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How to achieve this FANTASTIC TONES ?


I'm no expert but this just looks like low contrast, what you might achieve by going into a levels adjustment and playing with output or tone curve in Camera Raw. I'm sure you'll get some more opinions on this, so don't go anywhere. :mrgreen:
 
You can get this effect by adjusting the contrast, adjusting the saturation and also playing with levels as Clare mentions. Obviously the effect will vary on the source image but open up Photoshop and start playing the with above adjustments.
 
I would recommend to make an action out of all adjustments that you have applied in order to get your desired toning, and save it for later for if you will edit selection of photos this way you'll have them all uniformly adjusted.
 
I'd play with the curves until I have a low contrast, maybe then play with a few blending modes & opacitys (softlight on low opacity maybe?). Lower the over-all saturation (slightly) and finish it with a warm photo-filter. (The photo filter will make the photograph)

Hope this helped,

All the best.
 
Yep, this seems like a simple sepia tones, but, like Dom tells, it's a combination of blending modes starting with a low contrast (high dinamic) image.

I think also there is a "gradient map" level with a particular gradient. I must build a gradient that insert brown in shadows and cream in midtones!
 
New layer with a white filled layer then adjust the settings to fit your requirements.
 
Marco Matteucci said:
Yep, this seems like a simple sepia tones
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This is not sepia tone; a warming photo filter may add sepia-like qualities but does not create a sepia toned photograph. OK, correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe it is called sepia tone by some to add a sepia filter which gives characteristics of sepia toning. I accept that it gives characteristics. Is this just a technical distinction?
 
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When I did couple pictures like that, I used mainly Camera Raw. Open up your pictures in Adobe Bridge and then open them in Camera Raw. I suggest to watch some tutorials if you have never used Camera Raw before. Youtube might be good place to find these tutorials.
 
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