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DESCRIPTION:
Make a color photo look like an old photography with PI.
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement
PI
Version:
12
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
None
Additional filters:
None, Filters Unlimited 2.0 (optional)
Additional files:
1 photo, 1 object and 1 mask
(you'll only need the object and mask if you don't have FU.).
You'll get all files in the zip-file.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I made the mask and the object with Filters Unlimited 2.0,
and the photo is one of my private ones.
They are only for your
private use - you are not allowed to claim them as yours,
offer them for sale or download, or use them for your own tutorials.
The copyright © belongs ALWAYS to the original artist/designer/photographer!
No copyright infringement is intended.
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Before we
start, you should open the mask, and store it into your Easy
Palette. In case you need to freshen up your memory on how to save
a mask into the EP - you can take a look at one of my other
tutorials, where I explain a little bit more about how to use a
mask in PI. You'll find the tutorial here.
Important - in my tutorials my masks fit the chosen
background/object ... you achieve this by right clicking any mask
inside the original category Mask Library in your Easy Palette.
Now you choose the option Fit Mask.
You can also achieve this old photo style by using Filters
Unlimited 2.0. (Effects from the Photo Aging Kit.) But I thought I
should make this effect also possible for those of you which don't have FU,
but still like this kind of photography.
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Open the my photo, 2006-11-12_Dragoer_029_inkl.jpg.
Go to Photo/Enhance/Duotone and tick the box Enable sepia effect
and range (white hand).
Set the first color to 73/64/44 (1), and the second color to
120/105/72 (2).
Now move the little arrows (red arrows) to achieve a nice old
looking color. There are no exact settings to give - you have to
try by yourself. Just look at the preview window to the right and
you move the sliders until you are satisfied.
I've also saved my new duotone to my Easy Palette (white arrow) ... that's an
easy way to color different pictures with colors from the same
color scheme. And you still can change the contrast on each of
them.
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FU:
If you have FU, you can go to FU/Photo Aging Kit and choose
Cracked Paper. You can change the Texture and the Intensity of the
filter. I recommend that you change the Intensity, or else the
cracks on the photography will be very strong. But as always - try
by yourself. Everything depends on which effect you want to
achieve. Can be nice with stronger cracks too. :))
If you don't have FU, or if you want to use the mask, open
your Easy Palette/Libraries (white hand) and double-click the mask
tut031_mask (1), which
you've downloaded, unzipped and stored into the EP. On the screenshot you can see that the mask applied on the image (2).
With the mask you have more control about the effect, and you can
use whatever fill color you want to. That's not possible with the
filter.
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FU:
Skip this step!
Go to Edit/Fill/Color (1) and choose the color 244/244/244 (red
arrows). You can also use the Hex-number: #F4F4F4 (white hand).
Change the Transparency to 70% (white arrow).
Click OK and deselect the mask (spacebar).
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FU:
If you use FU
and want to use it all the way, just skip the next two steps -
expanding the canvas.
But be aware ... if you use a filter, the color surrounding your
photo will be black. You can't choose another color!
Adjust/Expand Canvas and tick the box Expand sides equally (red
arrow). Expand with 1 Pixels, Expand color: 244/244/244 (white
hand).
Click OK.
Adjust/Expand Canvas, expand sides equally. Expand with 13 Pixels,
Expand color: Black.
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FU:
Go to
FU/Photo Aging Kit and choose Photo Frame 05 (or one of the
others). As you can see ... you don't have the possibility to
choose the background color with this filter.
Open
the object from the zip file, tut031_object (1), copy (Ctrl+C) the
object (1) and paste (Ctrl+V) the copy on our main picture (2).
Close the original object, the object on the main picture should
still be activated.
Right click the object/Align/Center Both (red arrow).
The size of the object is fitting the picture I've put inside the
zip file. If you use another picture, you might have to resize the
object to fit your picture.
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Merge All ...
and your photo is finished. Looking like an old photography :))
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Here's
the result with the background color of my homepage, and with a
tiny shadow :))
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And
here's another photo made after the same tutorial :))
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it! A beautiful and very quick method to make a photo looking
old ... made with PI, one mask and one object (FU ... optional). HAVE FUN!!!
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If you need any help with
this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email
me!
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Copyright © inkl-Designs. All
rights reserved.
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