Ageing A Photo in Photoshop CS3

[coolv1994]

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

[tittat]

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]

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]

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

[Jesse]

Wow thanks for the tutorial buddy.

[sunils]

Thanks for the tutorial. A nice one to try out.

[freecrm]

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!

[kkenny]

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

[Soki]

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..