add film scratches to my photo without contrast

[mantra]

hi

i would like to use some texture , film scratches to add to my photos

i want to convert my photos in black and white and add this texture to give a look like old photo scanned

well i found some nice textures

some of them are colored , so i desaturated and blend mode soflight

yes i know i can lower the opaticity

but is there a good skill to add this texture without impact to the photos?

i mean i would like to have only for film grain or scratches , or dust from the scanner

is there a really good skill to do it ?


thanks

[MacBurg]

Using softlight does alter the contrast of your original image, mostly depending on the texture itself. Try using Multiply instead and using the Blend If sliders to take the lighter parts of the texture out of the equation. Here's an example -

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6...difexample.jpg

In that example I split the current layers white blend if sliders to 90/240. Really depends on what you want out of the texture you plan to use for the image, you could do this in reverse using Screen.

[mantra]

Originally Posted by MacBurg

Using softlight does alter the contrast of your original image, mostly depending on the texture itself. Try using Multiply instead and using the Blend If sliders to take the lighter parts of the texture out of the equation. Here's an example -

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6...difexample.jpg

In that example I split the current layers white blend if sliders to 90/240. Really depends on what you want out of the texture you plan to use for the image, you could do this in reverse using Screen.

wow
it's exactly what i would do it
did you desaturate the texture?

i guess i got the wrong texture , do you know where can i find good texture to emulate old film scan


ps amazing portfolio , love your photos

[MacBurg]

Yeah the texture was B&W, if not I would usually desaturate it, you can then experiment with clipping a gradient map to the texture if you want some colour. Two good sites for free textures would be -

CG Textures

Texture King

Thanks for checking out my work too

[mantra]

Originally Posted by MacBurg

Yeah the texture was B&W, if not I would usually desaturate it, you can then experiment with clipping a gradient map to the texture if you want some colour. Two good sites for free textures would be -

CG Textures

Texture King

Thanks for checking out my work too

thanks
i will try because to learn how do it because

Try using Multiply instead and using the Blend If sliders to take the lighter parts of the texture out of the equation

did work well for me

[plugsnpixels]

Plug-in resources for adding film scratches and related effects (look here under "Film (scratches, edges)").

[chillin]

Originally Posted by plugsnpixels

Plug-in resources for adding film scratches and related effects (look here under "Film (scratches, edges)").

Like DigiEffects-Aged Film

[plugsnpixels]

chillin, DigiEffects used to offer Photoshop plug-ins but now seems focused on video editing "host applications including Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Combustion, and Boris RED".

Their Euphoria doesn't seem to be available any more (my copy is from 2003). What did you use for your example?

[chillin]

Originally Posted by plugsnpixels

. What did you use for your example?

DigiEffects-Aged Film

[mantra]

Originally Posted by chillin

DigiEffects-Aged Film

thanks but $49 are not few dollars

[plugsnpixels]

Right, but the obsolete PS version or the video version?

[mantra]

Originally Posted by plugsnpixels

Right, but the obsolete PS version or the video version?

video version ?

i have never edit a video in my life

for photoshop

[plugsnpixels]

Sorry, I was replying to chillen but we both posted at the same time.

[chillin]

Originally Posted by plugsnpixels

Sorry, I was replying to chillen but we both posted at the same time.

Its pretty old, but works with PS3 & probably would work with other versions too.

[plugsnpixels]

I personally found the entire suite a bit buggy, IIRC. I haven't tried it in years. I have it on a data DVD and would have to dig it out to test again.

BTW, I see I had both a dead and an outdated link under the "Film (scratches, edges)" heading on my website and fixed them. So hard to keep up with it all!

[chillin]

Here is a free action old Film.
See sample below.

[plugsnpixels]

Old film, old action – 1998! Yow, doesn't anybody do film scratches anymore?

Actually, Alien Skin Exposure does.