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June 28, 2019
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How to apply 'Two Tone' in Premiere

  • June 28, 2019
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I'm curious how to, if possible, apply a two tone visual effect in Premiere Pro. To clarify: not monochrome or black and white, two-tone

Example: Two Tone Example - Album on Imgur

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Correct answer Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew

There's a bunch of ways you can achieve this effect, basically you need to limit your output to only 2 colors. Posterize will limit the number of output colors so if you sandwich a tint effect between two posterize effects set to 2 and then add your final tint effect with your desired colors, you now have only two colors to work with.

Now to change which colors fall under each, you can add any sort of Brightness / Contrast effect before the Posterize in order to adjust which light range falls under which color.

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rodneyb56060189
Legend
June 28, 2019

It's really called 'duo tone' .. which history goes back to 2 color offset printing press process. Instead of CMYK it is 2 tones ( usually black and orange ).

Sooooo, make your timeline Black and White ( dump color info ).

Now go to your lumetri controls and use that thing to 'pick or sample' color ( black and white tones) and do what you can to adjust ranges of that stuff ( similar to resolve 'qualifier' tool ) and then adjust HUE for that …

I don't have your cc version and it would be stupid to demonstrate using resolve.. but it's the same basic idea...

YOU have to decide what those 2 tones are.. in old fashioned photography ( black and white printed as duotone ) usually was black and orange casts.

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rodneyb56060189
Legend
June 28, 2019

sample of duotone that went to press to make a book .. this is front cover I did...

unfortunately it is horrible quality.. the original is way better... but you get the general idea... supposed to look like old photo ( inset ).

It was in fact a b&w photo that required tons of psd touchup ( creases in paper print and scratches etc. )...

saved as duotone. Orange and black.

look at butch Cassidy and sundance kid movie stills and it's the same thing...

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew
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Justin Taylor-Hyper BrewCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 28, 2019

There's a bunch of ways you can achieve this effect, basically you need to limit your output to only 2 colors. Posterize will limit the number of output colors so if you sandwich a tint effect between two posterize effects set to 2 and then add your final tint effect with your desired colors, you now have only two colors to work with.

Now to change which colors fall under each, you can add any sort of Brightness / Contrast effect before the Posterize in order to adjust which light range falls under which color.

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