Timeless Scene
Uploaded: August 25, 2004
Nancy Grace Chen August 25, 2004
In reply to a question I got, here's how I created the vintage photo effect for "Timeless Scene."1. Converted the photo to sepia by going to Image > Adjust > Hue/Saturation. Click on "Colorize," and adjust the sepia hue to your liking.
2. Create some texture by going to Filter > Texture > Texturizer. Choose "Canvas," Light Direction: Left, and play around with the Scaling and Relief.
3. Add film grain by going to Filter > Artistic > Film Grain. This helps enhance the vintage effect.
4. Create vignetting (the darkened corners and edges) by selecting the Elliptical Marquee tool. (Click and hold down the Rectangular Selection tool, and it should be one of the choices.) Enter in 10 pixels in the "Feather" box (you want the transition to be gradual, not abrupt). Draw a large oval on your pic. Then go to Select > Inverse. Now you've selected everything except the oval. Go to Image > Adjust > Curves and pull the middle of the curve down to darken the outside edges.
5. Use the paint or airbrush tool to color in black on the very edges, making sort of a messy frame.
You'll probably have to play with each of these a lot to get it just right. Please feel free to email me with any questions!
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Dan Holm August 26, 2004
EXCELLENT, Nancy! You really create a moody sense of place, here! It really does have a timeless quality to it! Glad to see this shot here! ... #735280Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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