Creative Effects Challenge No. 201 - Create a Vintage Photo Effect
May 13, 2023 8:56:59 GMT
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Post by VickiD on May 13, 2023 8:56:59 GMT
In this tutorial, we will see how to go to the past and make your image age with a special vintage photo effect, using faded colors and film grain noise with scratchy texture to end up with a really convincing retro photo. Follow the tutorial below and take your image on a trip through the time machine!
--The next first step is to create a new document by going to File > New. A dialog box will open as follows. The settings are below:
Width: 4500 Pixels
Height: 3000 Pixels
Resolution: 300 Pixels/Inch
Color Mode: RGB Color 8 bit
Background Contents: White
--A properties box will open. In the box at the bottom, type in the following: bdaa73 (as below).
--Drag the image you want to work on onto the top of the layer stack from the Photo Bin (or File > Place if you haven’t opened it). Adjust the size to fit the background layer and select the placement you want.
--Desaturate the image by clicking Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Opt + U and lowering the Saturation slider to -100.
--Go to Enhance > Unsharp Mask and sharpen your image to your taste (I used 80).
--Go to Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise. Since you’ll be adding noise with the textures, it’s best to start with less noise in your image.
--With the IMAGE layer selected, go to the top of the Layers panel, click the icon of the circle in the square (my nickname for this one is the front-loading washer icon. LOL). This will create a layer mask.
--Open the file “Texture as Layer Mask”, then click Ctrl/Cmd + A (to select the entire texture), then Ctrl/Cmd + C. (This will copy the texture to your clipboard.)
--Then go back to the original image. In order to edit the layer mask click Alt on Windows/Opt on Macs…then click the layer mask. You can then paste the texture into the layer mask (Ctrl/Cmd + V). Then click on the image thumbnail on the layer to show the image again…with the textured layer mask applied.
--The next four steps will add the texture layers to the image. In order to do this, for each texture, create a new layer, then Copy the texture (Ctrl/Cmd + A; Ctrl/Cmd + C) and, back in your working file, on the first new layer, click Ctrl/Cmd + V. Start with Texture 1 and work your way up to Texture 4. The following steps will give you information about settings for the layers.
--Texture 1 - Change blend mode to Overlay and opacity to 85%.
--Texture 2 - Change blend mode to Overlay and opacity to 60%.
--Texture 3 - Change the blend mode to Lighten and opacity to 50%.
--Texture 4 - Change blend mode to Screen and opacity to 70%.
--Select all four Texture layers and click Ctrl/Cmd + G to place them into a group. (To select multiple consecutive layers, click the top layer you want to select, hold down the shift key, click on the bottom layer you want to select. Then proceed with placing them in the group.) Rename the Group “Texture”.
--Above the Texture Group, add a new Levels Adjustment Layer. Go to the top and click the Fill andAdjustment Layer icon (remember the Yin-Yang icon?) and select Levels. Adjust settings as follows:
Then move the sliders (or type in the numbers) on the output levels to 24 and 230.
--Next, create a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer and lower the Saturation to -65.
--I opened Effects (FX) at the bottom of the layer stack:
--At the top of the screen, I selected Classic and in the dropdown list, selected Monotone Color.
Then, I went back to the layer stack and changed the blend mode to Overlay.
--I went back to the Layer stack and turned the eyeball back on for the top layer. Then went to Effects again, selected Classic again only this time I used Sepia. I went back to the layer stack, changed the blend mode to Multiply and lowered the opacity of the Sepia layer to 40%.
Here's a shot of my Layer Stack:
Voila! Instant vintage photo!
IMAGE:
unsplash.com/photos/ULOwPNhbGKA
TEXTURES:
www.mediafire.com/file/j12gkczrwly8n35/Textures_Vintage+Effect.zip/file
Link to VIDEO used to create this tutorial…It’s geared to PhotoshopCC and had to be modified a LOT!
Below are the before and after images:
although this tutorial was geared toward portraits when I found it (at least in my mind), both you and Clive applied it to landscapes. That works really well. Your result makes me think of the Wizard of Oz--watch out Dorothy!!! Excellent result!
