hi. im sure this is in these countless pages, but i didnt find it, with the few i looked through.. what i am trying ti get, is the colored image, with the old photograph or even hollywood movie lines through it...without messing up the image. i am working on a peice, and i need to add these weather and war torn affects when i am done. can someone point me to a tut or show me how it is done? thanx in advance....

I dont know a tut but go to alienskin's website and look at there filters. There is one that would work for u i just cant remember its name

I might have some old tin types if you want a scan or two?

Attached Link: http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/thearchives2.html

There is a wealth of tuts around. But photographing or scanning worn stuff will of course bring you the best results. I scanned the back of old book and used it countless times. There are also nice brushes around (look for 'grunge brushes') to make torn edges and to add spots, blemishes and other artefacts people are making a living off actually removing them. The secret of course is layering. Layer till the smoke comes out of your 'puter. As you can see in my example (i tried something for the cover of my band's new CD), using brushes from the likes of vered AND scanned textures (and photos from free-stock sites) results in something that looks rather worn. Which startes as crisp and clear Illustrator output. Experimenting with blend modes helps to create a lot of subtle effects that add to the overall feeling. A layer with dust particles can be used several times (flipped and scaled) in different blend modes, acting as dust that is ON the original image, as well as taking off ink, by creating lighter spots. It is fun dirtying up stuff. It takes the 'computer feel' off very easily.

P.S. I am the dude on the right...

If you want those brown colors then first make the picture in gray scale and then back til RBG og then go to Adjust - Hue/saturation and select Colorise and then most likely youll get what you want.

like this....

Hoofdcommissaris has what i am looking for. i didnt know if there was filters, a special way of making it or what... my image is almost done, i just need to finish it up in pposer before taking it to photoshop...thanx guys/gals...

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Sorry I must have been posting while you were replying... ...oh well, it's a real good look at what tin types really looked like. This photo is unaltered.

Also worth noting is the dress and furniture.

This little one here passed away back in 1978 at the ripe old age of 94. Her name was Pearl Lammon, Maiden Name Ford, fist cousin to Henry Ford the first.

There are several free actions at the Adobe Studio site that do the old photo look. I'm terribly fond of one called old newspaper photo myself.

Nice bone structure... ;-)

Which one?

The cheek bones... (oh. you meant which action...)

Person 7, 9, or 11?

Person 11. The bone structure of person 9 is a bit, eh, obscured.

Hmmm...