Duotone in Photoshop vs. color in InDesign

Hi all! It's been literally years since I've done a 2-color project, so I'm not sure of the best course of action. I have a 2-color invitation I'm designing. They want black and a pantone color. There are two background images that are Photoshop files.
It's it better to make the photoshop image a duotone? Or should I just make it grayscale, import it into InDesign... and color it with the Pantone color from the swatch palette?
Thanks!
julie

That will work.
But you can have more control with Photoshop if you need it -
http://layersmagazine.com/spot-color-from-photoshop-to-indesign.html
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS9FD745D8-B3A1-4f3f-B6EA-15AF41749D34a.htm l

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