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A split tone image of one of the rock formations at Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Split ToningOne of the great things for me about digital photography is that I can explore all those clever tools and techniques found in digital photographic software such as Lightroom, The Gimp, and the Nik suite, including the remarkable Silver Efex Pro. If anyone does not know of these software packages, then simply Google or Bing the names and follow the scores of links that show up. Almost all photographers will have one of more such suite of editing tools that they use to process their raw images and to help post them to sites such as here on DeviantArt. However, editing software can contain tools that are rarely used and that are a bit difficult to understand. One such is the Split Toning tool found in Lightroom and other packages such as Topaz Textures and, as I have discovered, Nik's Silver Efex Pro. This journal explores the technique of split toning technically and presents some examples for aesthetic comment.
We should really start by looking at basic toning of a photograph. Her

Description
A split tone image of one of the rock formations at Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Split ToningOne of the great things for me about digital photography is that I can explore all those clever tools and techniques found in digital photographic software such as Lightroom, The Gimp, and the Nik suite, including the remarkable Silver Efex Pro. If anyone does not know of these software packages, then simply Google or Bing the names and follow the scores of links that show up. Almost all photographers will have one of more such suite of editing tools that they use to process their raw images and to help post them to sites such as here on DeviantArt. However, editing software can contain tools that are rarely used and that are a bit difficult to understand. One such is the Split Toning tool found in Lightroom and other packages such as Topaz Textures and, as I have discovered, Nik's Silver Efex Pro. This journal explores the technique of split toning technically and presents some examples for aesthetic comment.
We should really start by looking at basic toning of a photograph. Her