Next, click the half black/half white circle at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Gradient Map. Here you see the full-color image and the color chips at the bottom of Photoshop’s Tools panel. Because this adjustment layer uses the foreground and background color chips (circled here), press the D key on your keyboard to set them to their default values of black and white and then tap the X key to flip-flop them so black is on top and white is on the bottom. We’ll use my favorite method: a Gradient Map adjustment layer (which also happens to be where those toning presets live). There are many ways to do this: you could do it in the Camera Raw plug-in or filter, you can do it in Lightroom and then pass the image off to Photoshop, or you can use a Black & White adjustment layer (the latter method sports a Tint option that lets you apply one color to an image, but not the gradients we’re seeking here), etc. The first step is to open an image and then convert it to black and white. And since you get slightly different results when using the toning presets on a black-and-white image versus one that’s full color, this column takes a look at both. As luck would have it, Photoshop CS6 and later include 38 photographic toning presets that you can apply as a gradient to produce subtle yet gorgeous color tints. While crafting these effects yourself can feel daunting, it doesn’t have to. Similarly, cross processed looks are wildly popular, though with this effect you keep the image’s color yet shift it in interesting ways (the term refers to dark room days where the color shift was produced by processing the image using the wrong chemicals). These ageless and classy techniques limit the photo’s color palette, which puts focus on the image content. Pantone’s colors of the year are rose quartz (13-1520) and serenity (15-3919)-to a black and white image evokes a soft, dreamy feel. For example, adding a brown tint to a black and white image produces a sepia tone that evokes a vintage or romantic feel. Color trends come and go, though when it comes to photographic treatments, some color effects are here to stay.
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