Re: not grayscale, but "brown-scale"

> Now, as Tim Booker and Dave Gorjup both mentioned, the effect you wish to
> acheive is not all that hard to do. It is not called "brown-scale" but
> rather, "Sepia-Toned" -- much like the beginning and end of "The Wizard of
> Oz." To accomplish this, take the color or greyscale image you wish to
alter
> and get everything finalized in it (sharpening, gamma correction, etc.) --
> you can do this later, but I find doing it to the master is best. If it's
in
> color, greyscale it -- for Windows-based platforms, the commands to do
this
> are: PSP - Colors, Grey Scale; APS - Image, Mode, Greyscale. In PSP,
you'll
> need to increase the color depth from 256 colors to 16 million again, so
> click Colors, Increase Color Depth, 16 Million Colors. In APS, to increase
> color depth again, select Image, Mode, RGB. Okay, now to sepia-tone the
> image. In PSP, click Colors, Colorize. This brings up a box where you can
> adjust the levels to your liking. A Hue of about 25 and saturation of
about
> 80 looks good. In APS, click Image, Adjust, Hue/Saturation. Adjust the
> sliders to about 25 for Hue, 30 for Saturation, 0 for Lightness, and check
> the Colorize box. Now, with either program, you have a sepia-toned image.
>
> Good luck!
> Kehvan M. Zydhek

There is an easier way to achieve this effect in PSP6 (and in FW3 but I
don't use PS).

Open your picture. Open a new layer and create a rectangle that overlays
your image (fill colour #996633 but you can change this later if you want
to). In the layer palette go to the "Layer Blend Mode" drop down and choose
the color option. Done.

HTH

Brian
comharsa(at)clara.net

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