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I get bored at school sometimes, and this is what results.

I just took a picture and messed with it in an attempt to make it look like a very old photograph.

That's really cool. I like the contrast of a modern setting and the photograph being manipulated to look as if it was taken during the late 19th century.

Best part of this image is the left part.

Glad you like it. :)

Very well done.
You might also consider putting substantially more cracks and other physical damage on the sides and corners, or maybe a nice big fold right down the center.

Yeah, i'm actually not yet done with it. I was thinking of trying to give it worn out edges(though that'll be very hard for me)

But I see what you mean how it could use more "damage". I'll see what I can do.

Nice. Like Tunco said, the left part's good, it gives off an old vibe.

So I should work on the right side a little more?

Sniperwhere wrote:So I should work on the right side a little more?

Nah, it's ok. What I meant is left side is better than the right side, literally, both of them are good. ;)
You could do what Tsukatu said, imo.

The whole image feels a little too bright. But apart from that, you had me fooled until I read your comment.

The pic looks a little too sharp. To me, that gave it away.

Damn close quality wise. Well done.

I played with the levels a bit and blurred the background and came out with the following. Not sure if that's an improvement in terms of lighting and sharpness. I don't want to take it any farther than this because then it starts to look off.

Also gave it a more sepia feel to it.

Now to get working on more wear and tear. :)

Edit: Never mind the upload, here's the same version with the center crease.

The crack between the middle one and the light looks unnatural. The corners must be white, and rounded to look more realistic. Also, the right corners look like... detached cellophane, to put it that way.

Not exactly sure how i would fix an unnatural crease considering that most creases aren't natural to begin with(unless you have a different meaning behind unnatural). And about the "cellophane" thing, you're gonna have to blame the stock on that one. That was there to begin with.(It's a glare from the light.)

About the corners, you're gonna have to give a better example. The image that came to mind looked rather... unrealistic.

I do understand that this doesn't look right with out the torn and degrading edges and corners most photo's have. Until I actually figure out a way to pull that off, It'll just have to stay that way.


Keep in mind I've been using CS4 for a total of 2 1/2 weeks. There's a ton I don't yet know

btw, original stock:

Sniperwhere wrote:Keep in mind I've been using CS4 for a total of 2 1/2 weeks. There's a ton I don't yet know

How is CS4? At school I do a bunch of work in CS3, and we were going to upgrade to CS4, but apparently it had bugs or was unpolished or something. I specifically use InDesign though, and I'm guessing you were using the Photoshop section, but it'd be cool if you could give me an opinion.

About the pic; I think the original looked really cool, with regard to art, not how old it was. The next few made it look older, but not as eye-catching.

As for CS4, It has the feel of CS3 in the way it looks, but features are smoother and layers panel has been improved. I know there's been more changes that I have yet to figure out. Although I think there have been a few filters removed. Not sure. I personally like the feel of this a lot better than I did CS3, though.

Original version: http://i33.tinypic.com/21ak4ki.jpg
Gimp's "Old Photo" setting: http://i36.tinypic.com/34smcgh.jpg
My mega-tweaked version: http://i38.tinypic.com/9aps7q.jpg

How would I add cracks and creases in Gimp? This would be very cool with them. Maybe a water stain too.

The way i did it? 20 layers and a stock of damaged photo paper which you can copy the cracks off of. With a bit of editing, you can make it fit. and I'd say when you blur the photo, don't also blur the damage and wear. That just makes the entire thing look unfocused. only blur the base photo and once you get in all the cracks, scratches, and such into it, copy visible(gimps version of Copy Merged), paste it on a new layer, then apply the Old Photo setting.

The ground looks to shiny