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Delicious Duotones

Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode

You've seen the photo effect everywhere, but perhaps couldn't call it by name: The original color has been drained from the photo, and replaced by a dramatic blue-ish, yellow-ish, green-ish, or purple-ish color cast. This is called a duotone, and it's been a favorite of Photoshoppers for years.

In the full-blown version of Photoshop there's a specific command for this effect; however I'm here to tell you that it's easily recreated in Elements. Oh yes, dear grasshopper; let me show thee how :)

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Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements
Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2 Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Retouching People
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Burn baby burn!
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2 Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Ordering business cards online Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
Classic Colorizing Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Digital Plastic Surgery
Photo Spotlight Mysteries of Unsharp Mask
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Fade to White
Holiday Cards How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Blur Baby Blur!
The Skinny on Scanning How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words
Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4 Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
How to design business cards in Photoshop Fire It Up!

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