Sun bleach/fade

[StinkhornAdrian]

Hi all,

I'm new to all this and wondered what the best way to apply sun bleaching/fading is. I have an object (primarily red but with other colours too) and I want it to look like it's been left in the sun for a prolonged period.

Thanks for any tips.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

New layer

Fill it with white

Shift layer to below the image layer :MoveLayerDown:

Select image layer & press F4.

Lower the opacity.

[StinkhornAdrian]

New layer

Fill it with white

Shift layer to below the image layer

Select image layer & press F4.

Lower the opacity.

Cheers. I was wondering if anyone had any more physical/chemical insight - how different colours fade due to their chemical make-up and different levels of exposure on different areas etc. However, on reflection, I was probably being a bit too ambitious and your suggestion is more than adequate.

Thanks again.

[mountnman]

that would all depend on the type of ink used-- a red fruit-of-the-loom shirt from wallyworld will fade faster than the same shade of red from a quality manufacturer

[BoltBait]

You may also want to check out the Cross Processing plugin from Ed Harvey:

[StinkhornAdrian]

If anyone's interested, with a combination of Ego Eram Reputo's "white-out", Level adjustment and some colour burning, I achieved the following...

Pre-fade:

Post-fade:

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Not a bad effort! The transitions in the corners are perhaps a little abrupt, and the central fade just a little uniform for my liking.

Try blending in a cloud layer to see if you can introduce some lighter and darker patches. That would break up the flesh toned area. As a subtle effect, the opacity of such a layer should be quite low.

So how? Add a new layer & Effects > Render > clouds. Leave this layer above the others & try some different combinations of blend modes and/or opacity levels (press F4 for both).