Antique Your Digital Images

[maverick]

here's my share...

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after

[Goat Boy]

I don't have the original anymore.

[Patty]

I'm new here and LOVE this forum! SO much to learn and so many great ideas from you all!
Anyway, I don’t have Photo Shop so I didn't do this pic step by step with the instructions but tried using bits and pieces of the tutorial. I guess I got a little carried away because I was having too much fun. I think I will improve with practice and some criticism.
I think this will be a great way to make the not so great pics useable and also make the good pics look even better.
I took a bunch of photos at a Cival War reinactment and antiqueing them will make them look so much better! THANKS for the tips and ideas! Please excuse my spelling! I have NO spell check on here. YIKES!


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[Kpclark1959]

That's awesome Patty!

[stevenw]

Thanks for the great antiquing tutorial. It was really helpful.

Here's a photo I antiqued of myself. The original was taken by self-timer on a movie set here in Shanghai, where I play a WWII British soldier. It's too bad the set is not in this photo -- it is the same "old 1930s Shanghai" that was created for Spielburg's "Empire of the Sun". It is used often today for movies like "Kungfu Hustle" and recently, the "Mummy 3".

Steven

[wulf]

Although the overall toning is great something didn't look quite right to me. Looking more closely, I notice that the vignette seems to be applied in black. I wonder if it would work better to take a dark tone from the picture and use that instead?

Do you see what I mean?

Wulf

ps. the black on the "leather corners" is fine because that isn't meant to be part of the "old photo".

[wulf]

ps. I've moved this out of the Assignments section and into post-processing, where it fits better.

Wulf

[stevenw]

Thanks for the feedback, Wulf. You are absolutely right.

Here it is retouched.

Steven

And the original color:

[wulf]

Although subtle, I think that is a worthwhile improvement. For the subject, I think the result is much more effective than the original.

Wulf

[i_luv_ph0tos]

hi... what is that "photoshop"? Are you talking about a software as a general or is it the name of the software itself?