How do I get this effect?

[lduvall]

I've seen this effect used frequently so I'm hoping that it's fairly easy!
I'm just trying to set an image so that it's one color and have certain parts of it transparent so that it blends into the background and becomes two-toned.

Any help would be greatly appreciated-I've been noodling around PS CS6 forever to no avail.

 

[IamSam]

Not sure if this is what your looking for, but this is just a Gradient Map adjustment layer above the original. I added a pattern overlay layer style to generate the texture.



These are the colors of the gradient map sampled from your example.

 

[lduvall]

Awesome, this was exactly what I was trying to do! Thank you so much You saved me from ripping out my hair haha.

 

[Paul]

Please come back and show us your efforts.

 

[IamSam]

Your welcome. I did make some minor changes to my post.

 

[zoe20]

Awesome IamSam here's my attempt i followed ur tutorial awesome .Thanks a ton .

PS:I added a light pattern on it



PSD :

View attachment zoe_gmap.psd