{"id":528,"date":"2015-02-07T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixlrblog.wpengine.com\/?p=528"},"modified":"2015-02-07T20:58:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T20:58:11","slug":"pixlr-challenge-warm-sepia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixlr.com\/blog\/pixlr-challenge-warm-sepia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixlr Challenge: Warm Sepia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWho’s up for another photo challenge? We’ve been seriously enjoying seeing the things people made for our recent challenges. We want to keep the momentum going and offer up another opportunity to stretch your creative muscles. This time around, we want you to make\u00a0#warmsepia\u00a0photos.
\nWe’ve really been digging sepia lately. In ancient times, sepia described the ink from a cuttlefish, but its photographic history is less natural and more chemical. Photographers in the 1800s added sepia inks to warm up their stark black-and-white images and lengthen the age of their photographs. Of course, adding a sepia effect now is way easier than putting photos through baths of chemicals. It’s simply a matter of pushing a button.\u00a0Or two. Or four. Or ten. Using apps like Pixlr you can layer on lots of sepia effects, be they subtle or bold.\u00a0In Pixlr for desktop or mobile, you’ll find all kinds of options to get sepia toned images. Many of these are located in the “Effect” tile. The options get “older” looking with each pack: Default, Soft, Subtle, Unicolor, Too Old, Vintage. All of them contain options to turn your photos into sepia-toned masterpieces. A few tips:<\/p>\n