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 10/15/2005 05:54:32 PM · #1
Tried to give this shot an aged look. First time really playing with the idea. Any thoughts or suggestions to improve the technique?

Thanks!

10/15/2005 05:56:23 PM · #2
Try burning the edges a bit.
10/16/2005 02:01:49 PM · #3
Thanks, pawdrix. I assume you meant the edges of the photo. I played with it a bit more...added more burn on the edges, and a closer crop, tweak tweak tweak...

Is this better?



10/16/2005 02:13:22 PM · #4
A trick I use for making renderings look aged is to find a really old photo with nice film grain and ageing atrifacts.
Pictures of a lot of sky works good.
Work this up as a layer in PShop and voila.
Hight contrast also helps.
 10/16/2005 02:31:48 PM · #5
Originally posted by tsheets:
Is this better?



I think it is a ton better! Looks great!
 10/16/2005 02:36:25 PM · #6
Originally posted by tsheets:
Thanks, pawdrix. I assume you meant the edges of the photo.

Is this better?



It's outta control better. Nice job. I like it.

More important...what do you think?
 10/16/2005 02:43:23 PM · #7
There is a pattern in the noise you added. Maybe it's due to the resizing and compression. If not, and if you added the noise in a different layer, apply a wave filter or something that destroys the regularity.
 10/17/2005 01:22:54 AM · #8
Thanks everyone for the comments/suggestions.

gloda: There is noise and patterns on several layers. One has vertical lines with noise added, one has a crumpled paper texture with noise added, and one duplicate background layer has noise added. Lots of room for the repetition you are seeing. I'm sure I could work with most, but the duplicate layer may be tough. :-/

pawdrix: Thanks for the initial tip for more burn on the edges. Am I happy with it?? I'd say about 90% happy. The burn is a circular gradient set to burn mode and faded. I think a more irregular pattern would be better, but when I tried, it looked like crap (my limited abilities). Also, the scratches/creases could be better, but I got tired of messing with them.

Thanks SCI, and thanks for the tip BlackDot.

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