Quick-tip: Create a Vintage effect in 2 Steps

Every one like to change modern images into old photo effects, there are few names mentioned them- one is Vintage photo effect. Today we are going to learn vintage effect in just two steps. From our last post on quick tip has given a great success and so we try our best to make tutorials within 5 steps!! In each category!
I have included a Optional step to give you a change to play with layer mode!!
From internet you can find many tutorials to make retro and vintage effects, but this one is different from others, this tutorial mainly to accomplish on newbies and other non-designers who want their photo to make vintage effect in seconds – any suggestion ! hate ! love ! pass on to us.
Step :1
Open an Image in the Photoshop. You can have any type of colour Image.

Shortcut key : Ctrl+O | File-> open.

step1 Quick-tip: Create a Vintage effect in 2 Steps

Now Duplicate the Original image by Ctrl+J and change the Layer mode to SOFT LIGHT
Preview :
step5 Quick-tip: Create a Vintage effect in 2 Steps

Step : 2

Create a NEW layer Ctrl+N and fill the layer with #000d53

Preview :

fill colour

Now change the layer mode to Exculsion

step4 Quick-tip: Create a Vintage effect in 2 Steps

yes ! we are done ! is that simple and effective !!
Note: i hope you like this effect !! There is different way to create a retro and vintage effect. We will give you more quick tip in future post.

Optional step :

Create a border

create a new layer and press Ctrl+A and without deselction press ALT+S+M+C for contract selection and give appropriate value according to your image size. Here i gave 30 pixel.

stepopt Quick-tip: Create a Vintage effect in 2 Steps

– you will get perfect rectangle according to your image. Press Ctrl + SHIFT + I
You can see a border rectangle selection, fill it with black or white.

final Quick-tip: Create a Vintage effect in 2 Steps

Comments are appreciated !

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15 Comments

  1. Sipi Sagar
    Sipi Sagar on 09/06/2010 at 18:49

    Nice one Ganesh. Really looks like Subramaniyapuram movie style.

  2. Ricky
    Ricky on 09/06/2010 at 19:52

    Good tutorial. Stumbled!!!
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    • Sri Ganesh.M
      Sri Ganesh.M on 14/06/2010 at 13:18

      thanks for the Su vote up brother 😀

  3. Nikola Lazarevic
    Nikola Lazarevic on 09/06/2010 at 21:08

    Lovely tip!
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  4. karthikeyan
    karthikeyan on 10/06/2010 at 08:38

    very simple tutorial. looking vintage like exactly

  5. suraj
    suraj on 10/06/2010 at 11:29

    Nice tutorial, it is giving feel like I am in 60’s lol
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    • Sri Ganesh.M
      Sri Ganesh.M on 14/06/2010 at 07:51

      yes, this is a quick tip, soon we write how to make retro and vintage in detail

  6. Holly
    Holly on 11/06/2010 at 08:48

    Cool Tip! Thanks!

    • Sri Ganesh.M
      Sri Ganesh.M on 14/06/2010 at 07:49

      thanks for the comment holly

  7. Ari Arsyadi
    Ari Arsyadi on 10/09/2010 at 22:09

    This is simple yet very useful. Thanks.

  8. Arslan
    Arslan on 27/09/2010 at 09:36

    that was quick, thanks

  9. CPU
    CPU on 13/05/2011 at 04:03

    Thanks for post, these seem very helpful tutorial for retro style!

  11. Geek Revealed
    Geek Revealed on 23/07/2011 at 13:31

    Ganesh, It was simply the best tutorial i have ever read!! M Surely gonna try this!!

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