Reply To: Using grayscale photo images for cmyk output

March 20, 2012 at 5:24 am #61835

Keymaster

I agree with Jongware, but I add that it is far, far better (quality) to open the grayscale image in Photoshop, convert to Mode > Duotone, and use the tools there to add the color as a duotone. See the pdf excerpt from my old (but still relevant, in this case) book:

Excerpted from Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3 by David Blatner and Bruce Fraser

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