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Create at least 4 different duotones of 4 people you know, plus image of yourself. Place all of the duotone images on a canvas 72 dpi RGB maximum 600 x 800 in a design/montage. Save for web as a medium or high quality jpg
Why Duotones? Some clients can't afford 4 color printing, or they want a vintage look
Duotones in Photoshop
(just one way to do it - you may have your own method)
- Get digital images of people you know, including yourself. These may be from a digital camera, or scans. They must be photographic. No drawings.
- Bring these photos into Photoshop
- Create a blank RGB canvas 600 x 800 72 dpi. This will be your master page.
- Make a duplicate of each photo and close the originals. This maintains the integrity of your originals.
For each photo perform the following:
- Change to grayscale. You can't go into duotone mode from RGB.
- Change to duotone. You will see a dropdown menu where you can select monotone, duotone, tritone. Select duotone. You will be given 2 color choices. Make your adjustments and selections and click OK.
- Drag this image into your blank RGB canvas. Do this for all the photos
- Change the sizes and positions until you arrive at a satisfactory composition. NOTE: You need to adjust the levels after creating the duotone for more contrast. If you want to desaturate you have to convert your duotone into RGB mode.
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