How to age a photo in Photoshop

Oliver SK.

12 years ago

(Guest Post) You might want to age your photo. To do this, follow these steps provided in the tutorial to age your photo.

Steps to age a photo in photoshop

1. Step Click Start >> All Programs >> Adobe Master Collection CS3 >> Adobe Photoshop CS3

2. Step Click File >> Open and select the file you want to open and click Open.

3. Step From the menu bar, click Layer >> Duplicate Layer.. and then OK. Alternatively, you can right click the layer in layer palette and choose Duplicate Layer.. and then OK

4. Step From the menu bar, click Filter >> Texture >> Grain..

5. Step Now in the Grain window, select Grain Type = Vertical, Intensity = 10 and Contrast = 15 and click OK. See the screenshot for details.

6. Step Click Image >> Adjustment >> Hue saturation. Make sure the duplicated layer is selected in layer palette.

7. In the Hue saturation window, select Colorize checkmar option and put Hue = 80, Saturation = 30 and click OK.

8. Step Let’s add a bit contrast and brightness to the picture. To do that, Click Image >> Adjustment >> Brightness / Contrast..

9. Step Then after a Brightness / Contrast window opens. Put Brightness = +10 and Constrast = +25 and click OK.

10. Step Add a Gaussian Blur. Click Filter >> Gaussian Blur from the menu bar.

11. In the opened Gaussian Blur window, put Radius = 1.5 pixels and click OK

12. Lastly, add noise. To add noise, click Filter >> Noise >> Add Noise..

13. In the opened Gaussian Blur window, put Radius = 1.5 pixels and click OK. That’s all!

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Conclusion

Sometimes, you may want to give a classic feel to your picture so that it look like it was taken in 70’s. Now you can do that by following these simple steps given in this tutorial.

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