Duotone using Lightroom 2

[Robert S.]

Can you duotone a 16 bit photo in lightroom 2? I don't currently own the program, I'm trying to decide between it and cs3 since the prices are similar. I mainly shoot b&w in raw, does lightroom fulfill most of your creative editing needs?

 

[DonRicklin]

Welcome, Robert. Yes, it does duotones to raws. I suggest you download a 3' day trial of the latest version from Adobe at Lightroom 2.1. You can see for you self!

If you then have further questions, comeback and ask away!

Don

 

[Richard Earney]

Well it is not strictly a Duotone (a la Photoshop). It is called Split Tone.

Essentially the file is still color (and is indeed unchanged) it has a Greyscale recipe attached and then color to the shadows and highlights.

And yes try out the demo!