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tutorial: dull tone — Description
i will be using photoshop cs2 for this tutorial.

1. pick your image. i will be using the one above, taken from *yellow-stock 's gallery.

2. now duplicate your background layer, and set it to screen at 20%.

3. create a new raster layer and fill it with the colour #B5848A. set it to soft light at 100%.

4. create another new raster layer and fill it with the colour #C8CF9A. set that layer to soft light at 40%.

5. now duplicate your background layer and drag it to the top. set it to soft light at 25%.

6. go to layers > new adjustment layer > colour balance and fill this in:
shadows: -21, 0, +21
midtones: -35, -5, -1
highlights: -3, -1, +20

7. go to layers > new adjustment layer > invert. set that layer to 10% opacity.

8. duplicate your background layer again, and drag it to the top. set it to overlay at 30%.

now merge your layers and you're done!
if your image doesn't look similar to the one above, play around with the settings until you're happy.