In the tutorial I will show you how to turn your digital image into a vintage looking image using photoshop.

Here is the image to show you the result:

Step 1:

If your image is on a background layer, select ‘Layer > New > Layer From Background’ from the menu.

Step 2:

Create a new layer by selecting ‘Layer > New > Layer’ from the menu. Set black as your background color by pressing ‘d’ on the keyboard, then pressing ‘x’ on the keyboard. Select ‘Layer > New > Background From Layer’ from the menu.

Step 3:

Select the layer your image is on in the layers palette, and click the ‘Add layer mask’ button at the bottom of the layers palette. Set your background color to 50% Gray by (Ctrl/Command) clicking it in your swatches palette.

Next select ‘Filter > Render > Clouds’ from the menu, then select ‘Filter > Noise > Add Noise’ from the menu with the Amount set to 10%, and the Distribution set to Uniform.

Step 4:

Select ‘Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color’ from the menu, then in the first dialog that appears set the Mode to Color, and click OK.

In the Color Picker dialog that comes up enter 60 into the Hue field, 10 into the Saturation field, and 90 into the Brightness field, or simply enter e5e5cf into the Web Color field, and click OK.

Step 5:

Select ‘Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels’ from the menu. The settings used here will vary depending on the image. I used 1.20 for the mid-tone input level, and 190 for the white input level, and then set the black output level to 75.

Step 6:

Press ‘d’ on your keyboard to reset the colors to black, and white, and select ‘Filter > Render > Clouds’ from the menu. Next select ‘Filter > Render > Fibers’ from the menu, and set the Variance to 20, and the Strength to 50. You can click the Randomize button to get different patterns.

Select ‘Image > Adjustments > Threshold’ from the menu, and set the Threshold level to 10, and click OK.

Select ‘Image > Adjustments > Levels’ from the menu, and set the black output level to 175. The 175 value is based on this image, so you may need to adjust it if the little scratches seem too dark, or not dark enough.

Check the Reverse check box, change the Style to Radial, set the Scale to 150%, and click OK.

Finally:

Credit: tipclique