Is this actually an old photo or is this processed? It is terrific!

Roberta,
this is a photograph of a train car room taken in a train museum and then processed to appear old... thank you so much

I am gobsmacked! You have done such a terrific job. I would love to learn more about what you did.

I love this. Great job!

Roberta

It is so nice of you to ask how this was done, and so to the best of my abilities to recall, here is an approximation of how I processed this. Part-time I repair old photos for the local Historical society and a local camera shop so I have lots of old pics full of interesting texture and cracks.
1. Opened the original photo in PS, duplicated it and closed original.
2. Levels adj. then make 2 duplicates layers of background.
3. Find a photograph of a texture you like and open it separately… I used a close-up pic of the skin of a zucchini… and partially desaturated it. Drag a copy of this into the vintage pic and sandwich it between the two duplicate layers.
4. Play with the opacity on all three layers and perhaps try different light effects too
5. Opened up a pic in bad condition of someone’s great-great grandmother and selected the highlights then duplicated them as a separate layer and dragged two copies of it into the vintage pic. I erased out the center on one of them so I could see the underlying layers and used the 2nd great-great to feather the edges and graduate the erased line from the center of the underlying sink and door. Play with the opacity on both until it is subtle and blends well with the underlying layers.
6. At this point I started to merge some layers, duplicate others and layer on the top of some, do a curve and contrast, maybe saturate….. Generally play with different effects.
7. Last I found another pic that had bad cracks and lots of texture around the edges opened it selected the highlights and made a layer copy then dragged it into the vintage pic as the top layer… played with the opacity and then merged all layers except the top edge treatment and the background layer, drag another copy of the back ground layer on top of the merged one but underneath the edge effect one and lighten the opacity to about 10-20%, then merge down, check for any more adjustment of sharpness or saturation or whatever then flattened the whole thing.

Hope this gives you some ideas to play with and thank you again
msdedi

Wow, that's awesome. And thank you for providing such detailed information on how you did it. If I can ever return the favor just ask. I need to go hunt garage sales for old beat up photos!

1. Opened the original photo in PS, duplicated it and closed original.
2. Levels adj. then make 2 duplicate layers of background.
3. Find a photograph of a texture you like and open it separately… I used a close-up pic of the skin of a zucchini… and partially desaturated it. Drag a copy of this into the vintage pic and sandwich it between the two duplicate layers.
4. Play with the opacity on all three layers and perhaps try different light effects too
5. Opened up an old pic in bad condition and selected the highlights then duplicated them as a separate layer and dragged two copies of it into the vintage pic. I erased out the center on one of them so I could see the underlying layers and used the 2nd to feather the edges and graduate the erased line from the center of the underlying sink and door. Play with the opacity on both until it is subtle and blends well with the underlying layers.
6. At this point started to merge some layers, duplicate others and layer on the top of some, do a curve and contrast, maybe saturate….. Generally play with different effects.
7. Last I found another pic that had bad cracks and lots of texture around the edges opened it selected the highlights and made a layer copy then dragged it into the vintage pic as the top layer… played with the opacity and then merged all layers except the top edge treatment and the background layer, drag another copy of the back ground layer on top of the merged one but underneath the edge effect one and lighten the opacity to about 10-20%, then merge down, check for any more adjustment of sharpness or saturation or whatever then flattened the whole thing.

...not sure about having this shot in Vintage also, perhaps I should withdraw it... any one know if there are rules about having the same shot submitted in 2 topics?

Great shot, great mood and the post-processing works very well with the subject. The saturation adds some weirdness to it, because we aren't used to seeing bright colours in old photos like this.

Thanks also for the explanation, it reminds me a lot of how some logos are made in illustrator, using textures in a similar ways.

As for multiple shots in different topics, there are no such rules. Post your photo if you think it belongs somewhere (and I think it really should be in vintage, for the record).

Thank you for the nice instrucions. Very clear and helpful. The image is inspiring, as well. I find that a lot of creative post processing threatens a lot of submitters to vazaam, though. I love the tutorial topic catagorie though and hope to learn a lot. Thanks.

msdedi - I personally think as this is the Tutorial topic, it's great that you took a photo you previously submitted in another category and explained in detail how you did it.

There are many photos submitted previously by you and others that I would enjoy learning about.

Very nice work!

thanks for the nice comments you all

Great shot and well explained.

@ron -- not sure "threatened" is the right word. I look for the overall impact an image has on me regardless of post processing. Some shots in "vintage processing" are pretty cool, but they bear no resemblance to my collection of truly vintage photographs. I like the textures and cracks of this shot a lot, because they feel right to me (and the subject passes well for an old shot as well).

Very well done. Man, do I have a lot to learn.

Thanks so much for breaking this down. I ditto beck....there is soooo much to be learned. Wonderful creation:)

Really nice work on this shot. I love the edges the most.

This is one of my favorite photographs on Vazaar. Great work!

Congrats on the feature, and well deserved! Just a quick question. How long did this take you?

thank you for the feature, great feedback and comments you all!
@Andrew...hard to remember specifically, but less than an hour no doubt

Well deserved feature. Excellent shot and PP.

impressive result of manipulation

Neat, thanks for the info of how to.