Achieve a warm sepia look. In one sense, color photography predated black-and-white photography by a number of years. Early photographic processes like the daguerreotype all had sepia or bluish tinges to them. It took a while before truly color-neutral black-and-white photography became possible. We still equate sepia toning with old-timey photography. Who hasn’t donned Civil War attire to pose for a family portrait reproduced in rich browns and light tans? While in modern times it’s been necessary to use special toning solutions in the darkroom to achieve a warm sepia look, Photoshop can do the same thing with very little trouble. Just follow these steps.

1. Start with a black-and-white image.

2. Convert the image to color using Image > Mode > RGB Color.

3. Choose Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, or press Ctrl/Command + U to produce the Hue/Saturation dialog box.

4. Click the Colorize button, and then move the Hue slider to the 20 position for a sepia tone, or any other position on the scale for a blue, green, or yellow tone, as you prefer.

5. Move the Saturation slider to enrich or mute the tone. Click on OK to apply the toning effect.

6. Use Photoshop’s Brightness/Contrast controls to give the image a somewhat washed-out, old-timey look if you like. The finished photo should look like this.