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Saturday, 21 January 2006

Make a new photo look old

This tutorial with guide you through how to make a new photo look old:

rapide old
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1.

Open up an image. I am using this picture of the new Aston Martin Rapide

rapide

Right click here and select Save Target As for full size version.

2.

Press CTRL + U and use these settings:

hue saturation

3.

Press CTRL + L or go to Image » Adjustments » Levels and play around with the settings to get your desired effect. These are the settings I used:

levels

For the Output Levels its important to move it out of the white as it gives it more of an old photo feel with more grey tones.

4.

Create a new layer and select the foreground as #656565 and set the background to #000000

5.Go to Filter » Render » Clouds
6.Then go to Filter » Blur » Gauissian Blur and set to 20-30px
7.

Set the opacity of the layer to 40-50% then you are complete.

rapide old 
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