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How to get a monochromatic color wash effect ?

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LawrenceT
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:11 pm
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Folks, any hints on how to get a monochromatic color was effect in an
image.. where the image has a primary color and almost all other components
of the image are a variation of that color.. and usually one or two other
colors in minor components of the image.. a good example of the effect can
be found in the Kohler ad campaign and specifically in the image of lady
with the red hair flying the plane with a green wash effect.. here's a link
to the image (from Mark Holthusen) and it can also be found on the inside
back cover of February's Vanity Fair...

http://www.us.kohler.com/craftsmanship/magazine.jsp?id=www.kohler.com/margauxfaucet/

I've attempted to get the effect using a color fill layer and adjusting the
blend if slides but no luck so far...

Many thanks to all for your help
Larry
 
tacit
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:03 am
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In article <477f57bb$0$9135$607ed4bc@cv.net>,
"LawrenceT" <lawrencet@optonline.net> wrote:

Quote:
Folks, any hints on how to get a monochromatic color was effect in an
image.. where the image has a primary color and almost all other components
of the image are a variation of that color.. and usually one or two other
colors in minor components of the image.. a good example of the effect can
be found in the Kohler ad campaign and specifically in the image of lady
with the red hair flying the plane with a green wash effect.. here's a link
to the image (from Mark Holthusen) and it can also be found on the inside
back cover of February's Vanity Fair...

http://www.us.kohler.com/craftsmanship/magazine.jsp?id=www.kohler.com/margauxf
aucet/

What you're looking at there is the result of highly professional studio
lighting, outstanding photography, and the result of a great deal of
professional image retouching. If even one of those elements is missing,
you won't get that effect.

You can create a wash of color very easily, simply by selecting a color
witht he Eyedropper tool and using the Edit->Fill command in Color mode,
or by filling a layer with color and then putting the layer in Color
mode. Varying the opacity of the fill or the layer will mute the effect.

Other colors can be made to stand out more by selectively enhancing
their saturation, or by compositing them on different levels. However,
the effect you're after, as shown in these images, is not something you
can sit down and do by taking a snapshot and then doing step 1, step 2,
step 3.

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KatWoman
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:25 am
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"LawrenceT" <lawrencet@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:477f57bb$0$9135$607ed4bc@cv.net...
Quote:
Folks, any hints on how to get a monochromatic color was effect in an
image.. where the image has a primary color and almost all other
components of the image are a variation of that color.. and usually one
or two other colors in minor components of the image.. a good example of
the effect can be found in the Kohler ad campaign and specifically in the
image of lady with the red hair flying the plane with a green wash
effect.. here's a link to the image (from Mark Holthusen) and it can also
be found on the inside back cover of February's Vanity Fair...

http://www.us.kohler.com/craftsmanship/magazine.jsp?id=www.kohler.com/margauxfaucet/

I've attempted to get the effect using a color fill layer and adjusting
the blend if slides but no luck so far...

Many thanks to all for your help
Larry

have not tested this but off the top
have made similar ideas like this

make an adjustment layer
Hue /sat ...tick colorize ....choose a sepia tone color
or solid color layer in tan/brown/greenish shade

go to layer modes box dropdown
try screen or overlay
you can also try as suggested vary opacity of that layer too
you can use a mask on it to let more color show through in hair eyes etc
 
 
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