Photoshop Effects: Old-Fashioned, Hand-Tinted Effect
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Written By Steve Patterson
In this Photoshop Effects tutorial, we're going to learn how to easily create an old-fashioned, hand-tinted photo effect.
All it takes is an adjustment layer, a layer blend mode, some blurring, a slider bar, and a couple of minutes of your time.
Here's the photo I'll be using:
And here's the "hand-tinted" effect we're after:
You'll find that you can use this tinting effect on all sorts of images. Let's get started on this one.
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Step 1: Duplicate The Background Layer
With my image open in Photoshop, I can see in my Layers palette that I currently have just one layer, the Background layer, which contains my original image:
I need to make a duplicate of my Background layer, so I'll use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac). I now have two layers in the Layers palette, the original Background layer and the copy above it, which Photoshop names "Layer 1":
Step 2: Hide The Background Copy Layer For Now
We don't need to actually see our Background copy layer just yet, so click on the Layer Visibility icon (the eyeball) on the left of "Layer 1" in the Layers palette to temporarily hide it in the Document Window:
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