How to create this effect

[MauricioSilva]

Can someone please tell me how to get this effect. I really like the picture and would like to experiment with some own photos.



Also, Is there a way to find recreate an effect by looking at the photoshop histogram. Let's say you find a picture with a nice effect and you would like to recreate it. Can looking at the histogram help you?

 

[Zeealex]

its...sepia? built into most cameras these days let alone photoshop.

 

[YellowJack]

I thought sepia was more tan/brownish tinted. (like the way old photos fade, had a few of my great grandparents in the 1920s.) This looks more black/whitish with some enhancements on the brightness and such.

 

[MauricioSilva]

I thought sepia was more tan/brownish tinted. (like the way old photos fade, had a few of my great grandparents in the 1920s.) This looks more black/whitish with some enhancements on the brightness and such.

I agree. Sepia is a different effect. That's why I was looking fore some info on this effect.

 

[ibclare]

You can make a sepia tone to start with then play around in color balance adjustment. Or desaturate (if color of course) and jump to color balance or channel mixer. In color balance bring your midtones toward the blue, cyan, and magenta. You can play around with shadows and highlights Just keep in mind that this is a blue shift, but retains some warmth, so don't go too far to the cyan or the magenta. You might try a cooling filter but I'm not sure how well that would work. Channel Mixer is more complex and I think color balance does a good job:



On the second, rightmost picture, you can see that I have made selective levels adjustments and sharpening. I like to do the slectivity when I have soft images by using the mask to paint out, rather than making separate selections. I make the layer a smart object, sharpen, then use the filter mask.

For a "normal" photo, I would not have made the levels adjustments once I had done the sharpening (since that adds brightness) and I would have toned down the sharpness a bit more, especially in the eyes. But for this purpose, I wanted more drama.

I hope this helps.