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Oana T

Posts: 220

Deva, Hunedoara, Romania

Hello folks,

Please can anyone tell me how to achieve this effect? vintage/film

https://i59.tinypic.com/351ekg0.jpg


Thank you!

May 28 14 10:47 am Link

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Don Garrett

Posts: 4984

Escondido, California, US

It looks a little yellow to my eye, and on my monitor. If you are referring to the "aged" look, that might explain it. Just put in a little more yellow to the balance. Otherwise, I'd need to hear more specific criteria to make a judgment on what you are asking.
-Don

May 28 14 11:02 am Link

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Oana T

Posts: 220

Deva, Hunedoara, Romania

Don Garrett wrote:
It looks a little yellow to my eye, and on my monitor. If you are referring to the "aged" look, that might explain it. Just put in a little more yellow to the balance. Otherwise, I'd need to hear more specific criteria to make a judgment on what you are asking.
-Don

Yes. I mean an effect of vintage. To be more specific, I put two photos below. Hope you understand.

https://i61.tinypic.com/2mqmbgz.jpg

https://i60.tinypic.com/282qsno.jpg

May 28 14 11:10 am Link

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Marin Photo NYC

Posts: 7348

New York, New York, US

If you mean that sort of flat haze effect making the blacks a little less deep - Exposure layer - offset and gamma slider. Just move them around for the desired effect you want. As far as the color you just have to tweak them any number of ways...

May 28 14 11:16 am Link

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Don Garrett

Posts: 4984

Escondido, California, US

FantasyArt wrote:
Yes. I mean an effect of vintage. To be more specific, I put two photos below. Hope you understand.

https://i61.tinypic.com/2mqmbgz.jpg

https://i60.tinypic.com/282qsno.jpg

The top one looks more "aged" to me. If you want to drive OUT a color cast, there are techniques for that too. If you add a color cast, you will have to be careful that the cast  looks like an aged photo - NOT just a more yellow image. I like doing it on a separate layer, then taking the opacity of that layer down to where you like it, then merging it down, ((in Photoshop). You will probably have to add a very small touch of the other two primary colors to get it to look right too.
-Don

May 28 14 11:17 am Link

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Oana T

Posts: 220

Deva, Hunedoara, Romania

Marin Photography NYC wrote:
If you mean that sort of flat haze effect making the blacks a little less deep - Exposure layer - offset and gamma slider. Just move them around for the desired effect you want. As far as the color you just have to tweak them any number of ways...

Yes, I know that there was used a flat haze effect. But I'm not sure about color. Brown/yellow? And how?

May 28 14 12:01 pm Link

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Tulack

Posts: 836

Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

FantasyArt wrote:
But I'm not sure about color. Brown/yellow? And how?

If you not sure, make only color visible.

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10364057_1431608633765850_6547167648888790962_n.jpg

All three images are different color.

There is only 3 colors in RGB. If you don't know how to mix it. Take a color wheel.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Farbkreis_Itten_1961.png

Then use curves to mix it.

May 28 14 01:24 pm Link