Photoshop question

I know how to change a photo to black and white, but how to you change it to sepia color? I can't seem to find a way to do it... (and I'm too lazy to google it)

p.s. I'm running Photoshop CS2

Do you have CS2?

If so, go to Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter > And apply the sepia tone

Ignore that, it only applied a filter.

ok, thanks anyway. Just out of curiousity... what's the purpose of that filter? I tried it and it doesn't look any different.

sorry, I'm such a Photoshop n00b.

It just applies like a colour over top of the image like you would having a filter lens on the camera. It just changes the image tone.

Well, I'm sure there are more complex methods of more realistic sepia but I'm not aware of them since I don't use Photoshop to edit photos.

What I can suggest thought is Image -> Adjustments -> Hue & Saturation.
Click to check "Colorise" and then work with the hue and saturation (as well as light/darkness) to get a brown tone that would be desirable for the sepia effect.

Since sepia-toning is just another monochromatic scale, first project the image to greyscale with the desired mapping function (If working in photoshop, I prefer the channel mixer myself) and then add sepia-toning with the filter as AdamA suggested, or an adjustment layer to allow different areas to be toned different amounts.

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Originally Posted by Merlock

What I can suggest thought is Image -> Adjustments -> Hue & Saturation.
Click to check "Colorise" and then work with the hue and saturation (as well as light/darkness) to get a brown tone that would be desirable for the sepia effect.

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Cool, that worked - thanks! :D

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Originally Posted by Stalker

Since sepia-toning is just another monochromatic scale, first project the image to greyscale with the desired mapping function (If working in photoshop, I prefer the channel mixer myself) and then add sepia-toning with the filter as AdamA suggested, or an adjustment layer to allow different areas to be toned different amounts.

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whoa, that all went right over my head :shock: I said I was a n00b! LOL :wink: Thanks for the reply though.

I think he was just saying...to first convert the image to grayscale...then convert it back to RGB, and then apply the Hue/Saturation -> Colorize feature. That's how I do it. =)

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Originally Posted by Aquanina

I think he was just saying...to first convert the image to grayscale...then convert it back to RGB, and then apply the Hue/Saturation -> Colorize feature. That's how I do it. =)

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Awesome, thanks Nina! It worked :D I'm writing this down!

From now on you're my official Photoshop tutor :kiss: lucky you lol

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Originally Posted by Burns

Awesome, thanks Nina! It worked :D I'm writing this down!

From now on you're my official Photoshop tutor :kiss: lucky you lol

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I'm honored! :D I was actually going to say, if you ever have any PS questions feel free to PM me. =)

Thanks! :D I'll definitely take you up on that. :)