Interesting technique... I typically use gradient maps (Image > Adjustments > Gradient Map) for this kind of effect (starting @ step 3), but this seems like it could be a quicker way to do it in some cases.
We moved the Print button to the bottom of the page, center column.
However, the results you'll see when you click the Print button are different from the previous Print button results. We've heard from a lot of readers that they'd prefer a version with only the article text and images. Is that true for you, too?
I liked having just the text and images print. It's kind of waste of my color ink to print all the advertising. (I suspect your advertisers would disagree!) Thanks.
Submitted by Janet Buntz on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 05:49.
When I clicked the print button at the end of the article what I got was the full pages - complete with banners, menus and advertising. Is there no longer a 'print version' available or has that just not been implemented yet with the new design of your website? I make PDFs of interesting articles for future reference. It saves on ink. Even so, it is still nice to be able to preserve an article only version - without all the banners. Also, the 'log' button to sign in at the end of the article has the word Log overprinted twice. Just an observation.
Submitted by lovetheson on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 04:00.
This isnt really a duotone. A duotone uses two inks. If you start with an RGB file the result will still be RGB, fine for the web but not a press. If you start with a CMYK file you will end up with a 'duotone' that still needs 4 inks. It's not too hard to convert to grayscale, select image/mode/duotone and pick two ink colors.
Yes, Terri, please restore the old style "Print Page" feature, which reformatted the page with a more print-friendly font & cleaned off most of those ads.
Especially in the new design, the amount & animated intrusiveness of the ads is obnoxious - bad enough to see them on the web page, but the idea of printing them, too - well, that's just too much!
Submitted by jwlimages on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 09:20.
Of course 'purpl' is right. This is not a duotone, but an RGB file, and it looks to be simulating a silkscreen effect more than a printed duotone.
It's as if another Photoshop Tip has been written by a computer guy, who's great at, e.g., how to do "liquid metal type" effects for web pages, but has zero experience with offset printing.
…end rant>
;-)
Submitted by jwlimages on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 09:28.
8 years member and I find better organization but also find the actual articles are getting lost with all the ads. It's too much going on with all the animation, color and shapes. I want just the articles!
However, I do miss the "old" Print command. I have saved most of your articles and refer back to them, but now I don't want to save all this advertising as well. Please bring back the print article feature again.
Submitted by Renate_101 on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 09:14.
This interesting technique inspired me to write an PS action to simplify the process.
If you like this 2-color effect -- and it has its place -- IMO the result of this action is pretty nifty. The unflattened layer stack enables one many opportunities to tweak settings and experiment.
For example one can:
* Fine tune the effect rendered by a Threshold adjustment layer
* Choose different colors (as many times as you like) for the black or white areas
* Switch (invert) the black/white areas
* Color combinations: Black + color, White + color, 2-colors or Black and White
* Invert (as opposed to switch) the selected colors
* Shift the hue of both colors
Send an e-mail to PhotoshopActions at yahoo dot com if you would like to try it.
Submitted by dannyraphael on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 08:24.
I wish you would not republish articles without stating that your are doing so. This (How to change color photos into duotones) has already been published not that long ago. It's a waste of time for your readers and makes one wonder if you have anything new to say.
Cheers,
bripht
Just to be clear, we don't republish articles -- that is, we don't change the publish dates and pass off articles as something new. But in the daily newsletters that go out on Tuesdays, I do feature articles that ran about 6 months prior, and sometimes I also include that 6-month-old article in the next weekly newsletter.
We find that people who missed the article the first time around are happy to find it on the second go.
"jwlimages": Actually, I do have some experience in printing, for example, when I worked in the production department at a newspaper back when CMYK was used there (as opposed to more digital processes now), as well as other various newspapers and when I was managing editor at two international graphic design magazines, although I was in editorial then and didn't have much experience with the printing. BUT yes this is not a duotone as far as printing, but duotone as in "two tones." I didn't mean to confuse you.
Submitted by ChadNeuman on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 07:53.
what happened with these instructions? how to do colorize the background - not the same process as colorizing the foreground with the threshold adjustment. i went over and over it and even tried a couple inverse selections to get the background colored. now i'm way curious!
Interesting technique... I
Interesting technique... I typically use gradient maps (Image > Adjustments > Gradient Map) for this kind of effect (starting @ step 3), but this seems like it could be a quicker way to do it in some cases.
new site design
I miss the option to select a print version of an article. Have I just been overlooking it or is it gone for good?
Thanks! That was really
Thanks! That was really helpful!
Re: printing
Hi LT,
We moved the Print button to the bottom of the page, center column.
However, the results you'll see when you click the Print button are different from the previous Print button results. We've heard from a lot of readers that they'd prefer a version with only the article text and images. Is that true for you, too?
Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com
Printing
I liked having just the text and images print. It's kind of waste of my color ink to print all the advertising. (I suspect your advertisers would disagree!) Thanks.
print version without advertising?
When I clicked the print button at the end of the article what I got was the full pages - complete with banners, menus and advertising. Is there no longer a 'print version' available or has that just not been implemented yet with the new design of your website? I make PDFs of interesting articles for future reference. It saves on ink. Even so, it is still nice to be able to preserve an article only version - without all the banners. Also, the 'log' button to sign in at the end of the article has the word Log overprinted twice. Just an observation.
The new site looks good
I forgot to add this to my previous comment - the site looks good. Nice changes.
duotone article
This isnt really a duotone. A duotone uses two inks. If you start with an RGB file the result will still be RGB, fine for the web but not a press. If you start with a CMYK file you will end up with a 'duotone' that still needs 4 inks. It's not too hard to convert to grayscale, select image/mode/duotone and pick two ink colors.
Printing
Yes, Terri, please restore the old style "Print Page" feature, which reformatted the page with a more print-friendly font & cleaned off most of those ads.
Especially in the new design, the amount & animated intrusiveness of the ads is obnoxious - bad enough to see them on the web page, but the idea of printing them, too - well, that's just too much!
duotone
Of course 'purpl' is right. This is not a duotone, but an RGB file, and it looks to be simulating a silkscreen effect more than a printed duotone.
…end rant>
;-)
The site design
8 years member and I find better organization but also find the actual articles are getting lost with all the ads. It's too much going on with all the animation, color and shapes. I want just the articles!
Printer-friendly version without ads is coming
Hi all,
We've heard your requests for printer-friendly versions that don't include ads and are working on that now.
Look for it soon!
Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com
interesting article
However, I do miss the "old" Print command. I have saved most of your articles and refer back to them, but now I don't want to save all this advertising as well. Please bring back the print article feature again.
Photoshop action = faster, easier, more flexible
This interesting technique inspired me to write an PS action to simplify the process.
If you like this 2-color effect -- and it has its place -- IMO the result of this action is pretty nifty. The unflattened layer stack enables one many opportunities to tweak settings and experiment.
For example one can:
* Fine tune the effect rendered by a Threshold adjustment layer
* Choose different colors (as many times as you like) for the black or white areas
* Switch (invert) the black/white areas
* Color combinations: Black + color, White + color, 2-colors or Black and White
* Invert (as opposed to switch) the selected colors
* Shift the hue of both colors
Send an e-mail to PhotoshopActions at yahoo dot com if you would like to try it.
Photoshop how-to articles
I wish you would not republish articles without stating that your are doing so. This (How to change color photos into duotones) has already been published not that long ago. It's a waste of time for your readers and makes one wonder if you have anything new to say.
Cheers,
bripht
Regarding "republishing" articles
Thanks for the feedback, bripht.
Just to be clear, we don't republish articles -- that is, we don't change the publish dates and pass off articles as something new. But in the daily newsletters that go out on Tuesdays, I do feature articles that ran about 6 months prior, and sometimes I also include that 6-month-old article in the next weekly newsletter.
We find that people who missed the article the first time around are happy to find it on the second go.
Regards,
Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com
printing and duotones
"jwlimages": Actually, I do have some experience in printing, for example, when I worked in the production department at a newspaper back when CMYK was used there (as opposed to more digital processes now), as well as other various newspapers and when I was managing editor at two international graphic design magazines, although I was in editorial then and didn't have much experience with the printing. BUT yes this is not a duotone as far as printing, but duotone as in "two tones." I didn't mean to confuse you.
missing a step
what happened with these instructions? how to do colorize the background - not the same process as colorizing the foreground with the threshold adjustment. i went over and over it and even tried a couple inverse selections to get the background colored. now i'm way curious!
what's wrong with
what's wrong with Image>Mode>Duotone...?