Adding Duotone Tinting to Images

Duotone tinting is where images use only two colors, such as two shades of blue. The images in our Bing_titlebar.psd file are perfect candidates for a duotone effect. Perform the following steps to add duotone to this image:

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   Select the Bing_titlebar.psd image. Merge all visible layers together by pressing Shift+Ctrl+E.
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   Create a new layer in this image. You can call this new layer duotone.
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   Double-click on the Foreground color. The Color Picker dialog box displays.
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   Enter an RGB color of 13, 31, 124, then press OK.
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   Select the Paint Bucket tool. Select the duotone layer, then click within your image. The entire image should fill with your blue color, as shown in figure below.
   
   
   
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   In the duotone layer, change the Blending Mode drop-down field from Normal to Color, as shown in figure below.
   
   
   
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   Notice your image now has a blue duotone tint to it, displayed in figure below. However, it looks a little dark. Let’s lighten it up a bit.
   
   
   
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   You can lessen the duotone effect by clicking on your first layer (not the duotone layer), and then selecting Image ▶Adjustments ▶Desaturate. This removes color from your image, resulting in a lightened effect, as shown in figure below.
   
   
   
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   We don’t need this entire image, though. First, merge all visible areas of this image by pressing Shift+Ctrl+E.
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    Select the Elliptical Marquee tool. In the options bar, change Feather to 50 px. Then, draw an elliptical selection around your image, as shown in figure below.
    
    
    
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    From the menu bar, choose Select ▶Inverse. Then hit the Delete key. Your screen should look like figure below.
    
    
    
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    Save your changes. We’re now ready to pull all our images onto a single web page.
    
    In this tutorial:
    

    1. Pulling a Web Page Together
    2. Defining the Web Page
    3. Adding a Water to your Images
    4. Adding a Duotone Tinting to Images
    5. Pulling your images together onto one web page
    6. Slicing your web images