Vintage Photoshop Effect

This is easy and basic tutorial. We will achieve that effect using image adjustments and some old textures.

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Step 1

Open this stock in photoshop, really nice girl, it’s colorful and great quality.

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Step 2

Duplicate stock layer. Now go to Image – Adjustments – Color Balance:



Image – Adjustments – Hue/Saturation:

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Step 3

Now, go to Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Selective Color
Reds:



Blues:

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Step 4

Now we will gradient map. Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Gradient Map:



Create new layer and fill it with paint bucket tool and this color: #1c4093, Blending: Difference, opacity: 20%

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Step 5

With soft round brush add light source in right corner(up).
Add this old texture and put opacity to Lighten and remove parts You don’t like.
Old texture

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Step 6

Also, we’ll work on depth a bit.
Create new layer and apply image.
Go to Filter – Blur – Gaussian Blur:
(remove blur with eraser tool for the girl and her bag)



Create new layer and apply image.
Go to Filter – Sharpen – Sharpen. Edit – Fade Sharpen:

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Step 7

New layer, apply image. Filter – Render – Lighitng Effects:
(put opacity to 50%)



Create new layer and apply image again. Filter – Render – Lens Flare:

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Final Result