that I mean name or 
identifiable by #) that you could let me in on that info too. Thanks 
for your help, Clary