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james-dolan — Tutorial - A Vintage Effect by-nc-sa

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Description If your gradient map looks like it hasn't done it right try desaturating (Ctrl+shift+U or using the the HUE colour slider mask) and it might make a big difference. Also once finished try playing around with levels or curves to get a nicer and more contrasty result!

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Nothing really else to say here, it's all up there ^^ Apart from if you get stuck comment me below, , enjoy!

Try to comment or if you learned something.

James-Dolan
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Comments: 53

Damagekid19 [2013-06-15 02:40:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Innfhinithydesigns [2013-02-23 21:06:44 +0000 UTC]

nice !!

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akizakura [2011-07-04 11:06:51 +0000 UTC]

Hello! Thought it was a great tutorial and tried it out on one of my pieces: [link]

Thanks

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SatisfiedThirst [2011-05-23 19:29:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow ;O I didn't think of such a simple way to make a vintage photo. Thanks C:

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james-dolan In reply to SatisfiedThirst [2011-05-24 11:39:10 +0000 UTC]

glad you like

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supahstarlet [2011-04-11 03:57:01 +0000 UTC]

this is nice!

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McZipper [2011-01-07 01:28:25 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I never thought of using gradient map like this, thanks a lot!!

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stvzz [2011-01-02 10:18:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial, man!

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james-dolan In reply to stvzz [2011-01-02 14:27:42 +0000 UTC]

hope it helped you out

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John-Logan [2010-10-20 16:48:45 +0000 UTC]

Gotta try this!

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MonsieurMarcos [2010-07-11 05:19:01 +0000 UTC]

simple yet very cool

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james-dolan In reply to MonsieurMarcos [2010-07-11 12:58:46 +0000 UTC]

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ifrahnaqash [2010-06-10 11:22:23 +0000 UTC]

wow!! that was cool!

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hipar [2010-06-07 23:00:38 +0000 UTC]

Great tut! It works in PS7 xD

I've used it a few times, and I've been pleased with the results!

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james-dolan In reply to hipar [2010-06-12 10:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Glad it came in use..

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rakkaus-kuolema [2010-04-03 13:29:21 +0000 UTC]

amazing tutorial i use it for some my photo!!!*_*

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james-dolan In reply to rakkaus-kuolema [2010-04-03 13:38:25 +0000 UTC]

Glad it came to use

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rule-of-thirds [2010-03-31 14:41:42 +0000 UTC]

this is nice

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james-dolan In reply to rule-of-thirds [2010-03-31 19:57:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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OblivionMedia [2010-03-31 09:03:29 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial and very useful - Keep up the good work.

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james-dolan In reply to OblivionMedia [2010-03-31 19:58:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, hope it helps

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tudup [2010-03-31 06:16:34 +0000 UTC]

Tnx 4 this!

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james-dolan In reply to tudup [2010-03-31 19:58:22 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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BiOzZ [2010-03-30 22:51:49 +0000 UTC]

very nice

thanks for the addition

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james-dolan In reply to BiOzZ [2010-03-31 19:58:15 +0000 UTC]

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carlinusje [2009-09-15 14:05:01 +0000 UTC]

Nice tut! I'll try this out soon

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FreestyleVirtual [2009-05-05 17:45:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow... Nice... +fav

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james-dolan In reply to FreestyleVirtual [2009-05-05 21:49:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, cheers for the also

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TheFulkrum [2009-01-27 18:29:06 +0000 UTC]

simple. effective, well designed tutorial

great job. thank you

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james-dolan In reply to TheFulkrum [2009-01-27 19:40:47 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, hope it helped!

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hepcatjester [2009-01-26 23:42:32 +0000 UTC]

Love it! Thanks!

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james-dolan In reply to hepcatjester [2009-01-27 09:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Cheers, also thanks for the !

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filemanager [2009-01-13 00:37:26 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks! (Got here from dps!)

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james-dolan In reply to filemanager [2009-01-13 09:13:53 +0000 UTC]

Ohhh DPS, Thanks for looking at my work.

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DreamingWithin [2009-01-03 14:05:02 +0000 UTC]

BY JOVE james! it was me indeed xD

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otas32 [2009-01-01 19:01:35 +0000 UTC]

Very cool tut!

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james-dolan In reply to otas32 [2009-01-01 19:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Cheers!

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PhotoLust [2009-01-01 18:52:53 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial has been collected in =PhotoLust 's favourites gallery (home of loads of brilliant tutorials) and has also been featured in January's journal . Thanks for making such a great resource!

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james-dolan In reply to PhotoLust [2009-01-01 19:57:06 +0000 UTC]

Wow!! Thanks alot for featuring my tutorial! and for the favorite

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fleetingdawn [2008-12-28 07:03:00 +0000 UTC]

It's great to find a tut that works in Elements! Thanks!

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james-dolan In reply to fleetingdawn [2008-12-28 12:27:32 +0000 UTC]

Ooo, glad it works in other programs, always good to know!

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FireDragon22 [2008-12-24 19:24:22 +0000 UTC]

handy tutorial XD

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james-dolan In reply to FireDragon22 [2008-12-24 20:39:55 +0000 UTC]

Cheers Thanks for the also!

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FireDragon22 In reply to james-dolan [2008-12-24 21:37:07 +0000 UTC]

your welcome XD
its a prity cool teqnice XD
umm... how did you do that XD emot? i tryed figuring it out but i only get a x eyes mad face lol

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james-dolan In reply to FireDragon22 [2008-12-24 22:16:58 +0000 UTC]

hehe lol, you do : XD : (without the spaces) thanks again

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FireDragon22 In reply to james-dolan [2008-12-25 08:11:01 +0000 UTC]

... that is so weard i tryed that but befor it kept giving me ---> D lol

but seems to work now

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LunaticMarine [2008-12-23 14:45:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!! I used this method on my photos.

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XtremeWoW [2008-12-23 09:09:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tut

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james-dolan In reply to XtremeWoW [2008-12-23 16:27:36 +0000 UTC]

No probs!

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RickHaigh [2008-12-23 00:35:09 +0000 UTC]

cool tutorial, James.. will try that out.

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