Lab 03 Duotone Effect

Creating the Purpose Duotone Effect Duotones increase the tonal range of a grayscale image. ... Duotones are ideal for two‑color print jobs with a spot color (such as a PANTONE Color) used for accent. Because duotones use different color inks to reproduce different gray levels, they are treated in Photoshop as single-channel, 8‑bit, grayscale images.

Scenario You’re a designer wanting to pursue an artisitc direction for a future campaign. You’re to help educate and convey to a client what you can do with images using 1-4 colors on a job. You need to demonstrate the use of monotone, duotone, tritone, quadtone in a composition to show your client.

Instructions Using Spotify’s duotone effect ads as inspiration; create a series of posters that demonstrate each. In the pickup folder (labs>Duotone>Duotone assets) on the server select 4 images (or find 4 high quality royalty-free images on your own) and demonstrate, label what the technique you’re using. So you should have images one in monotone, duotone, tritone, and quadtone. Select the colors you want to use in the composition.

This lab is due at the end of class. Place all Specs FILE MANAGED FILES in dropoff folder with • In Illustrator OR InDesign the correct naming conventions. (Lastname_Firstname_Lab3.pdf) • 11x17 (full bleed) Crop photos as needed (4 pages) • San Serif / Slab Serif (reversed to white for maximum contrast) • Headline “Monotone(...) has ______colors.” • Can include shapes or designs for embellishment • Create a footer and Have your name in the lower left and have “GRDSN 142 - Print Production” in the lower right • Export High Quality PDF