Vintage photo effect

[dave0010]

Can anyone help and give me an idea of how this effect is created? Id really like to be able to create it myself I just have no idea how.

[Morbid]

There's some software called FilmPack (version 4 is the latest release). This replicates the look of different types of film. Using this should get you fairly close. You can probably get a similar look adjusting colour saturation, adding grain, etc. in PS. Feel free to put a pic up and I'd be happy to have a play with the image.

[dave0010]

thats great info thanks. Ive had ideas for shots that I haven't taken yet as I wanted the above kind of effect. I will get shooting and post them.

[Morbid]

No problem. Have fun taking the shots.

[V8Wagon]

I tinkered with one of mine in my phone a little while ago which gave a similar (though not as dramatic) effect.

Queen Mary by woodenspatula, on Flickr

[Morbid]

I thought I'd give this a try....

Original image stolen from the "so few car photos" thread - image credit to Bryan Janes (great photo Bryan! Hope you don't mind me using it)

Jägermeister BMW CSL by Bryan Janes, on Flickr

In PS, create a duplicate layer and desaturate the "background" layer which is "on top" of the original, delete section of the "background" layer to allow the car to show through from the original image, have the eraser tool on around 50%, flatten image and add slight graining. I also cloned out the head of the bloke in the background (as it was a distraction).



Increase the yellow colour and up the shadows a bit, and this is what you get (took less time to edit than create this post).

[RobDickinson]

Yep choose a poor warm white balance or cross process then raise the black levels to reduce contrast.

[Pickled]

If you've got Lightroom got down to the split toning panel and move the highlight slider to yellow and increase saturation to suit, or in PS add a colour balance layer and do the same.