Sepia Shootout!

[480sparky]

Let's do something a bit different..... Let's have a Sepia Shootout!

The challenge: We all start with the same image, and you apply your own sepia conversion to it. Here's a thumbnail:

You can download the SOOC, full-rez file here.
(You don't need to sign up, just click on the Download button!)


Simple rules: Do your own sepia conversion. But it must be sepia, not duotone, b&w or split-tone. Sepia. And please post your software and steps so others can learn!

 

[480sparky]

OK, I guess I'll start off with mine:

I used G'MIC, which is not part of the off-the-shelf GIMP.

Once installed, it's Filters > G'MIC > Colors > B&W Recolorize. I then select 8 tones, which are:

Tone 1: #030200
Tone 2: #1B0F05
Tone 3: #452A0D
Tone 4: #6A3E13
Tone 5: #8B6641
Tone 6: #B59E86
Tone 7: #DDD2C6
Tone 8: #F1EEE9

Gamma was set to 0.75, Contrast 1.31, Brightness 0. Once the script had been applied, I desaturated the colors to -31.


I find most one-step sepia processed to be too yellow or red. I used an actual, 100+-year-old image to base my 8 tones off of.

 

[sm4him]

Cool challenge! I've never really tried to do a sepia processing, OTHER than the quick one-step sepia conversions (and I haven't done many of those, maybe three).
I love the look of sepia though. It'll be interesting to see if some others chime in with their own contribution.

 

[thebeav]

Done with standard phone app Android. Sepia>contrast

 

[Designer]

Aperture3

 

[480sparky]

I find the one-click sepia options too yellow or red.

 

[480sparky]

I find the one-click sepia options too yellow or red.

Like everything in life, it's all a matter of personal taste!
A lot of people will like a yellowish twist, a lot of people will love the real and actual brownish tint and a lot of people will love a more warm reddish tone.....so many people, so many flavours.

And thus this thread.... to show off the different characteristics of various processes.

 

[ronlane]

Sparky, I'm in but I'll have to wait until I get home to download and process the file.

 

[manny212]

Untitled by manny herreria, on Flickr


I'll play ! LOL

 

[480sparky]

I'll play ! LOL

And your process?

 

[manny212]

I'll play ! LOL

And your process?

Sparky , I must admit I don't do Sepia all that much , ran your jpg through LR , then Silver ex pro 2 .

Silver ex has a sepia preset that I didn't like all that much , instead I opted for a yellowed preset then tweaked some sliders around a bit . Yea pretty much one click stuff on my part . : )

 

[ronlane]

I took mine into LR and didn't like what I was doing there, so I took it to PS. There I did a LAB curves adjustment that I learned and then I took it to MacPhun Tonality Pro and used one of the presets and then had to tweak the tones a little bit. Then I lowered the opacity of that layer to 85%, so you get a hint of the natural brown of the wood coming through.

 

[manny212]

I took mine into LR and didn't like what I was doing there, so I took it to PS. There I did a LAB curves adjustment that I learned and then I took it to MacPhun Tonality Pro and used one of the presets and then had to tweak the tones a little bit. Then I lowered the opacity of that layer to 85%, so you get a hint of the natural brown of the wood coming through.

Dang Ron, English pls. Hahaha. Goes to show exactly how much I don't know. Lol.

 

[Designer]

Same here, Manny. I just use the "sepia" tool in my software. LOL

I see the point about it being too yellow. Aperture doesn't have all those "things" that 480sparky used.

 

[manny212]

Same here, Manny. I just use the "sepia" tool in my software. LOL

I see the point about it being too yellow. Aperture doesn't have all those "things" that 480sparky used.

Designer, haha!! I'm a one click wonder!!! Hahahaha!!!