This is another high quality Photoshop tutorial that shows you how to create a really cool effect. The end product is an awesome dreamy vintage picture, using some simple, but effective, techniques in Photoshop.
The final result of this tutorial:
The first you open the original picture below:
Press Ctrl + B (Color Balance) and set numbers as below:
Your picture will look like this:
Use Selective Color:
The result:
After that, you press Shift + Ctrl + N to make a new layer and fill the layer with the color: #14317A
Change blend mode to Exclusion, opacity: 50%
This is the result:
Use the gradient as below:
Change blend mode to Screen, opacity: 40%
Use Brightness/ Contrast
The result:
Take this texture and place it on top of your picture:
Blend mode: Lighten, opacity: 100%
Continue to put this texture:
Change blend mode to Screen, opacity: 100%
Now, take the other texture:
Blend mode: Screen, opacity: 100%
Put the last texture:
Mode: Lighten, opacity: 100%
Eraser some areas:
You use this text brush to decorate for the picture:
Press Shift + Ctrl + E to merge all layers then go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen
You will get the final result:
