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QUICK PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL: VINTAGE STYLE

So many people have asked me for some tips on creating a classy vintage-styled photograph. I've put together a small tutorial on the main tips, but there are MANY more. I'll touch on these now, as I couldn't fit them in the tutorial above.

Create a classic lighting to your vintage photo. Click on Filter > Render > Lighting Effects. Choose Omni or Spotlight, and change the directions to create what you want.
Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter can be a great tool to use when you really want to speed up the process. It can make your picture have a soft warm light, or a cold harsh blue light to it.
Filter > Texture > Grain is interesting to play with, but not always necessary. It'll make a photo look like it's from the 1800s though (if it's black and white). A bad quality look can still look amazing.
Brightness/Contrast, and Curves can help your vintage colours stand out, so don't forget to play with them too.
Duplicate your image, and click in the layers window and choose different types of Light. I always use Soft Light, and you can do the same with a "New Layer" and a pretty colour on top of your picture. Don't forget about the opacity though, mine's set to 20% usually.

If anyone is stuck with photoshop and needs help, I'm always answering every note I get, so feel free to note or comment.

Amazing Tutorials/Brushes/Textures You Must Look At:
+Package Vintage Grunge by Resurgere
+Free Photoshop Brushes
+Vintage effect tutorial
+Vintage Brushes by Purple-Quartz-Brush
+Vintage Photo Effect



EDIT: ...WOW! My first ever DD! This is such a huge surprise and honour, as this tutorial was my first one to make and all my effort in it has been rewarded for it- so thank you SO much, `joannastar for suggesting, and `Hanratty-Stock for featuring:. I hope everyone else benefits from the tutorial. If you have questions or want to show me what you've created, please do note me!
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strwberri-girl In reply to ??? [2009-01-05 01:35:52 +0000 UTC]

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PatrickRuegheimer In reply to ??? [2008-12-27 13:33:12 +0000 UTC]

the first step with clouds, doesnt work by me.
When I use the filter, the picture is totally white. -.-"

what's wrong? oƒ

but nice effect.

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to PatrickRuegheimer [2008-12-28 00:07:24 +0000 UTC]

You can't be doing it right then... are you using a version of Photoshop? Is your photo / picture open and you have it on the correct layer when you click Render Clouds?

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PatrickRuegheimer In reply to Whimsical-Dreams [2008-12-28 11:22:56 +0000 UTC]

Photoshop Cs4
I klick on the Photo Layer and then on Clouds, and the screen ist just white. ;_;

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meen0 [2008-11-30 22:44:49 +0000 UTC]

thnx for the tutorial.
I was always curious on how to get that vintage look...
problem solved

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to meen0 [2008-11-30 23:48:11 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome.

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Speedygallop In reply to ??? [2008-11-12 06:57:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the tips!! great tutorial.

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to Speedygallop [2008-11-12 07:56:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh why thank you very much , I am so happy to know you like it .

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roseminuet In reply to ??? [2008-10-12 14:47:47 +0000 UTC]

Featured in my journal, under the Useful Tutorials
section. Thank you for sharing it!

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AngeLangkiE [2008-10-06 11:13:05 +0000 UTC]

If you have time you can see my featured work named "Agent Lover". I actually tried this effect on those pictures.

congrats on the DD! D

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lovelyloon In reply to ??? [2008-09-26 13:24:36 +0000 UTC]

[link]

It's simple, but i like it.

Thank you!

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lovelyloon [2008-09-25 07:45:28 +0000 UTC]

Dude!! Sarah, that is AWESOME!

Fully DD-worthy.


Congratulations!
i had fun experimenting with it. i even learned a whole bunch of things about my own Photoshop.

i'm thinking i'll definitely try it out for real one of these days.


!

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sevtech [2008-09-25 00:38:03 +0000 UTC]

nice...thanks for the tutorial..

congrats to your first DD...

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to sevtech [2008-09-25 01:00:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. If you use this please feel free to show me what you've done, I'd like to comment too.

And thanks for your kind words.

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sevtech In reply to Whimsical-Dreams [2008-09-25 12:19:47 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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Kjherstin In reply to ??? [2008-09-24 23:24:53 +0000 UTC]

Very pleasing to the eye and a joy to read.

This will also help me in future deviations also.

Thank you for providing such a useful tutorial.

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bentota In reply to ??? [2008-09-24 15:54:31 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for sharing this with us!

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Lolitagirlie [2008-09-21 03:35:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for making this

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shyble In reply to ??? [2008-09-19 21:31:54 +0000 UTC]

what a gorgeous color/style good job

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to shyble [2008-09-20 03:29:13 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks! I hope it will be useful to you, though I hardly think you need any tutorial at all i love your work!!

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whenSmyledoesnttalk In reply to ??? [2008-09-15 19:22:01 +0000 UTC]

Great work, thanks for sharing!

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to whenSmyledoesnttalk [2008-09-15 21:56:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you too.

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image-resizer In reply to ??? [2008-09-14 15:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to image-resizer [2008-09-15 12:07:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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ixoria In reply to ??? [2008-09-14 10:47:30 +0000 UTC]

ooh thanks for the tutorial

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to ixoria [2008-09-15 12:07:47 +0000 UTC]

A pleasure. Thank you too.

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Minutestocountdown In reply to ??? [2008-09-14 06:22:13 +0000 UTC]

Extreme congrats on your first DD! I would have thought that you would've already had a DD with you works! lol, now that you "famous" you probebly wont read this. but if you do then thats great



josh

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terrorwhite In reply to ??? [2008-09-14 03:50:25 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful effects. Thank you. ^^

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dn-revenge [2008-09-14 02:04:58 +0000 UTC]

nice........

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BlueTethys In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 23:21:01 +0000 UTC]

Short & sweet - perfect!

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to BlueTethys [2008-09-14 00:39:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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webworm [2008-09-13 22:56:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for sharing!

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to webworm [2008-09-13 23:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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webworm In reply to Whimsical-Dreams [2008-09-26 17:11:44 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!

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LunarLustrum [2008-09-13 22:52:08 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to LunarLustrum [2008-09-13 23:20:05 +0000 UTC]

What a lovely comment on a DD. How low can you go? Please watch what you say on DD's, you could/will get banned in a second for acting so immature.

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Italics In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 22:51:27 +0000 UTC]

ah, I've been looking for something short, simple, but tells me what I need to do. <3; thanks!

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to Italics [2008-09-13 23:29:14 +0000 UTC]

That's exactly what I was trying to do, make a less complicated tutorial. Thank you.

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Italics In reply to Whimsical-Dreams [2008-09-14 02:51:40 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, goal accomplished. Congrats on the Daily Dev! <3;

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XxbaybeexmangaxX In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 17:55:01 +0000 UTC]

Yay this helped loads
Brill tutorial
I had been looking everywhere for a vintage effect one and none of them helped
But This one did
Favouriting >.~

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to XxbaybeexmangaxX [2008-09-13 23:32:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the positive feedback, I'm glad this tutorial helped in some way. You're welcome to show me any deviation you used it on, I'd love to have a look.

Thanks for the lovely comment.

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Vasch In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 17:41:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow thank a lot , its an awesome tuto

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ISpyZzooee In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 17:12:46 +0000 UTC]

does go for photoshop 6 too?

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synconi In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 15:41:25 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations, Sarah!!!

A beautiful tutorial, and ever so well-deserved of the DD feature!

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to synconi [2008-09-13 23:36:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, Gabby.

I'm glad you liked this. I honestly never expected a DD, but I am very honored it received one.

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synconi In reply to Whimsical-Dreams [2008-09-14 08:42:52 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome, and it is completely well-deserved.

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JAHarrell In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 15:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to JAHarrell [2008-09-13 23:34:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Grasnor In reply to ??? [2008-09-13 15:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the knowledge share.

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Whimsical-Dreams In reply to Grasnor [2008-09-14 00:38:52 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure. I hope it helps.

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