Help with editing an image like The National album art

[pter86]

Hello,


I was hoping somebody could advise me on how to create a similar effect to the duotone images from the new National album Sleep Well Beast.

I would like to create a similar blue toned image like the one attached. Any advice appreciated.

Thank you 

   

[Kevin]

You could have a look at an old episode of Meet The Gimp, where Rolf showed how to make a split-toned image: https://meetthegimp.org/episode-039-diff...ar-future/

Or a later episode for an improved method of toning:
https://meetthegimp.org/episode-106-colours-and-values/

[rich2005]

Well worth looking at the meet-the-gimp videos.

You might get close using standard Gimp tools.

1. Open image, desaturate it. Colours -> Desaturate The luminosity option usually the best. screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/TDfi9hp.jpg

2. Add a layer and fill it with blue. Set the layer mode to Screen https://i.imgur.com/yUd8y6o.jpg

3. Create a new layer from the previous: Layer -> New from Visible. Apply the Newsprint filter to that Filters -> Distort -> Newsprint. Adjust the settings to suit. https://i.imgur.com/JDC1LEf.jpg

Different era, looks like this, should have used a smaller cell size, but the general idea:

[pter86]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the quick replies. Great community here.