Vintage Photo Effect

Take a picture from today and take it back to the last century

Looking at an old photo that was taken sometime in the 1980's Kim decided to show you how to make a modern picture go old fashion. There’s a strong orangey tone to the photo and the contrast is much lower than you are used to seeing in contemporary photos. Apps like Instagram which everyone seems to be using at the moment allow you to apply this vintage photo style to modern images.

 

Load the image in Photoshop. Press ctrl-j to create a layer copy and then crtl-u to open the hue/saturation panel. Click the Colorize option and use the following settings: Hue:35, Saturation: 50, Lightness: 35. Click ok. Reduce the opacity of the adjusted layer by 50%. Making sure the adjusted layer is selected in your layers palette press ctrl-E to merge the with the layer below. Next step is to adjust the contrast a bit. Although Kim wants a lower contrast level than in modern photos it’s gone a little far so he’ll correct that with the curves function (Image -> Adjustments -> Curves).

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