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Quadtone black & whites

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:43 pm
by stubbsy
I've never played with Photoshop's Duotone mode before so I decided to have go. The images below are all quadtone conversions using the PS quadtone profiles as a starting point and some curve and colour tweaking by me to create some new quadtones. It's an interesting technique. As can be seen you can get quite contrasty images like the first r lovely soft ones like the remainder here. Obviously I have a lot to learn since this is my first attempt, but I think these show promise.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:41 pm
by Matt. K
Peter
Nice. A new tool in the toolbox to play with. By the way, those particular tones were designed by a master print maker hired by ADOBE. It's curious that they don't advertise the fact a little louder. Try printing some of those on EPSON archival matt paper and you will be stunned by their beauty.

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:10 am
by Willy wombat
Lovely contrast Stubbsy

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:19 pm
by stubbsy
Matt, Willy thank you

I should mention that it was a discussion at the weekend that prompted me to play with the duotone feature in the first place. Thanks Matt.

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:35 pm
by elffinarts
lovely work! I really like working with adobe's quadtones - they come out really well. I usually pump the tones with stronger hues but these subtle tones are lovely.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:59 pm
by stubbsy
Thanks Mark

This is definitely something I need to play with more.