Old Photo Effect Tutorial
June 29, 2008
This Old Photo Effect Tutorial will explain how to alter your images and add more interest to it.
This old effect helps in many ways. Improving your knowledge of Photoshop, learning new things and this exact effect is extremely useful when you have boring images that need sprucing up.
Once you know how to do this you’ll end up tweaking it to suit your image, and discover new things in Photoshop.
This tutorial was added on April 8th 2008
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Old Photo Effect Tutorial - The Steps
- Firstly, duplicate your layer. -> Layer -> Duplicate Layer or the handy shortcut CTRL/Control + J
- Now go, Filter -> Other -> High Pass -> change your current setting to 10 and then go to your layers pallet, find the drop down menu which currently says “Normal”, change that to “Softlight
- Next go, -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… a little box will appear, change the drop down menu from “Normal” to “Softlight” and press OK - then another box will appear, change the colour code to this one: 74b1a
- Now go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Gradient… when the first box appears, change the mode/drop down menu (which displays “Normal”) to “Overlay” then press OK. Take a look at this screenshot change your settings so they match mine. Don’t worry about the actual gradient bit at first. Once you’ve changed all the settings then click on the gradient strip, another box will appear, change the first gradient color to FF7200 and then the second to 000000
- This time go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Gradient… when the first box appears, change the mode/drop down menu (which displays “Normal”) to “Overlay” then press OK. Take a look at this screenshot change your settings so they match mine. Don’t worry about the actual gradient bit at first. Once you’ve changed all the settings then click on the gradient strip, another box will appear, change the first gradient color to 000000 and then the second to FFFFFF
- Next go, -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… a little box will appear, change the drop down menu from “Normal” to “Softlight” and press OK - then another box will appear, change the colour code to this one: b17487
- And again go… -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… a little box will appear, change the drop down menu from “Normal” to “Color Burn”, then find the opacity, change that to 18% and press OK - then another box will appear, change the colour code to this one: f8f77a
- Once more… -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… a little box will appear, change the drop down menu from “Normal” to “Screen”, then find the opacity, change that to 40% and press OK - then another box will appear, change the colour code to this one: 00ffb4
- Lastly… -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… a little box will appear, change the drop down menu from “Normal” to “Overlay”, then find the opacity, change that to 40% and press OK - then another box will appear, change the colour code to this one: FF0084
- Anddd….. you’re done! I hope this tutorial was helpful, however if it was a little confusing and you’d like some help then feel free to leave a comment below regarding this Old Photo Effect Tutorial.
Enhanced Color Tutorial
June 29, 2008
This Enhanced Color Tutorial will explain how to alter your images and add more interest to it.
This color effect helps in many ways. Improving your knowledge of Photoshop, learning new things and this exact effect is extremely useful when you have boring images that need sprucing up.
Once you know how to do this you’ll end up tweaking it to suit your image, and discover new things in Photoshop.
This tutorial was added early in 2008
Feel free to request something similar to this enhanced color tutorial.
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Enhanced Color Tutorial - The Steps
- I suggest downloading the same image I’m using, only it’ll be bigger than the previews above. You need to download the image without any effects… so download this.
- Start off by going into the toolbar at the top in Photoshop and select LAYER, then select NEW ADJUSTMENT LAYER, then select BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST… a little box should come up asking you to name the layer (note this box might not come up & it might take you straight to the brightness/contrast settings), just click OK. Then set the brightness to +48, leave the contrast set to 0. Click OK.You should notice that your images brightness has now changed slightly.
- Now go into Photoshop and go upto the toolbar again and select LAYER, then select NEW FILL LAYER, then select SOLID COLOR… Like on the last step, a little box might pop up asking you to name the layer, just click OK (note that the box might not pop up for everyone - if it doesn’t, just carry on with the steps)… fill the color with 5E88BC. Look at mine! Now once that’s done, go to your layers pallet and select the TOP layer and then find the drop down menu which displays “Normal”. Change ‘normal’ to ‘lighten’.
- Next you need to download a texture, so download this. Then open that up in Photoshop, copy it by using the following shortcut CTRL/Command + C then click on the image you’ve been adding effects to and paste it CTRL/Command + V. (using your keys on your keyboard again) Then find your layers pallet and select the TOP layer and then find the drop down menu which displays “Normal”. Change ‘normal’ to ‘overlay’.
- This step is very similar to the one above - download this. Then open that up in Photoshop, copy it by using the following shortcut CTRL/Command + C then click on the image you’ve been adding effects to and paste it CTRL/Command + V. (using your keys on your keyboard again) Then find your layers pallet and select the TOP layer and then find the drop down menu which displays “Normal”. Change ‘normal’ to ‘lighten’.
- Aaannddd you’re done. I hope this tutorial was helpful and made sense - if you do have any questions regarding this Enhanced Color Tutorial then feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll do our best to help you.
Vintage Effect Tutorial
June 29, 2008
This Vintage Effect Tutorial will explain how to alter your images and add more interest to it.
This effect helps in many ways. Improving your knowledge of Photoshop, learning new things and this exact effect is extremely useful when you have boring images that need sprucing up.
Once you know how to do this you’ll end up tweaking it to suit your image, and discover new things in Photoshop.
Feel free to request something similar to this vintage effect tutorial.
Before (first image) & After (second image):
Vintage Effect Tutorial - The Steps
- For this tutorial I would suggest you use the image I have used - download it!
- Assuming you’ve downloaded the image I’ve used I’m going to ask you to open it in Photoshop and continue read…
- Firstly make sure you have your “Layers” section - Look at mine! If you don’t have it then press F7 on your keyboard - or go -> Window -> Layers (Window can be located along the top of your computer, along side File & Edit - make sure you are in Photoshop though)
- Assuming you have Layers, I want you to look at it closely and hopefully you’ll see three miniature tabs: Layers, Channels, Paths - Photoshp automatically has it set to Layers - Please click ‘Channels’.You should now see this - once you’ve got the same as I have, please click on the one called blue and then select all (Mac users: Command/Apple + A Window users: CTRL + A) - you should see little running ants/dotted lines going around the image. Once you’ve got that, please copy the image - (Mac users: Command/Apple + C Window users: CTRL + C)
- Once you’ve copied the image then please press CTRL/Command + D - you’ll notice the running ants/dotted lines have disappeared. Then please click on the very top layer in your Layers section - the one that’s coloured - You’ll notice your image has gone back into colour - Your layers will look like this.
- Now you need to look at your layers section and click Layers - once you’re on layers, please paste what you copied a minute ago - CTRL/Command + V - You should now have two layers (like mine), one coloured and another black & white - assuming you do, please merge your layers - to do that go ->Layers -> Merge Visible - once that’s done you’ll be left with one layer.
- Now for the easy part… go -> Layers -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Layer - firstly a little box should appear, like this - change your mode from Normal to Multiply and Opacity from 100% to 26% - like mine.Once you’ve pressed OK another box will appear asking for a colour - enter FDDA39 and press OK - you’ll notice a new layer has appeared.
- Now we have to do the same all over again… go -> Layers -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Layer - in the little box that appears change the mode to Softlight and Opacity to 22% - then when the colour box appears add the colour FFABE8
- And that’s it. With the two coloured layers you can always lower or raise the opacity to give it a different feel.
- Aaannddd you’re done. I hope this tutorial was helpful and made sense - if you do have any questions regarding this Vintage Effect Tutorial then feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll do our best to help you.
Antique Effect Tutorial
June 29, 2008
This Antique Effect Tutorial will explain how to alter your images and add more interest to it.
This effect helps in many ways. Improving your knowledge of Photoshop, learning new things and this exact effect is extremely useful when you have boring images that need sprucing up.
Once you know how to do this you’ll end up tweaking it to suit your image, and discover new things in Photoshop.
Feel free to request something similar to this antique effect tutorial.
Before (first image) & After (second image):
Antique Effect Tutorial - The Steps
- For this tutorial I would suggest you use the image I have used - download it!
- Assuming you’ve downloaded the image I’ve used I’m going to ask you to open it in Photoshop and continue read…
- Firstly make sure you have your “Layers” section -
Look at mine! If you don’t have it then press F7 on your keyboard - or go -> Window -> Layers (Window can be located along the top of your computer, along side File & Edit - make sure you are in Photoshop though)
- Assuming you have Layers, I want you to look at it closely and hopefully you’ll see three miniature tabs: Layers, Channels, Paths - Photoshp automatically has it set to Layers - Please click ‘Channels’.You should now see this - once you’ve got the same as I have, please click on the one called green and then select all (Mac users: Command/Apple + A Window users: CTRL + A) - you should see little running ants/dotted lines going around the image.Once you’ve got that, please copy the image - (Mac users: Command/Apple + C Window users: CTRL + C)
- Once you’ve copied the image then please press CTRL/Command + D - you’ll notice the running ants/dotted lines have disappeared.Then please click on the very top layer in your Layers section - the one that’s coloured - You’ll notice your image has gone back into colour - Your layers will look like this.
- Now you need to look at your layers section and click Layers - once you’re on layers, please paste what you copied a minute ago - CTRL/Command + V - You should now have two layers (like mine), one coloured and another black & white - assuming you do, please merge your layers - to do that go ->Layers -> Merge Visible - once that’s done you’ll be left with one layer.
- Now for the easy part… go -> Layers -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Layer - firstly a little box should appear, like this - change your mode from Normal to Multiply and Opacity from 100% to 26% - like mine.
Once you’ve pressed OK another box will appear asking for a colour - enter FDDA39 and press OK - you’ll notice a new layer has appeared.
- Now we have to do the same all over again… go -> Layers -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Layer - in the little box that appears change the mode to Softlight and Opacity to 22% - then when the colour box appears add the colour FFABE8
- And that’s it. With the two coloured layers you can always lower or raise the opacity to give it a different feel.
- Aaannddd you’re done. I hope this tutorial was helpful and made sense - if you do have any questions regarding this Antique Effect Tutorial then feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll do our best to help you.
Aged Effect Tutorial
June 29, 2008
This Aged Effect Tutorial will explain how to alter your images and add more interest to it.
This effect helps in many ways. Improving your knowledge of Photoshop, learning new things and this exact effect is extremely useful when you have boring images that need sprucing up.
Once you know how to do this you’ll end up tweaking it to suit your image, and discover new things in Photoshop.
Feel free to request something similar to this aged effect tutorial.
Before (first image) & After (second image):
Aged Effect Tutorial - The Steps
- For this tutorial I would suggest you use the image I have used - download it!
- Assuming you’ve downloaded the image I’ve used I’m going to ask you to open it in Photoshop and continue read…
- Firstly make sure you have your “Layers” section - Look at mine! If you don’t have it then press F7 on your keyboard - or go -> Window -> Layers (Window can be located along the top of your computer, along side File & Edit - make sure you are in Photoshop though)
- Assuming you have Layers, I want you to look at it closely and hopefully you’ll see three miniature tabs: Layers, Channels, Paths - Photoshp automatically has it set to Layers - Please click ‘Channels’.You should now see this - once you’ve got the same as I have, please click on the one called red and then select all (Mac users: Command/Apple + A Window users: CTRL + A) - you should see little running ants/dotted lines going around the image. Once you’ve got that, please copy the image - (Mac users: Command/Apple + C Window users: CTRL + C)
- Once you’ve copied the image then please press CTRL/Command + D - you’ll notice the running ants/dotted lines have disappeared.Then please click on the very top layer in your Layers section - the one that’s coloured - You’ll notice your image has gone back into colour - Your layers will look like this.
- Once you’ve copied the image then please press CTRL/Command + D - you’ll notice the running ants/dotted lines have disappeared.Then please click on the very top layer in your Layers section - the one that’s coloured - You’ll notice your image has gone back into colour - Your layers will look like this.
- Now you need to look at your layers section and click Layers - once you’re on layers, please paste what you copied a minute ago - CTRL/Command + V - You should now have two layers (like mine), one coloured and another black & white - assuming you do, please merge your layers - to do that go ->Layers -> Merge Visible - once that’s done you’ll be left with one layer.
- Now for the easy part… go -> Layers -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Layer - firstly a little box should appear, like this - change your mode from Normal to Multiply and Opacity from 100% to 26% - like mine.Once you’ve pressed OK another box will appear asking for a colour - enter FDDA39 and press OK - you’ll notice a new layer has appeared.
- Now we have to do the same all over again… go -> Layers -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Layer - in the little box that appears change the mode to Softlight and Opacity to 22% - then when the colour box appears add the colour FFABE8
- And that’s it. With the two coloured layers you can always lower or raise the opacity to give it a different feel.
- Aaannddd you’re done. I hope this tutorial was helpful and made sense - if you do have any questions regarding this Aged Effect Tutorial then feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll do our best to help you.
Brighter Colours in Photoshop
June 29, 2008
This Brighter Colours in Photoshop Tutorial will show you another way of adding a different colour to your image.
In this tutorial I use a lot of layer adjustment tools - they’re great when you want to alter and tweak your images colous, lightening, colouring, all sorts of things - hopefully by following this you’ll become more comfortable with the layer adjustment tools and end up tweaking my settings to suit your own images.
The only thing with layer adjustment tools is that some settings work on images and then on others they need altering - it’s very annoying at times and yet wonderful when you get it right as the image turns out even more beautiful!
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Brighter Colours in Photoshop Tutorial - The Steps
- First of all, open a image in Photoshop - then go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Channel Mixer - change your settings to match my own and then press OK
- Now download this curves file and then go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Curves -> Load -> Locate your newly downloaded file -> press OK -> OK again
- Now go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Color Balance - change your settings so that they match my own.
- Again go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Color Balance - change your settings so that they match my own.
- Now go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears change the Opacity to 17% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Overlay" - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to ec43be - then press OK
- Again go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears change the Opacity to 26% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Overlay" - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to 8292c6 - then press OK
- Now go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Levels - when the box appears, at the top you’ll see input levels - change the first to 0 then the second to 0.84 and then the third to 246 - then just below the black and white graph you should see Output levels make sure the first is set to 0 and the second to 255 - don’t close the box yet.
- At the very top of the box you’ll see a drop down menu displaying "RGB", change it to "Red", and then at the top you’ll see input levels - change the first to 0 then the second to 0.74 and then the third to 255 - then just below the black and white graph you should see Output levels make sure the first is set to 0 and the second to 255 - don’t close the box yet.
- Now, change the drop down menu from "Red" to "Green", and then at the top you’ll see input levels - change the first to 0 then the second to 1.44 and then the third to 255 - then just below the black and white graph you should see Output levels make sure the first is set to 0 and the second to 255 - don’t close the box yet.
- This time change the drop down menu from "Green" to "Blue", and then at the top you’ll see input levels - change the first to 69 then the second to 2.50 and then the third to 252 - then just below the black and white graph you should see Output levels make sure the first is set to 0 and the second to 255 - NOW CLOSE THE BOX!
- Now download this selective colouring file and then go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Selective Color -> Load -> Locate your newly downloaded file -> press OK -> OK again
- Phew. That’s it - the last file, the selective colour may make a diference to your image and it may not… if it doesn’t come out quite how you want it to, just play with the settings, you’ll be amazed what happens! If you have any questions regarding this Brighter Colours in Photoshop Tutorial then just drop me a line in the below comment box. I’ll happily reply.
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