The dramatic Split Toning effect can be an ideal alternative to black and white. Split toning creates a multicolor toning effect where the shadows and highlights are of two different colors. It works well with portraits and not so well with landscapes. First convert the image to black and white by adding a Black & [...]

Split Toning effect comes from the days of film and it involves tinting the highlights in a black and white image one color and the shadows another color. The best results are where you use opposite colors for each, such as yellow and blue, green and magenta and so on.