all things

VINTAGE
1- choose your image

before

create a soft
vintage look in
lightroom and
photoshop

5- split toning panel

If you want to create a successful

soft vintage look it is important
to choose the right image. Not all
images will look good with this effect.
The images that typically work best
are ones with good contrast and a
generous selection of different tones,
like the image I selected on the right.

Although your image now has that

nice faded look you dont want to
just stop there. The next step is to
go to the split toning panel to make
adjustments to the highlights and
shadows within your image. Do
this by first moving your saturation
slider followed by the hue slider
until you achieve your desired look.

2- import to begin

6- balance slider

Import your image into Lightroom

and make sure youre in Develop
mode before you attempt to make
any edits to your photograph.

The split toning panel also contains

a balance slider that allows you
to
emphasize
the color you
prefer for a particular image by
pushing it one way or another.

3- tone curve panel

7- extra edits

Once you are in Develop mode go to

the tone curve panel on the right hand
side. If the panel is not already in the
point curve mode you will need to
change this by clicking on the curve
icon located in the bottom righthand
corner of the tone curve panel.

4- adjust the curve

after

Sometimes when you add this vintage

effect to an image youll notice that
the final product ends up darker or
duller than you would like. Many of
the images I edit using this technique
still need a little extra boost at the
end. When this is the case I like to
use the various sliders to pull out
the shadows, boost the highlights,
and even add some additional
vibrance back into the image.

Next click once somewhere in the

bottom half of the second grid column
from the left to create a point on your
curve. Then simply click on the very
bottom lefthand point of the curve
and drag it directly upwards. This
will give your image a soft faded look.

lightroom

now that youve applied this vintage effect in

lightroom doing it in photoshop will be a breeze...

1- choose your image

5- color balance

Follow the same instructions

from the Lightroom portion of this
tutorial when choosing an image to
apply this faded vintage effect to.

Return to the adjustments panel

and select the color balance icon
to add another adjustment layer.
By following this step you will
achieve the same results as you
did when using the split toning
panel in Lightroom. Make sure to
change the tone drop down menu
to shadows and then highlights
to adjust your colors accordingly.

2- open to begin
Open your
by choosing
menu or by
image over

image in Photoshop
open from the file
simply dragging your
the Photoshop icon.

7- extra edits
before

I generally apply the same additional

edits at the end of my Photoshop
experience as I do in Lightroom
when applying this vintage look.

3 - c u rv e s l ay e r
Add a curves adjustment layer by
selecting the corresponding icon
in the adjustments panel to the
right of your Photoshop screen.

4- adjust the curve

Next click once somewhere in the
bottom half of the second grid column
from the left to create a point on your
curve. Then simply click on the very
bottom lefthand point of the curve
and drag it directly upwards. This
will give your image a soft faded look.

after

photoshop