Vintage Photo Effect
Today I’m going to demonstrate a simple technique to giving any photo a vintage look and feel. This one’s a quickie. It should only take you a few minutes to complete, but the effect is quite nice on the right photo.
To start off with, we’ll of course need a photo. I grabbed this one from SXC.
Now hit Ctrl+A to select all of the image, Ctrl+C to copy it, and then Ctrl+V to paste it onto a new layer. Now, while we still have a copy of the image in the clipboard, open the Channels palette and click on the new channel icon. Hit Ctrl+V again to paste the image into it. It should appear as a B&W copy of the original image.
After we’re donen with that, we want to click on our duplicate photo layer again in the Layers palette and go to Filter – Blur – Lens Blur. Enter the following settings (click the thumbnail for a larger image).
Our new layer should now look like this.
Next go to Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Gradient Map. Select black to white as the gradient type and click OK. Lower the new layer’s opacity to 40%.
Now to soften the edges of the image. Create a new layer and fill it with a very pale yellow (#fdfcef) to simulate the look of aged paper. Now, using your rectangular selection tool, create a selection in the middle of the canvas, leaving about 15px between each side of the selection and the edge of the canvas. Hit Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection, enter an amount of 6, and then hit delete.
Finally, create one more new layer and fill it with white. Go to Filter – Noise – Add Noise. Set the amount to 10%, Distribution to Uniform, and check Monochrome. Click OK, then set the layer mode to Multiply.
There you have it– one vintage photo of a random small boy child. If you would like, you may also download the PSD file.
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