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1) EXPLANATION AND EXAMPLES OF SPLIT TONING
2) VIDEO TUTORIAL (6:07)
3) USING THE COLOR GRADING PANEL IN LIGHTROOM CLASSIC TO CREATE SPLIT TONED IMAGES
4) PROJECT 5: SPLIT TONING
1) EXPLANATION AND EXAMPLES OF SPLIT TONING
Toning is the adding of a colour to a black and white image.
Split toning is the adding of colours to either the highlights or shadows of an image (or both). These can be similar or different colours.
EXAMPLE:
This is a rather extreme example, but it shows a clear difference from the original black and white.
EXAMPLE:
Mr. Burns took this shot in New York City. The split toning effect is much more subtle here. After viewing the tutorial videos, come back to these images and read the notes below about what edits were made.
Before
After
Edits made in this image:
- Highlights decreased, shadows increased
- White and black point established, black level lowered slightly from there
- Clarity added
- Sharpening added
- Grain added
- Image turned Black and White using HSL/Colour/B&W panel
- Lens correction enabled (to improve the unnatural "curving" lines of the skyscrapers
- Black Vignette added
- Split Toning: Highlights: Hue 50, Saturation 36; Shadows: Hue 230, Saturation 15
EXAMPLE:
Here are some common hues used in split toning. Sometimes the intent is to produce an antique or vintage look; other times it's to "warm" or "cool" an image.
2) VIDEO TUTORIAL (6:07)
Additional hint: If you hold Alt while moving around the Hue sliders in the Split Toning panel, you'll see a preview of what that colour would look like at 100% saturation. This is useful for previewing and trying out colours.
Click HERE for a good article and tutorial on more easy split-toning methods in Lightroom.
3) USING THE COLOR GRADING PANEL IN LIGHTROOM CLASSIC TO CREATE SPLIT TONED IMAGES
In recent updates, the Split Toning panel in Lightroom has been replaced by the Color Grading panel. This was to make the tool align more closely to other software like Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Fear not! Everything still works, it just looks different. Let's take a look:
Step 1: Open your image in Lightroom, make it black & white, and edit as needed.
Step 2: Open the Color Grading panel
Let's take a second to explore the Color Grading panel.
By default, the shadows/midtones/highlights all appear on the same screen. To change the hue of one of these, drag the little centre circle towards the colour that you want. To change the saturation of the colour, drag the little circle further from the middle and closer to the edge.
Step 3: Adjust the color grading of the shadows, highlights, and/or midtones until you get the result you want! This is just one example of how this could look.
Here's a different look. Definitely gives off a different feel, doesn't it?
Note that when you float your cursor over shadows, midtones, or highlights, the Hue and Saturation values (H, S) appear.
You can also adjust Blending and Balance to change how much of each tone you see in the mix and how they are separated.
To reset the values to 0, just Alt-click on a tone.
4) PROJECT: SPLIT TONING
You will use split toning to artistic effect in TWO different images for this assignment. You do NOT need to provide "before/after" versions.
* Please take new images for this project.
You can either create one duotone images (i.e. only the shadows are tinted) and one split-tone images (where both highlights AND shadows are tinted), OR you can just make them all split-tone images.
You also have the option to tint your highlights and shadows similarly or differently. Look around for examples. Try to make each shot different.
Subject possibilities include:
- Landscapes
- Cars
- Architecture
- Portraits (all poses, not just formal)
- Close-ups (props available in photography studio and art room...ask your teacher)
You can shoot indoors or outdoors, although some of your most interesting subjects are probably outside.
TO HAND IN:
Please upload two pairs of before/after images to Classroom.
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