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42 Manipulating Images
To create the sepia look, we will be adding a semi-transparent color
layer above the photo.
q Choose New… from the Layers menu. In the dialog, call the new
layer “Sepia” and set its Opacity to 40. Click OK and you’ll see the
new layer’s name appear on the Layer Manager tab (although the
image won’t look any different).
q Using the Color tab, set the foreground color to be an orange hue
(suggested values: R=255, G=166, B=0).
q Select the Flood Fill tool and click on the image to fill the
active layer (“Sepia”) with the foreground color. (The next chapter
will look at fills in more detail.)
The last step is to add a simple frame.
q On the Color tab, define black as the background color, either by
right-clicking in the spectrum or clicking the background swatch
and setting its RGB value to “0,0,0.”
q Choose Canvas Size... from the Image menu.
Add 40 to each value shown in the Width and
Height boxes. Click the center Anchor point so
that the existing image will be centered with
respect to the edge pixels being added. Click OK.
The result? A black border around the sepia-toned photo. If the results
don’t look quite right to you, feel free to retrace your steps using Undo,
and try new toning values, transparency, or canvas adjustments.