making a digital photo look worn

what do you guys do to make a digi pic look old and worn.

this is the pic I want to do it to.

tips?

i dont know… but i LOVEEEE that photo!

thanks. It’s down in Ocracoke, which is on Outer Banks, NC

Give us the original color shot.

where can I host a full res shot?

heres it is from photobucket at least.

Google says do this:

http://malektips.com/digital_photo_0005p.html

I’m no photoshop expert, but if you are better with it then I am, then that link will make sense.

heres somethin i did, just took a quick crack at it

http://www.micahweber.com/IMG_2339.jpg

So how did you do that? And how did you do it so fast?

few things

take the color pic, desaturate the colors about -45%
then i have a scratch fill pattern, which adds those scratches in a pattern using “soft light” to put on top of the pic… in PS its EDIT>FILL … i had to download a small 30x30 pixel image of scratches, then PS creates the pattern to flow over the whole pic
i also did a slight “diffuse glow” which kinda lightens it up and makes the whites in the pic slighty glow, i did a very minimal one for this…
then i added an orange warming filter, so it gives the sepia tone look, but stil retrieves some of the color in the pic

as for doin it so fast… i dunno, but it def sounds like more than it is… each thing just takes a few clicks

i’m gonna work on it now. you pretty much made that pic exactly how I was picturing it in my head, so now I’m just going to look like a copier lol.

where can I d/l that scratch pattern (or any scratch pattern for that matter)

i’ve already done everything except the scratches, except I kept some more color in mine.

All I need is the scratch filler.

post up when you finish. I wanna see.

sure thing

this is what i’ve done so far, but i’m still looking for a scratch pic

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this is what i’ve done so far, but i’m still looking for a scratch pic

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That looks great right there.

Hmm, i think ill work in this in a little bit…

i think there is a PS pluggin called “oldmovie”

It works fucking awesome. (the pic was fucked to begin with…)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/Elise8.jpg

anyone know where you can get that OldMovie plugin for free? apparently you can buy it for $25 but i dont see myself using it enough to justify the expense. yeah im cheap lol

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6323/tempimage11ig5.jpg

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thanks. It’s down in Ocracoke, which is on Outer Banks, NC

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no shit… I was just down there. AWESOME place :tup: