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

NOTE: i know there are other ways of converting an image to sepia, i am simply trying out different techniques.

1. duplicate your background layer and go to image > adjustments > desaturate.

2. now go to layers > new adjustment layer > brightness/contrast and fill this in:
brightness: -11
contrast: -6

3. create a new raster layer and fill it with the colour #1D2732, set it to exclusion at 100%. now duplicate this layer.

4. duplicate your DESATURATED layer and drag it to the top. set it to soft light at 100%.

5. go to layers > new adjustment layer > colour balance and fill this in:
shadows: -20, -35, -50
midtones: 0, 0, 0
highlights: 0, 0, 0

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.

stock: *yellow-stock
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