How Do You Make A New Image Look Old With Adobe Photoshop?
Sometimes you may have a photo that is ok, but seems to be lacking something. This picture of Times Square in New York is not a very dramatic picture, but by making it look like an old photograph it takes on a new life and becomes a better image. It is easy to do this sort of transformation in Adobe Photoshop. The first step is to remove the color from the image. Open your image in Adobe Photoshop and select IMAGE/ADJUST/DESATURATE. This will remove all color from the image. You can also achieve the same result by selecting IMAGE/MODE/GRAYSCALE to discard the color information. Part of the problem with this image is that there is too much wasted space in the foreground. Using the MARQUE tool select the part of the image you want and then select IMAGE/CROP to crop. Only the image part selected with the Marque tool will remain. The image is now in black and white and cropped correctly. However, it doesn’t look “old”. To make it look like an old photograph, first we will add some dust and
