Over the last few years, I have come up with a set of curves for use in Adobe Photoshop that mimic some of the darkroom print toning techniques. The above image is a simple photo that was converted to standard black and white in Photoshop using the channel mixer at 100% on the red channel.

This is the same photo with my Silver Gelatin curve applied on a curves adjustment layer. The curves adjustment layer can have an opacity modification to adjust the intensity of the color toning after the curve has been applied.

This is the same photo with my Silver curve applied…

This is the same photo with my Sepia curve applied…

This is the same photo with my Selenium curve applied…

This is the same photo with my Platinum curve applied…

And finally, the same photo wtih my Palladium curve applied…

If you want to try out these curves, CLICK HERE to download the ZIP file that contains the .acv files that you can use in Adobe Photoshop…

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