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Originally Posted by roguewave
Marco, I think this is a big improvement. After reviewing your workflow, can you explain what the Duotone did for you? Is this how you make your final contrast calibrations? Just trying to learn how you got here & why?
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The duotone is really just there to slightly warm the overall picture. Some photo's really pop with cool tones, but for these somewhat old fasioned shots I go for a little extra tone.
I use a VERY soft change and in fact it's not even a real duotone: I use two greys that are just a tad different. High Hue = 25 saturation 3% and shadows 55 with 3%. Really nothing. I think I could just as easily stick to one hue/saturation, ie 35/3% or something.
So basically I finish all DPP in PS and LR and as a last item is the duotone, followed by export.
The reason I do it in LR is that in PS I can't find that very soft change I'm looking for in PS.
Last but not least: I worked quite some time to get the frame color right. It's NOT white and adds to the warmth.
Marco