 Aged photograph tutorial
Hey thanks G, that's a pretty good tute.
He's got some solid techniques there for aging.
Below is my attempt. I extracted his original colour photo from the "before & after" image on his page. I'm sure he wouldn't mind this, because there's nothing being gained by it other than it served as a good comparrison while following his methods. In fact, i'm surprised he doesn't offer this option to people.
But working on a compressed Jpg makes it a tad harder to get the desired results -- note all the gross "blocks" of pixels? None-the-less it turned out alright as a test copy.
There's a couple things though in his tute that i'd change. Specifically the steps on page 3, where the filters are applied to a copy of the original source image. I would instead apply those filters to a "Brightness & Contrast" Adjustment layer. And stack that layer right above the main photo. As my sample photo will show, the effect is exactly the same. Without actually having to alter/modify the original photo.
As well... the part about applying some Noise, Diffuse, or Film Grain to the photo can instead be applied to a new layer filled with black. Then set this layer's blend mode to Screen, Lighten, or Color Dodge. Depending on how strong you want these filters to effect the image.
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