Photoshop Vintage Effect

June 29, 2008 · Print This Article

This photoshop vintage effect tutorial will explain how to add colour to your images.

This effect is great when you want to add a more interesting look to your plain black and white images. Depending on the image you are trying this on you can tweak it to suit your images. This also works on coloured images, although it depends on the colours and if it’s not quite right, you can alter the effect simply by changing the opacity, fill and channel mixer (continue to read for more info).

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Photoshop Vintage Effect - The Steps

With this effect I was working on the idea of creating colour to a black and white image… without doing some kind of colourization - however, this should also work with coloured images too.

Firstly, download this gradient. Save it somewhere easy to remember and then go into Photoshop…

Now go -> Layers -> New Layer Fill -> Gradient -> Load… search for the gradient you just downloaded and then press OK

Locate your layers pallet and then the drop down menu which says “Normal” - change that to “Lighten”… and just to the right of it change the opacity to 78% and close to that change the fill to 77%

Now go -> Layers -> New Adjustment Layers 0> Channel Mixer - and change your settings so they match mine: here & here. Once that’s done click OK.

Aaannddd you’re done. I hope this tutorial was helpful and made sense - if you do have any questions regarding this photoshop vintage effect then feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll do our best to help you.