making it sepia

hey guys, this mite seem a stupid question, but i was wandering how coulld i make things sepia? i have no idea! thanks for any help!!

 

Hue/Sat adjusment layer, click colorize, put the hue around 40 (give or take a few), and the sat around 20 (give or take).

 

What about if you wanna make it look old? with scratches and such?

 

wow, that works great!! dead easy! thanks matt!! :thumbsup:

 

That's right about where I set mine, I love the look/color it gives.

 

Arty, just grab a paint brush, preferably a unique one, and paint your scratches on duplicate of your original layer. Fade the opacity. Or just make a print and step on it a few dozen times, then scan it back in

 

Some of the things we do for our art...

Don't forget to set a coffee mug on it to get the circular coffee stain.

 

Wow that doesn't work for me at all, even if I mess w/ it. Mine come out green. lol. I'll have to spend more time playing w/ it. What does the hue do exactly anyway? I can see the color dial changing but can't figure out what it's doing.

 

Jess, are you checking "colorize" ? in the hue/sat dialogue? I bet not.

 

The original instructions given said to use a hue/sat adjustment layer, but the only place I have an option to click "colorize" is by using the hue/sat option under image>adjustments.

Perhaps Jess has encountered the same obstacle with the adjustment layer, and needs to use the image>adjustments>hue/saturation dialog box (Ctrl/Cmd+U).

 

First of all, what version(s) of photoshop are you all using? I'm using 7.0, and the same instructions will work for 6 I believe, and also for CS for sure.

There is a colorize box no matter how you get to hue/sat. Older versions of PS don't have adjustment layers, so your only option would be ctrl-U, or image/adjustments/hue-sat. The adjustment layer is exactly the same as going through the menu, only it creates the effect on its' own layer, so it can be edited repeatedly.

 

I am using 7.0 as well.
If I use Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Hue/Sat, I don't get a little box to click for "colorize." I can only find that little box in Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation.
I was just offering an observation that might help those who cannot seem to make it work in a new adjustment layer. That's all.


~Audrey