Tint a Picture?

[decerbodesign]

I'd like to have a series of black and white photos appear with a slight tint to blend with a background color used for facing pages.

With a picture box selected (grayscale picture in place), if I place a spot color in the fill box at 10%....it appears to slightly tint the photo to that color. Everything looks great on the PDF and on my low-end printer. But - I feel wary - will it print properly at the press?

(This will be a two color job - spot + black)

Thanks!

 

[jimoblak]

That is how you do it.

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[sub](Complain to someone else if it doesn't)[/sub]

 

[decerbodesign]

Thank you! Its scary to work in a bubble - love to hear that I guessed right!

 

[decerbodesign]

This technique had been working perfectly....but suddenly, the last time I printed...its no longer working. That is, the pictures are just coming through straight grayscale. it seems as though the tint only appears in the area of the pciture box that my picutre doesn't cover.

Do you have any idea why this is no longer working?

Or - is there another way I need to accomplish this? do I have to make Photoshop duotones? (I don't really know how to do that, so I'm a little nervous...)

 

[signal49]

You may be coloring the box instead of the picture. Make sure you use the open arrow when you select it.

 

[decerbodesign]

When I select the picture (using the open arrow), the Fill and Stroke boxes are set to none and all of the swatches are greyed out...so I can't select a color.

Is there a way around that?

 

[jimoblak]

Are you still really working with grayscale images?

- - I hope this helps - -
[sub](Complain to someone else if it doesn't)[/sub]

 

[decerbodesign]

Yes - they are definitely grayscale.