Designing in Duotone in Photoshop

Monotone—one col­or, either black or a col­or stand­ing in for black—and duotone—two col­ors shar­ing what would have been black or one replac­ing black and one replac­ing white—never go out of style. They aren’t for every pho­to, every design, but monot­o­ne and duo­tone are time­less and always in fash­ion. They impart an ele­gance and sophis­ti­ca­tion to many images that often sur­pass­es the impact pos­si­ble with full-color.

In Designing in Duotone in Photoshop you will learn to design in monot­o­ne, duo­tone, tri­tone, and quad­tone to cre­ate stun­ning, styl­ish duotone-mode and duo­tone effect pho­tographs and graph­ics in Photoshop. Your images will real­ly stand out and cap­ture inter­est in a world that is typ­i­cal­ly full-color or only greyscale.

From pho­tog­ra­phy to print design to Web design to ebook design, duo­tone is an ele­gant, clas­sic design tech­nique that nev­er goes out of style, but is once again a hot design trend in all mediums.

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Course Contents

  1. Creating Monotone Images with Process and Spot Colors
  2. Converting Images to Duotone, Tritone, and Quadtone
  3. Adding Spot Channels for Duotone
  4. Adjusting Photographs for Great Duotone
  5. Using Gradient Maps for Duotone Effects
  6. Antiquing Photographs with Retro Sepia Tones
  7. Saving and Sharing Duotone Presets and Gradient Maps
  8. Combining Multiple Duotones in Designs