Camera Raw Split Toning

Locate Split Toning Dialog

It is optional to do a split toning to a color image, but for this tutorial we've started out with were we left off after doing a grayscale conversion in Camera Raw. Locate the Split Toning tab about 4 tabs down to the right from the basic tab and click on it.

Hue in Highlights

Now the first thing you do is adjust your Hue under the Highlights section in order to pick a color that you would like to use for your highlights. In this image, we've chosen a brownish/red color for our highlights.

Hue in Shadows

Now in the Shadows section, we adjust our Hue for the shadows. A typical way of doing this for Split Toning is to use a color that is about opposite of the color that you're using for the Highlights. So we've chosen a blueish color for our shadows.

Saturation Sliders

Now you can bump up the Saturation sliders all the way to the right for both the Highlights and Shadows sections. As you can see, you get a interesting effect which can be kind of cool for various things. You can also adjust your Hue's for each section now that you know how the color will look on this image.

Balance

Now for a more traditional Split Toning effect, we've bumped the Saturations down for each section and adjusted them according to how we saw fit. Play around with your image and see what works best for it. Also feel free to adjust the Balance slider at this point to see how it effects the image. Dragging it to the left will bring in more of the color in the Shadows, and dragging it to the right will do the opposite and make your Highlight colors a bit stronger.

*End Tutorial*