Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create the look of time-ravaged, old photos from new photos.
Open a photo that you'd like to use for this project.
I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.
I provided a template that you can download, so you can follow along.
Its link is in my video's description or project files.
I included this text because you ll see only this texture initially after you click the link.
This just ensures you that once you download file and open it in Photoshop, you ll see
that all the assets are there.
I'll delete the text now, since we don t need it.
This template includes 3 different textures: scratches, old stained paper, and distressed film.
It also includes 2 channels that we'll use later: torn edges and a border.
In addition, I included a set of custom brushes that we'll use, as well.
It's called, "Psycho Grunge" by Eliza Vladi.
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We'll place our photo onto the template by pressing "v" to open our Move Tool and dragging
it onto the tab of the template.
Without releasing your mouse or pen, drag it down and release.
To resize and position your photo, press Ctrl or Cmd + T to open your Transform Tool.
Go to a corner.
If you're using a version earlier than CC 2019, press and hold Alt or Option + Shift
as you drag it in or out.
For later versions, just press Alt or Option as you drag it.
To reposition it, just place your cursor on the image, itself and drag it.
To accept its size and position, press Enter or Return.
I'll cancel mine, since I already sized and positioned it earlier.
We'll convert our photo into a Smart Object, so we can modify it non-destructively.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Drag it to the bottom and if any layers above it are visible, click their eyeball icons to hide them.
Make a copy of your photo by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J.
Drag the copy above the stained paper and temporarily hide it.
Make the distressed film texture visible and active and change its Blend Mode to "Overlay".
Next, we'll colorize our image.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click "Gradient Map".
Click the Gradient Map bar to open the Gradient Editor.
Click the black to white thumbnail preset and click the bottom, left Stop.
Click the color box and in the hexadecimal field, type in 2F2E2C.
Then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
Click under the bar to create another Stop.
For its "Location", type in 40.
Click the color box and type in 90805B.
Click the bottom, left Stop and for its Location, type in 90.
Click the color box and type in FFFDF5.
Then, press Enter or Return twice to close both windows.
Reduce its opacity to 85%.
Make the stained paper visible and active and make a copy of it.
Drag it above the top photo and temporarily hide it.
Make the original stained paper active and reduce its opacity to 50%.
Click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask next to the original stained paper.
Into this layer mask, we'll place our photo as a monochrome, gray scale image shortly.
Make the top photo active and click the New Layer icon to make a new layer above it.
Open the Channels panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and Channels.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the "Border" channel to make a selection of its shape.
Open back the Layers panel.
We'll fill the selection with white, but before we do, check your foreground and background colors.
If they aren't black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Since white is the background color, press Ctrl or Cmd + Delete.
Deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D. Make the copy of the photo visible and make the
layer mask next to the original stained paper active.
Go to Image and Apply Image.
What "Apply Image" does is it essentially applies a Blend Mode to a Target using a Source.
In this case, the "Source" is the merged layers, which is the image on our screen.
The target is the active layer mask and the blend mode is Multiply.
As you can see, it applied our merged image onto the layer mask.
Make the photo above it active and reduce its opacity to 65%.
We'll make an inverted layer mask next to the photo by Alt or Option-clicking the Layer Mask icon.
The layer mask is hiding or masking out the photo because the layer mask is black.
Think of layers masks as stencils.
Black inside the layer mask conceals the image next to it, whereas white reveals it.
Gray inside the layer mask partially masks out the image relative to how dark or light the gray is.
We're going to add white brush strokes over our image and because the layer mask is active,
these strokes will reveal the photo next to the layer mask.
Open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker.
After you download and install the custom brushes I provided, the brush folder should
appear at the bottom of your Brush panel.
Open the folder and click any brush you like.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Make its opacity 50%.
Reduce its size by making sure your CapsLock key is off and pressing the left bracket key
until the size is to your liking.
Click areas of your image that you'd like to reveal back some color.
Choose another brush and repeat the steps.
Continue this until you like the amount of color revealed.
Make the top stained paper visible and active and change its blend mode to "Darker Color".
Reduce its opacity to 65.
Make the "Scratches" layer visible and active and change its Blend Mode to "Divide".
Reduce its opacity to 50%.
Make a new layer and open your Channels panel.
Ctrl or Cmd-click the "Torn Edges" thumbnail to make a selection of its shape.
Open back the Layers panel.
We'll fill the selection with white and then deselect it.
Next, we'll add soft, dark edges to the torn paper.
Double-click the top layer to open the Layer Style window.
Click "Drop Shadow".
The Blend Mode is Multiply, the color is black and its opacity is 50%.
"Use Global Light" is unchecked.
The Angle is 127 degrees.
The Distance is 0, the Spread is 0 and the Size is 10 pixels.
The Contour is linear.
Click "Outer Glow".
The Blend Mode is "Linear Burn", the opacity is 10% and the color is black.
The Technique is "Softer", the Spread is 0 and the Size is 20 pixels.
The Contour is linear and the Range is 50%.
Let's name the layer, "Torn Edges".
Normally in old photos, dark tones are somewhat faded, so in this last step, we'll lighten them.
Scroll down and make the layer mask of the stained paper active.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + L to open "Levels".
Make the Input midtones: 2 and the Input Highlights: 200.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!