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# More of a technical regression, so not quite in challenge


(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 18:56, archived)
# That's not duotone
it's monochrome.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 18:58, archived)
# this^
(I helped save b3ta! Fitznicely into a thimble, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 19:00, archived)
# Doesn't duotone mean 'two shades'
and monochrome 'one colour'? If so, then it can easily be both.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 19:01, archived)
# Yes indeed.
Sadly this is one colour, but on a huge scale.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 19:04, archived)
#
I like it

So there (printed in duotone)
(I helped save b3ta! The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 19:09, archived)
# So do I.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 19:55, archived)
# I would have to dust off my old printing handbooks to be sure.
You may be correct, but I could not find the filter or adjustment that would let me make a DuoTone quickly in Photoshop, so I faked it.

Wiki agrees with me:
Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of a contrasty black halftone over a one color halftone. This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. The most common colors used are blue, yellow, browns and red.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duotone
and a more trustworthy site:
www.printernational.org/what-is-duotone.php
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 19:32, archived)
# So yours is not just purple then?
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 19:58, archived)
# Purple and Black
2 inks = DuoTone

but again, I faked it for this one ;-)

some more clues:
www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/duotones/index.html
following their guide:

is a Photoshop Duotone.
That mode was hidden in my menu... it only works if in Greyscale.
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 20:11, archived)
# Sounds more like an old record company/techology to me
"For your Listening Pleasure, this Recording is now available in Patented Duotone Stereoscopic Phonograph format, for the Gentleman who Demands Excellence in both Volume and Clarity."

Edit: I'd love to have a look at some of this stuff: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanotype
(I helped save b3ta! Tangy bzzzzzzzzt, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 20:04, archived)
# duo tone = black and purple printed on white
monochrome = black OR purple on white
(MrChimp previously Monsieur, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 20:38, archived)
# Hahah
Needs more Izzard!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Tue 29 Sep 2009, 20:05, archived)
# BBC of America (odd concept, and too many commercials) just played one of his stand-up shows.
Very good, even if it was bleeped a bit. I really like his skills at digression. Better than Robin Williams in his funny days.
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 3:59, archived)