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This lesson demonstrates how to age a modern photograph; and how to apply sepia effects. To work along exactly, you will find the start images Here. Unzip the file, and open the contents onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Photographs will always react uniquely - therefore, experiment with the filters and commands I mention in this lesson, or incorporate your own, and find a look that suits your needs.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
Create sepia effects with the Hue/Saturation filter
Create sepia effects using the Photo filter
Create sepia effects with the Duotone filter
Create sepia effects with CS3’s Black and White filter
Colour-tint Black and White Photographs
Tint Photographs (Lith Printing)
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Open your start images onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then press D to set the default black and white Foreground and Background colours. Then press your keyboard’s X key to swap them.
Your Foreground colour should now be White.
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From the top menu, choose Layer then choose New then choose Layer from Background, there is no need to name this layer, click OK.
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Now, from the toolbar, activate the Rounded Rectangle Tool.
And set the following attributes into its Options bar.
Then left-click, and drag a rectangular shape over the photograph.
 
Tip
If necessary, centralise the white rectangle with the Move Tool  , and resize it using the Free Transform Tool. Alternatively, (with the Move Tool active), nudge the rectangle into place using your keyboard’s arrow keys.
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Now, (working on the Shape 1 layer), from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Rasterise then choose Shape.
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Activate the Magic Wand Tool.
And left-click inside the white rectangle, to surround it with an animated selection marquee.
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Then from the top menu, choose Select then choose Inverse.
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Now, in the Layers palette; ensure your photograph (Layer 0), is highlighted, then press the Delete key of your keyboard. Then press Ctrl then D to remove the marquee. Your photograph and Layers palette will resemble the following.
 
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Now, activate the Shape 1 layer. 
Then Right-click it; and from the drop-down list, click Delete Layer. Your image now has a rectangular frame. Click the Add a layer style (f-fx) icon, and apply a Drop Shadow if you wish.
 
Sepia effects are simply shades of brown; and there are various ways of producing them - additionally, the Sepia effect can be as light, or as dark as you wish, it is a personal choice. In Chapter 10, I outline three ways of converting images into Sepia - however, experiment with different settings, and find a Sepia you like.
Create sepia effects utilising the Duotone command
Tint Photographs (Lith Printing)
10/ Sepia Effects From The Photo Filter
From the top menu, choose Image then choose Adjustments then choose Photo Filter, and select the Sepia filter. Tip: Experiment with the Density slider. Additionally, you may find it helpful to Desaturate your image, prior to applying the Photo Filter - Image, Adjustments then Desaturate.
 
Hue/Saturation Filter - Sepia Effects
From the top menu, choose Image then Adjustments then choose Hue/Saturation. In the subsequent Hue/Saturation dialogue box, ensure the Colourise tick box is ticked, and play with the Hue, Saturation and Lightness sliders. I set the following attributes; however, photographs react uniquely and my settings may not be suitable for your
image, you must therefore, experiment.
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To age your photograph further; from the toolbar, activate the Dodge Tool. Tutorial.
And with a soft brush.
Dodge (lighten), the edges, to represent ageing.
Information about the brush tool’s hidden presets palette here!
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If you make an error, from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Step Backwards.
Quickly adjust the brush size!
To adjust the brush size, press your keyboard’s left-side (or right-side), bracket keys - ensuring the keyboard is set to lower case, and Not capitals!
Tip
You can distress your image further by applying grunge brushes - or perhaps a coffee stain brush, available Here. Alternatively, scan your own coffee stains and convert them into brushes. This is the colour I used for my coffee strains.
R = 196, G = 164, B = 115.
My tutorials Here demonstrate how to create, and apply brushes. Additionally, experiment with grain, as explained in my Add/Remove Grain Tutorial. Alternatively, apply texture to your image. To apply texture, from the top menu, choose Filter then choose Texture then choose Texturiser. Lesson!
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Now, activate the old paper image, and with the Move Tool, drag the married couple image onto it. Then resize the old paper so it borders the couple symmetrically.
Then press the Enter key to commit the change.
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Working on the married couple image, activate the Eraser Tool - Lesson and with a very low Opacity, and a small, soft brush, carefully blend the edge of the photograph with the old paper.
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Now, press Ctrl then M to display the Curves command, and pull the curve
downwards, to darken the old paper, then click OK. .
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Now, working on the married couple layer, change its Layers Blend Mode from Normal to Luminosity. Tip: Experiment with different Blend Modes.
 
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Then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Merge Visible.
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You can take this further by adding ripped paper effects, as explained in my tutorial here! or a page curl, Lesson. Additionally, apply more grunge brushes, or alter the lighting, if you feel this is necessary. I toned my image globally by applying a gentle S curve - from the Curves command - and finished by applying the following Hue/Saturation settings.
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When you are completely happy with your aged photograph, Crop out the extraneous transparent area, then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, then fill the transparent background with either, a Solid Colour, Pattern or Gradient of your choice, as explained in my lesson Here.
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