How-To: Make Your Digital Pictures Look Antique

Zeltino · #1 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 10:04 AM

Hey all,

I uploaded a new tutorial in the How-To section of my website. I wrote a step-by-step guide of how to (or how I) make your digital pictures look antique using Photoshop. It's quite simple, and once you learn how to do it, you can re-apply the effects to many of your pictures quickly. If any step needs more explaining, please let me know and I will expand upon that step!

I know a lot of you may want to apply these effects and aren't Photoshop-savy. So I wrote up how I personally do this. I hope you all find it useful. If you DO use it, make sure you post your pictures here so we can see them antique-ified

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Enjoy!

How to Make Your Digital Pictures Look Antique

The Hauntary

Zeltino · #2 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 10:30 AM

Anyone try this? If so, what did your picture look like? Mine look great using the method I typed up. I'm hoping someone tried this so I can get feedback. If it turned out horrible, I will delete the How-to :P.

serpensphile · #3 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 04:18 AM

Here are the before and after photos. I've never messed with Photoshop before and have a different version than the one used for the tutorial. Works great and I want to play some more and get them better.

serpensphile · #4 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 04:24 AM

Here are the before and after photos. I've never messed with Photoshop before and have a different version than the one used for the tutorial. Works great and I want to play some more and get them better.

Baron Samedi · #5 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 08:59 AM

Looks really good.
I've never played with photoshop before, but I'm going to have a go this weekend.

I've got a few pics that should lend themselves rather nicely.

Thanks for posting!

Zeltino · #6 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 01:49 PM

Mhm. I figure some others might find it useful. I really like the "Old Picture" look - especially for the haunt pictures.

Let us know what you do serpensphile!

Arastorm · #7 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 03:52 PM

Zeltino very nice tutorial. I would only add a couple of things like on step 5 the brush hardness, opacity and flow can be played around with depending on the size of the picture. I am a game and video artist and would like to say that this tutorial is a lot better than most that I have seen out there that leave out steps.

Zeltino · #8 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 04:17 PM

Thanks Arastorm

. I will add your suggestions!

TK421 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 04:32 PM

HA! That's a fun effect. I like it. I'll have to take a few pics of my daughter as a goth and run them through those filters.

Ugly Joe · #10 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 09:34 PM

Don't have Photoshop at this point (something I hope to correct sooner, rather than later), but iPhoto has a few tools I've been playing with as well, and did a couple of my own.

They have some effects that are nice pre-sets for the levels on the pictures.
A couple I've used are Antiquing, Color Fading, and Vignette - Sepia tone is a choice as well, but I wanted to try keeping a bit of color in the pic, and just fading the heck out of it.

Here's a couple of examples:
Scarecrow:

Witch with floating candles:

Not quite the same effect you've produced, but thought you'd like to see a variation.