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Lucky_Dog Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · Question about sepia... I use Instaproofs and offer sepia as an option... until yesterday, nobody ordered it. Instaproofs converts my proof file to a sepia tone for proofing -- that is what the client saw/ordered. Instaproofs version of sepia is very red... my idea of sepia is more brown. I understand that I must provide the final prints as close as I can to what Instaproofs displayed... that's okay, I can do that. The question... since when did sepia become such a red color? It was always brown back in the day when I did it in the darkroom. I should have paid more attention to that... maybe I should not offer it through Instaproofs. Show me some of your sepia, please! Nov 28, 2008 at 03:27 PM

Lucky_Dog Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · Question about sepia... Oh, and if anyone wants to share technique... an action, or anything else, please PM! Nov 28, 2008 at 03:29 PM

jeremy_clay Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #3 · Question about sepia... I have two 'versions' (aside from a red-full tint action, but that's not sepia really) that I consider 'sepia' - done with actions and layers in PS, to be hoenst I made them awhile ago that I'm not quite sure of the actual values, but that they are done in opacity and Levels layers. One with a more reddish, 'warm' sepia: and a more 'straight' sepia (left image): Nov 28, 2008 at 05:08 PM

RedWhiteandRed Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #4 · Question about sepia... Sepia is not a colour, it is a process and usually accompanied by rotten egg smell. Any digital imitation is widely subject to interpretation. Nov 28, 2008 at 05:15 PM

wassphoto Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #5 · Question about sepia... The common understanding is that Sepia is a B&W with a brownish tone. The way I do it in PS: first I convert the pic to B&W using channel mixer, then I duplicate the layer, use Colorize in the Saturation menu (I set hue to around 30), then adjust the saturation to my liking. I sometimes blend the new layer in softlight mode as a final step. Edited on Feb 23, 2009 at 02:05 PM · View previous versions Nov 28, 2008 at 06:26 PM

57suzi Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #6 · Question about sepia... The rich, warm tones of Jeremy's second example is what I associate with sepia. Nov 28, 2008 at 11:34 PM

plove53 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · Question about sepia... pm sent Nov 29, 2008 at 03:13 AM

plove53 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #8 · Question about sepia... RedWhiteandRed wrote: Sepia is not a colour, it is a process and usually accompanied by rotten egg smell. Any digital imitation is widely subject to interpretation. bingo! I think the ink used lasted longer? and you got a brown color not B/W. -p Nov 29, 2008 at 03:18 AM

prof_fate Offline Dedicated FM Account Locked p.1 #9 · Question about sepia... How can you match what the customer say on Instaproofs? You have no clue if the monitor they saw your image on is calibrated or is too red or too green or something else entirely. You are the artist. You decide what is sepia for your art. Just like you decide if you like a warmer WB than is 'correct'. Nov 29, 2008 at 05:02 AM

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