How to get Sepia Tone using Hue/Saturation in Photoshop CS6(Non-Destructive)

Sepia tone means giving a brownish color to the image.It gives a somewhat antique look to the image.There are  various ways of getting Sepia tone on an image.Here we shall discuss the method that is non destructive which means that the method does not make any changes to the image.Photoshop uses a separate Hue/Saturation layer to apply the adjustments.

                                                         Before                                After1) Opening the image in the Photoshop window

Open the colored image in Photoshop CS6 by using the menu File > Open or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + O.This will open a dialog box.Select the image by clicking on its name and click on Open button.



















2) Selecting the Hue/Saturation... option

After we see the image in Photoshop window we need to open the Hue /Saturation  properties window.For this we need to select the  Hue/Saturation option.There are two ways of selecting the  Hue/Saturation option.

a) Select menu Layer > New Adjustment Layer >  Hue/Saturation... 

We can see a dialog box asking the name of the new adjustment layer.By default Photoshop names it  Hue/Saturation 1.If we want we can type in any other name say Sepia Effect or we can leave it as  Hue/Saturation 1.Click on OK button after naming the layer.
                                           

b) The other way to get the  Hue/Saturation option is by clicking on the Create new fill or adjustment layer icon (half colored circle) in the bottom of the layers panel and selecting  Hue/Saturation... option.

4) Hue/Saturation Properties panel

Now we can see a  Hue/Saturation Properties panel with sliders for Hue,Saturation and Lightness.

a)First we have to check on the Colorize option in the Hue/Saturation Properties Panel.

b)Then we need to drag the Hue slider towards the left to a value somewhere between 25 to 32.
    We observe that the color of the image has become somewhat brownish.

c)Then drag the saturation slider towards the left till saturation value reaches somewhere around 31.

d)We may not change the lightness value.

Experiment with the Hue and Saturation values a bit and see which of the values give the best look on the image.

To hide the Hue/Saturation Properties panel click on the double pointing arrow on the top right of the properties panel.To exit out of the Hue/Saturation Properties panel click on the cross mark on the top right corner of the properties panel or click on the down pointing arrow at the top right corner of the properties panel and select close.

We can see a new layer with a thumbnail (rectangle divided into two parts and the upper half of the rectangle divided into three parts)added just above the image layer in the layers panel on the right side of the photoshop window.
                                               

5)Saving the image

After we are satisfied with the adjustments we will save the image by selecting the menu File > Save or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S.This will open a dialog box where we can write the name of the image.After typing a name click on Save button.