[Old Timey Effect]

Sigh. As usual, poking around I figured out how to do the tinting. Who knew they'd have the word "Sepia" in a menu.

And I figured out a decent (although not the best) method of adding the scratches. I cloned the picture into two layers, used the "frosted glass" effect on the cloned layer with the following settings:

Maximum Scatter Radius: 27.03

Minimum Scatter Radius: 5.89

Smoothness: 1

I put the cloned layer on top of the original layer, set the cloned layer's opacity to 62, and it seemed to turn out pretty nice.

[Old Timey Effect]

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I'm a relative newb. Is there a filter or plugin/whatever that will redo my color photos and make them look like old timey (circa 1900) pictures? I'd need to turn them from color to B&W or the B&W + hand tinted look, add a few scratches, and some script writing (like they used to scratch on tintypes). I can figure out how to do the writing, but everything else is a mystery to me.

Thanks!

[Simple *Round* Glass Buttons]

Brilliant tutorial!

I used your method to produce rounded square buttons. I'm not 100% satisfied with the highlights, but I can tweak them later.

Tip for this type of work: Duplicate and keep the original background layer around. Call it "Flat White Background." It will make selecting the work area much easier (i.e. go to layer, magic-wand the circle or rectangle or whatever, then invert selection if needed). Make sure to un-check the "visible" option in the layer properties, though.

My first attempt:

I followed the tutorial nearly exactly. I only changed three things:

1. Made it a rounded rectangle

2. Used Glow effect, not drop-shadow on the "Control" layer

3. Used drop shadow twice on the flattened image, once with X=0, Y=0, Blur=10, and again with X=5, Y=5, Blur=10

A slight variation - Glossy Marbled Texture

Same as above except:

1. Duplicate the "Flat White Background" layer, move to just above "Background" layer and rename to "Marble"

2. Select Primary Color=00660A, Secondary Color=White

3. Magic-wand the Marble layer to select the rectangle.

4. Effects->Clouds(Scale=75, Roughness=75, Blend=Normal)

5. Set Layer Properties to Blend=Normal, Opacity=50

Another slight variation - Swirly Glass Texture

Same as above except:

1. Make a new (throwaway) image 800x600.

2. Primary Color=Black, Secondary=White

3. Effects->Clouds(Scale=75, Roughness=75, Blend=Normal)

4. Effects->Distort->Twist(Amount=45,Quality=2)

5. Ctrl-A to select entire image, Ctrl-C to copy

6. Switch back to original image and Edit->Paste Into New Layer. Keep the canvas size. Selection should be centered.

7. Set Layer Properties to Blend=Darken, Opacity=135, Name="Swirly"

8. Move Swirly layer to just above Background layer

9. Go back to Flat White Background layer. Select rectangle, Ctrl-I to invert selection.

10. Go back to Swirly layer and hit Delete key to make swirly same size/shape as rectangle.

11. Effects->Blurs->Radial Blur(Radial Amount=2)