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[ssaamm]

I have put together a collection of vintage-style effects based on actual vintage photographs, for use in making new stuff look older.

You can get Curves+ here




Download:  Curves+ Vintage effects.zip   2.3K   843 downloads



The photo I used was taken with a digital camera, and not modified aside from the vintage effect.

Edited by ssaamm, 28 May 2011 - 06:45 PM.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

I like this idea! Thank you ssaamm.

Note: A help file in the zip would have been helpful to newbies , so here's what you do with the download:

1. Download it - of course!

2. Unzip it

3. Copy or move the 6 XML files to the location C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\Paint.NET User Files\Effect Presets\Curves+

4. Now when you open Curves+ there will be the 'Vintage' collection added to the list of presets (top dropdown list in the dialog).

[Goonfella]

This is great! Thanks very much ssaamm.

( can you believe I never even knew there were presets in Curves+ until now - oops. )

[ssaamm]

Thanks guys! Ironically, this could be done in curves if it had presets.

I'd like to see any results of this and get feedback so I could attempt to make another set of curves for something else.

Edited by ssaamm, 28 May 2011 - 07:02 PM.

[pyrochild]

Very nice, though I don't think the Tutorials forum is the right place for this. But I can't think of where it should go, maybe because I'm ridiculously tired. So I'll just leave it here until I or someone else thinks of a better idea.

Also adding a link to this in the Curves+ thread.

Ironically, this could be done in curves if it had presets.

Unironically, anything Curves+ can do could be done in Curves if it had whatever. That's the point of Curves+

[ssaamm]

Unironically, anything Curves+ can do could be done in Curves if it had whatever. That's the point of Curves+

I realize this now...Ahh whatever

The internet seems to generally like debating about irony, but that's kind of a no-brainer now that I think about it.

[PaulH]

Hello,

I'm brand-spanking new to this sort of photo manipulation (or any sort of photo manipulation), but I thought I'd have a go at a PDN version of the PS lomography tutorial, here.

I know the colours aren't right, but I'm still frightened of the curves.

History
Vignette
Curves+ (can't remember which vintage effect I used) -- then added some more green
Combined Adjustments
Local Contrast Enhancement (high amount)
Sharpen (oh so sharp)

Mine is on the left; Original in the middle; The DPS version on the right.

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[Ego Eram Reputo]

Hi PaulH, welcome to the forum!

That's a nice effect you're created there. I like it a lot - it's almost 'hyper-real' (which is the way I tend to describe it to myself). Great job!

[ssaamm]

Those are pro quality, I'd say. Nice work!