Ageing A Photo in Photoshop CS3

coolv1994

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Hello all x10 members, today I'm going to show how to age a photo in Photoshop CS3. I am going to show you how to make this: into this: .
  1. Open the photo.
  2. Duplicate the the background layer.
  3. Hide the original background layer.
  4. Desaturate the new layer. (Image > Ajustment > Desaturate)
  5. Add some color. (Image > Ajustment > Hue/Saturation)
    • Click the colorize box and drag the sliders so it gets a golden/brown color.
    • Click OK to apply change.
  6. Add a fill layer with a RGB mix colse to R=155; G=65; B=14.
  7. Use the soft edge brush to give the corners a rough edge.
  8. Set the opacity to somewhere in the 30's.
  9. Select the background copy and add some noise. (Filter > Noise > Add Noise) Then check the monochromatic box to avoid changing the photo's color.
  10. Save and print you photo.
* You can download some more brushes from www.photoshopbrushes.com
 
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Nice tutorial.......
but i am looking for some reverse process..... just like i have an old photo and i want to make it look new.....
 

Soki

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Nice tutorial.......
but i am looking for some reverse process..... just like i have an old photo and i want to make it look new.....
I don't think that is possible unless you were to edit each pixel to the correct color.

Very nice tutorial. I use Photoimpact which seems to be alot easier at doing this.
 

diabolo

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you could use auto balance and auto contrast to restore some of it, I remember doing a project like this and to add in color I had to make a new layer and set it to color, and paint with the brush
 

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An easier way to adjust the colour would be to add an adjustment layer and play with the colour on that - this does the same as adding a new layer but simpler.

In addition, I believe that there is a sepia filter in PS CS3 which will do this job for you.

I like the rest though! :)
 

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Pretty cool, I'll try combining this with my vintage effect to make something nice for my friend :p
 

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Are the images still working? I only can see the first one. Please fix image links unless I am the only one having the problem..
 
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