The common understanding is that Sepia is a B&W with a brownish tone. I have recently discovered that any B&W with any color tone is considered Sepia. So any duo tone image (i.e with blue cast) could be considered Sepia. That\'s in theory.
But for me, Sepia is still brown and any other version of the picture I make with another color tone, I call it duo-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.
Nov 28, 2008 at 01:26 PM
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