Hand Tinting 02

I added an Adjustment Layer for Hue & saturation to give base tone of sepia (settings as below)

For the first ‘Hand-Tint' Layer I set the Foreground Colour to red and with a Brush set at around 10% Opacity, I began to build up the colour on the tractor body. I don't recall what colour it was originally but so far as I'm concerned all tractors are red – and if they're not, well they jolly well ought to be. Anyway, it's my picture -and that's the beauty of hand-tinting.

Above: Red hand-tint colour added on a layer above the pale sepia tone set by the Hue & Saturation Adjustment Layer

Here's the Layer Structure (below) to this point - It's becoming more complex

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Hand-Tinting continued.... Clive R. Haynes FRPS

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This worked example takes a monochrome image as the starting point. As the image is entirely shades of black to grey to white, the artistic and colour-based decisions are entirely yours. NB: Should you be opening an image that's ‘Grayscale' or has been converted to ‘Grayscale', then, immediately after opening it you must go to Image > Mode > RGB. Unless the monochrome image is a colour file (in this case RGB) you will not be able to hand-tint it. If the image is a portrait, landscape or a more nostalgic scene, or perhaps an old photo that's been copied from a family album, then the application of a gentle sepia tone can be very helpful. The sepia tone will form a warm base colour from which to begin. It's best to apply the sepia by an Adjustment Layer, tick the ‘Colorize' box and set the Hue to around 38 and the saturation to about 7 to 9. As it's an ‘Adjustment Layer', it can easily be edited to alter the hue and saturation. See below. I show the layer structure for the landscape image above as it progressively develops: Open the image file
I added an Adjustment Layer for Hue & saturation to give base tone of sepia (settings as below)



For the first ‘Hand-Tint' Layer I set the Foreground Colour to red and with a Brush set at around 10% Opacity, I began to build up the colour on the tractor body. I don't recall what colour it was originally but so far as I'm concerned all tractors are red – and if they're not, well they jolly well ought to be. Anyway, it's my picture -and that's the beauty of hand-tinting.




Above: Red hand-tint colour added on a layer above the pale sepia tone set by the Hue & Saturation Adjustment Layer

I added successive ‘New Layers' each set to ‘Colour' as the Blend Mode, one for each ‘colour-wash. It's a good idea to name each Layer with info as to colour and where necessary, the area image area covered. In this way should you need to delete a Layer or edit a Layer by using a 'Layer Mask' (the preferred method) it can be easily identified. The ‘Layer Stack' can become complex after a few layers are added.

Here's the completed image to this stage and for the method of ‘Hand-Ting' this is as far as you need to go. If you wish to see how I continued tom develop this image, please click the link below.



Here's the Layer Structure (below) to this point - It's becoming more complex



To continue ..... Click on the link below.....