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Adjusting Split Tone

Split toning is a powerful technique originating in film photography to tint the highlights and shadows.

The Split Tone tool gives you creative control over the Hue and Saturation of your highlights and shadows. Use the sliders to adjust the balance of tones in the highlights and shadows of your photos. Split toning allows you to add a creative element to RAW conversion and non-destructive editing in ACDSee.

You can save your settings as a preset for future use.

To Adjust Highlights and Shadows:

  1. In Edit mode, under the Color group, select Split Tone.
  2. Drag the sliders to apply colored highlights and shadows as described in the table below.

You can right-click a slider to reset to the default value.

Adjustment Options

Highlights

Hue

Drag the slider to the right to select a highlight color.

Saturation

Drag the slider to the right to increase saturation of the specified color in the highlights of the image.

Shadows

Hue

Drag the slider to the right to select a shadow color.

Saturation

Drag the slider to the right to increase saturation of the specified color in the shadows of the image.

Balance

Drag the slider to the right to emphasize the highlight color; drag the slider to the left to emphasize the shadow color. For example if the slider is set to the maximum at 50, then full emphasis is applied to the highlight color; if the slider is set to the minimum -50, then full emphasis is applied to the shadow color.

Create a sepia tone effect by first reducing the saturation of your photo with the Advanced Color tool and then applying a reddish brown hue with the Split Tone tool. Or create a monochromatic black and white photo with a slight tint of hue.

You can use the Edit Brush to paint this effect onto specific areas of your image.

You can use the Gradient Tool to transition this effect across specific areas of your image.

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