Apply a quick vintage look in Photoshop

Use Photoshop CS6’s Color Lookup feature to change colours within an image, in four simple steps.

Photoshop CS6 has plenty of useful features which save time & increase productivity, helping you generate incredible images & special effects with ease. of these is the Color Lookup feature, which can be utilised to generate a stunning vintage look of a far higher quality & depth than those obtainable on picture filter apps.

Here's how to accomplish the effect in simple steps, & below you'll find an picture for you to make use of with our guide...

01. Add Color Lookup layer

Open the 'color_lookup_before.jpg' start picture by File>Open. Next, click on the Manipulation layer icon & select Color Lookup in the drop-down menu. All the choices to adjust the colours in the picture will appear in a separate properties dialog box below.

02. Change the colours

There are different tabs from which you can select the choice colour effects. To give the picture a vintage look, switch to the Abstract tab. Then, from the drop-down menu, select Gold-Crimson. You can experiment with alternative effects depending on the way you need your final picture to appear.

03. Add a vignette

Next, duplicate the Background Layer and label it 'Filter effects'. Right-click the Filter effects layer and select Convert to Smart Object. This means that you can add multiple filter effects in a non-destructive way. To add a vignette, go to Filter>Lens Correction and switch to the Custom tab. Under Vignette, alter Amount to -60 and Midpoint to +40. Click OK.

04. Add some grain

 

Finally, to add some grain, go to Filter>Filter Gallery & under the Textures menu, select Grain. Increase Intensity to twenty & Contrast to 60. Keep Grain Type on Regular. Click OK to apply the effect, then save the picture as a PSD file to keep the layers intact.