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Classic Tones

Below is a collection of classic photographic tones often produced in the darkroom. The set of tones may be downloaded as a Photoshop action. Here's a larger version of the picture.

Sepia #1	Sepia #2	Sepia #3
Selenium	Silver	Cyanotype
Platinum	Palladium	Silver Gelatin

To tone an image, first convert it to grayscale. You can use your favorite technique, or choose Image > Mode > Grayscale. Then convert back to RGB Color (Image > Mode > RGB Color). Then run the appropriate action to tone the image. If you're targeting a printer you may wish to introduce a layer with the following curve to depress pure whites so they appear off-white giving the effect of toned paper stock.

Modify Opacity to suit your taste. For example, Palladium at 50% is especially nice.