How can I match sepiatone of old photos?

Rather than re scan the old prints to remove the sepia tone, I would like to match another photo to that look. The original photo that I am trying to match was color but I converted it to grayscale and back to RGB color so I can add a sepia tone. However, I would like the photos to match as closely as possible. I scanned one of the other black and white photos in color but how do I extract the information to MATCH both photos?

Richard

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Rather than re scan the old prints to remove the sepia tone, I would like to match another photo to that look. The original photo that I am trying to match was color but I converted it to grayscale and back to RGB color so I can add a sepia tone. [...]

A good start is to take HELP and search for "matching colors". It directly addresses your question.

Richard wrote:

Rather than re scan the old prints to remove the sepia tone, I would like to match another photo to that look. The original photo that I am trying to match was color but I converted it to grayscale and back to RGB color so I can add a sepia tone. However, I would like the photos to match as closely as possible. I scanned one of the other black and white photos in color but how do I extract the information to MATCH both photos?

Richard

Two methods:

1) Use Image>Adjust>Hue>Sat, click on "Colorize", and set the Hue to about 40 degrees, or until it matches your original.

2) Use the eyedropper tool to sample an area from your sepia image, create a new layer in your image to be colored, fill it with your color, set the mode of the layer to color, and flatten the image.

Pick the method you like best, record it as an action, and assign it to a function key.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net