Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

CREATE A SPLIT TONE in Camera Raw for a special effect
Creating split tone effects in the traditional darkroom
was difficult and labor-intensive. With Camera Raw,
you can easily create a split tone look, in which a
different color is applied to the shadows and
highlights. You can also visually add or remove tones
while previewing the image.
This feature of Camera Raw lets you associate hue
and saturation with the lightest colors separately from
the hue and saturation values associated with the
darkest colors in the image. You can then adjust the
Balance slider to emphasize the tone of the highlights
or the tone of the shadow areas.
Because you create the split tone in Camera Raw, the
alteration to the image is completely nondestructive.
The original image always remains intact. You can
reopen Camera Raw to change the color or saturation
amounts at any time to adjust the effect.
You can apply a split tone to either a grayscale or a
color image; however, the toning is often most
effective on a grayscale photo with high contrasts.
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1 Open an image in Camera Raw.
2 Make any adjustments as in the
previous tasks.
3 Click the Split Toning tab.
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The Split Toning pane appears.
4 Click and drag the Highlights
Saturation slider to 100.
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5 Click and drag the Highlights Hue
slider to select the color for the
highlights.
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