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Many older images are obviously going to be in black and white, but in some cases,
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you might want to add a color element to those photos.
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For example, in this case, I feel that the image of the Washington Monument just
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doesn't quite look like an old image. Sure it's in black and white and it's a
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little bit faded but I think adding a Sepia Tone effect might help to bring out
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the fact that this is a relatively old photo.
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In this case, the image is a black and white photo, and so it's also in the Gray
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Scale mode. If I go to the Image menu, and then
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choose mode, you'll see that Gray Scale is checked.
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And I can't add color to a gray scale image.
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So, my first step is going to be to convert this image to the RGB color mode.
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So I'll choose Image > mode > RGB Color from the menu.
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And this image, even though it doesn't actually contain any color information,
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is now a color photo. There are a variety of ways that you
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could add color information to an image, but I generally use the Tint option that
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is found with the Black and White Adjustment layer.
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So, on the Layers panel I'll click on the Add Adjustment Layer button at the bottom
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of the panel. And then I'll choose Black and White from
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the pop up menu. Adjusting the various sliders will have
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absolutely no affect, because those sliders operate based on color
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information in the original and there isn't any.
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But I can add a tint very easily. Simply by turning on the Tint check box.
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You'll see right away that I have a default color that gives a sepia tone
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effect, and that makes the image look a little bit older, all by itself.
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Of course, I can change the color if I'd like to.
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I'll go ahead and click on the color swatch associated with the Tint check box.
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And that will bring up the Color Picker. I'll move that Color Picker dialog out of
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the way so that we can see the image a little bit better.
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And then I can adjust the values for Hue Saturation and Brightness in order to
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change the color for the photo. I'll start off with Hue selected, so that
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I can use this vertical slider in order to choose a particular color.
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I can then use the larger gradient to adjust the overall saturation on the left
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to right axis and brightness on the up and down axis.
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In this way, I could choose any color of the rainbow.
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I want to start off though with more of a sepia tone effect.
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And so I'll bring that hue down to somewhere around 42 degrees.
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And then I can adjust the overall saturation, again moving to the right to
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increase saturation or the left to decrease saturation.
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In this case, I'll use a relatively low saturation level and maybe I'll darken
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the color just a little bit so that we get a little more density to the color there.
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But that looks to be a pretty good effect, sort of a creamy sepia tone.
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But as you can see, I could choose any color that I'd like.
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In most cases, obviously, you'll want to use a relatively muted color.
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You don't want too much saturation. And you won't generally want a color that
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really stands out as being an obvious color.
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Rather, when adding color to an older image we're usually just trying to add a
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little bit of a subtle mood to the image. In this case, trying to add a sense of
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age, but I could also use other colors for different purposes.
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I'm happy with this color though. So, I'll go ahead and click the OK button
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and I'm all finished with that adjustment.
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Simply using the Tint check box in the Black and White adjustment, in order to
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add a color tint to an existing black and white image.