[Tutorial] How To Add A Vintage Effect To Photographs

[james-dolan]

Originally Posted by Nathan W. Bingham

I used your tutorial again with a photo I took in Melbourne yesterday.

Woah man, i'm loving that! Great colours and glad you learned something!

[kc10360]

I have been looking for a tutorial on this for a while, so thanks so much for posting. I am having difficulty though. I use Cs3 and when I bring up the adjustment layer gradient box it shows two shades of toupe that I have used before (foreground and background color) It calls it the gradient used for grayscale mapping. when I click reverse it just switches the order, when I click on the gradient, it doesn't allow me to adjust color, unless I click on one of the colored box options above, and then it gives me radical color. the original gradient only had sliders on either end, not in the middle ...
I would love your advice
Thanks,
Casey

[kc10360]

I have been looking for a tutorial on this for a while, so thanks so much for posting. I am having difficulty though. I use Cs3 and when I bring up the adjustment layer gradient box it shows two shades of toupe that I have used before (foreground and background color) It calls it the gradient used for grayscale mapping. when I click reverse it just switches the order, when I click on the gradient, it doesn't allow me to adjust color, unless I click on one of the colored box options above, and then it gives me radical color. the original gradient only had sliders on either end, not in the middle ...
I would love your advice
Thanks!

[SandeeWig]

Hello! I just wanted to say thanks for the tutorial. I found it in my search and gave it a shot while processing a recent image. I put the image up for critique, so can't share it here. But if you're interested in checkin it out, here's the link.

Thanks!!




PS: kc10360 - I had the same issue at first, but solved it by selecting gradient options that have four colors, then just changed the colors of the four sliders based on the recommended values (double click slider and type in the exact color number at the bottom). Hope that helps!

[Daoust]

Hey SandeeWig, I tried to do this myself, even by following your instructions in the thread where Dolan gives the tutorial on how to do it, but I still can't figure it out. I'm using CS3 and I get confused on what to do when I get to the greyscale mapping part. Can you clarify your post even further? Explain it to me like I'm 5.

[arphot]

Thanks for the info. Great to know stuff like this.

[Hayoka]

It took me a minute to figure this out. I had to change my foreground color to the yellow and then click underneath the gradient to make a new stop, then close it out and change my color to the blue and go back and make a new stop underneath the gradient. I did save it as a new preset so I will have it to use in the future.

Here is the photo I tried it on.

[james-dolan]

Glad it worked for you all Wow, over 2k views!

[t0olbox]

nice effect..i gotta try this..thanks for sharing..

[brightsidephotography]

I just tried it with this picture I took of my niece. Thanks for the easy tutorial!