: How can I achieve colour overlay effect in PS? I am trying to achieve the color overlay effect on a image. I have tried Gradient Map, black and white, a new layer with fill color and reduced

@Kimberly620

My process may yield a more defined image than you might be looking for, but it is quick and simple if it helps at all!

Step 1) Create a new Layer Adjustment over your image (next to the folder icon on your layers window), pick the solid color option, pick a dark grey/blue color, and set the layer blending mode to color.

Step 2) Make the same layer from step 1, but instead of changing the blending mode, just lower the opacity to somewhere around 80%. Mine was set at 83%.

This allows you to play with the colors and add your own effects without destroying your original picture, cheers!

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@Alves566

I created the following using Duotone.





Image > Mode > Greyscale (you image first needs to be monotone before you can play with Duotone



Image > Mode > Duotone



Select your darkest tone you want to see and name "the ink", copy and paste your colour value as you will need it later



Add a Levels layer, you adjust you "white" so that it becomes a much darker tone. Adjust until your lightest tone is as dark as you want



Add a colour fill layer over everything and use the blending mode overlay, adjust the opacity until you are happy



Image > Mode > RGB

When prompted to flatten, do so otherwise the colours change



You are done!

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@Ravi4787994

It's actually really quick to make something like this.

Open the file, Duplicate the layer so you have the original to fall back on.
Create a layer underneath the image and fill it with black.
Desaturate your image (Ctrl + Shift + U).
Create a blank layer above and add a gradient that you want. I did the same colour as your example.
Set the gradient layer to around 80% opacity.
Set your image layer to around 50% opacity.

Done!

Hope this helps,

R

My example:

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@Jennifer810

I have achieved the effect of the above image using Gradient map and adjusting the Levels and Exposure.




[![Exposure][3]][3]

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@Megan533

Those are certainly options above, but I would think the "Colorize" option would be the easiest first step!

Quick Steps:


Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation
Check the Colorize box, and play around with the settings!
From there, if you need to do any other settings (low opacity color overlay, blurs, contrast changes, etc. etc), go for it.


Here are a few quick screenshots to demonstrate:
(p.s. I used a random image I do not own to demonstrate - I'm sorry!)

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@Gretchen549

Try the various blend modes found here: helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/blending-modes.html
Also, make sure your image has the proper contrast levels so any blend modes you use (e.g. Overlay) will display the best result.

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