Cummertrees -old sepia building

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• tyro (3929)
• [2008-02-29 7:23]
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Hello, Bev.

A great picture here and a good shot at the sepia toning too. I got your critique on my picture and replied but I don't think you've read it as yet! I found, after a little "Google" a simple way of doing sepia toning in Photoshop Elements - here it is:


1. Open your image in Photoshop Elements.

2. If the image is in color, go to Enhance -> Adjust Color -> Remove Color and skip to step 4.

3. If the image is in grayscale go to Image -> Mode -> RGB Color.

4. Go to Enhance -> Adjust Color -> Color Variations.

5. Move the Adjust Color Intensity slider down one notch less than the middle.

6. Click on Decrease Blue once.

7. Click on Increase Red once.

8. Click OK.

Voila.

~ Try using the colour variations to alter the look of your photos or even try it on a selected part of the image.

I'm not sure if it's quite so easy in Photoshop 7.

Anyway, a great shot and a good subject for the sepia theme.

Best Wishes,

John.

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• yamataraja (6755)
• [2008-02-29 8:44]
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Hi Bev
Nice contribution to the theme. Did they do a good move in adding that wooden structure?. The place is interesting anfd the note very instructive. I made a workshot in sepia. Hoep you like it.
Serge

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• ron-franklin (5373)
• [2008-02-29 11:42]

Hi Bev

There are hard and easy ways of doing sepia.... you hard way.....like you have done bit it can be fiddly....or the easy way by using Google Picasa which has a sepia filter one clic and you are there....

anyway this is what this sit is all about..... well done the more you fiddle the more Rome burns....lol

regards from Liverpool 08

Ron

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• rushfan2112 (695)
• [2008-02-29 12:59]
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Hi Bev.

I spent a holiday around this place some years ago and was told that this church is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of someone killed in a battle during the Civil War in the 1640's. Never saw anything myself but it's a lovely old building.

Nice photo. I always find it easiest to desaturate the photo (turn it B&W) create a duplicate layer and apply a sepia filter to the duplicate. Overlay the two, fiddle with the opacity until I'm happy, flatten the layers, apply sharpening, reduce size and post. There's loads of ways of doing a sepia tone.

A blue version (cyanotone) is also very effective if you want something to look cold and dank.

Nice photo. Regards, Paul.

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• Royaldevon (16520)
• [2008-02-29 16:00]
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Hello Bev,

I think this is a charming scene and looks as if it should have been in sepia originally!
The wooden details create good colour contrast opportunities whilst the bell on the top is just fabulous!

After all the comments about creating sepia tones, I'm not sure you will want me to add my 'two-pennyworth' as my father would say!

If you are using PP Elements,
just pull back the window down the r/h side,
look at 'effects' and there is a panel of apples
choose the apple which is sepia,
press apply and that's it!

I did a quick w/s using this technique.
See what you think!

Now you are really spoilt for choice!

Have a good weekend,
Bev (2) :-)

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• boomcat (16869)
• [2008-02-29 19:42]

hello Bev,

nice try of using the sepia.. not quite but it will do.. love the old building. well done.

regards, terry

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• puffy (16617)
• [2008-03-01 1:42]

Hi Bev,

I think every software have their own "sepia" setting... I have play it with photoshop, microsoft digital imaging, paintshop pro... etc.. they all came up different and with their own version of sepia, so who know what the real one is... lol..... anyway.. it dosn't matter, we know...:P

Nice building you have here, look old, great textures and composition, well done!

Cheers,
Sweety

:) ltr

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• Helkoryo (22130)
• [2008-03-01 3:07]

Hiya Bev

Wow this is really lovely. I think you have learnt the art of sepia very well. The original image is deligthful and your PP work has aged the shot perfectly. Well done lovely work and thanks to John for the excellent advice too.

TFS and for joining in the theme

kind regards Helen