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Old Photo Effect

Here is a quick and simple way to turn your photo into an old photo.

First of all, open up the photo you want to edit. Make sure to make up a backup copy of your original before working on it.

Here is what i'll be working with.

First, lets turn the photo in black and white, go to Image » Adjustments » desaturate.

Then apply some brightness/contrast to it, giving the image that over-exposed look. so go to:
Image » Adjustments » Brightness and Contrast. I set 20 for brightness, and +30 for contrast. You may need to adjust this slightly on your image though.


Now add some grains to the photo to give it the old look. Go to Filter » Artistic » Film Grain.
Now, for these settings, you can adjust it according to your taste, I set mine at:
Grain: 3, Highlight Area: 2, Intensity: 4

Next, add some of those old/brown look that you see on all the old photos, so create a NEW LAYER, and fill it with: #8A681B, now set its Blending mode to: Soft Light

That's it, Enjoy :)

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User Comments

kulwant Nov/21/2009 22:57height of patheticness..Beat the sucker
SHIRLEY Nov/12/2009 06:40I DON'T REALLY GET THIS .PEOPLE! $H!R13Y***********
kleg13 Sep/09/2009 10:32I hope that you did save a backup of the original image. If not sorry. How terrible
Photoshop Photo Effect tutorials Aug/05/2009 02:09that looking very nice to new image to old looking effects
name Jul/31/2009 09:37CRAP !!!
jay Jul/9/09 14:23this is not perfect plz try it again
Worthless Jul/2/09 10:33Does this really look like an old photo? Have you looked at any old photographs recently? I am pissed off that I have just wasted 30 seconds reading this rubbish, and another 30 seconds commenting. If you are a nine year old kid, then sorry, nice try, keep trying, but if you are a grown-up publishing this worthless stuff...
Xman99 Jun/14/09 01:46niice. :D
XRumerTest May/4/09 14:48Hello. And Bye.
XRumerTest May/4/09 08:01Hello. And Bye.
Raghu Apr/17/09 03:52Wonderful and easy-to-learn. You are the best! Please do not bother about the criticism.
nayan Feb/28/09 04:47very very good....thanks
jane balilo Jan/16/09 17:22good!
Anonymous Jan/4/09 16:45Thanks for this!
Hanz Dec/15/08 18:06 BEAUTIFUL MASTER
$h!t Dec/3/08 06:39wtf... usuck
lame Dec/1/08 03:05lame
komal Oct/29/08 23:15best tutorial,thanks for teach us.
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tanveer Sep/22/08 08:04good
splendergo Aug/11/08 19:22simple lang nga pag edit kadali obrahon....
qwqw223 Jul/21/08 18:48fuck you and your tutorial
Bizudz Jun/24/08 21:31This tutorial sucks ass!
Vicki Jun/12/08 06:32WTF
necati Jun/11/08 23:29salak mısın sen?
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