A few layers and simple filter can make a difference!

[jgomez65]

Sometimes you can get surprising results just by adding a couple of layers with textures and a single pass of a filter in PS. More on how I did it after the pictures....

Original:


Final Result:


The first step was to crop the picture.

Second I duplicated the original layer, and faded the picture on the second layer by desaturaring it a little bid and moving the lightness bar to the right.

Third I added two layers of textures with 60% & 35% opacity.

Finally I selected everything around her body then went to Filter, Blur, Box Blur and selected 100%

That's it!


By the way, if you are interested in playing with textures, you can get tons of free (under creative commons license) in Flickr.

[inquiries]

Great effect, gives a vintage feel!

[Eduardo]

amazing !.

[barladeanca]

and this is what came out of it:




After:


Thank you for sharing your technique!

Andreea

[MSidPhoto]

hehe.. nice work you made it look like an oldie...

[windrider86]

What a difference a couple of layers make. Thank you for sharing!!

[jgomez65]

Originally Posted by barladeanca

and this is what came out of it:




After:


Thank you for sharing your technique!

Andreea

I like it! I would blur the background a little bid more to see how it looks.
Great job!