July Image - The Organ

How I did it - In the July/August issue of Photoshop User Ben Willmore had an interesting technique that caught my eye.

Step 1 - From the Layers menu make a Black and White layer and tweak the colors to suit. Do not click OK.

Step 2 - Click on the Tint box and adjust tint to simulate a Sepia toned image to suit. Click OK.

Step 3 - We want to limit the areas affected by the adjustments, so paint on the mask with Black to bring back the color. Note you can also adjust the opacity at varied areas throughout the image.

My final adjustments were to control the Saturation and Levels and a slight adjustment in Curves. I also darkened the edges and my final step was to copy all layers to one layer (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E) It's a two handed operation and sharpened the entire image.

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Bill Buchanan, FPSA, FGDC - Biography G. William Buchanan, FPSA, FGDC has been involved with photography almost his entire life. His passion for teaching photography has been fostered by being chairman of the Photo Guild of Detroit's Annual Photographic Seminar. Bill has presented many instructional programs in the Detroit area as well as at NECCC, SWMCC and PSA conferences. He has been a major supporter of the electronic capture photography both in his own club and the PSA. For the last three years he has served as the Chairman of the Electronic Imaging Division.