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To create a film-like quality to the photo, apply the Add Noise filter onto a new layer. This’ll give the look of graininess, an aesthetic quality typically associated with film. Next, use a layer mask, once again, to mask out the center of the photo. I do this to avoid getting too much grain onto the face area. Set the layer to 15% transparency and layer blending as Multiply.
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After that, a second image is applied onto the main image. This is image is taken from my own stock collection of photographed texures. I call this one, The Rag, for its crosshatching pattern. This layer was set to 25% transparency and layer blending to Screen.
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When a traditional photograph is exposed to prolonged sunlight, it loses its red pigment, causing the image to fade. To achieve that same effect for a digital photo, apply a Color Balance Adjustment Layer between the Grain layer and the Lens Blur layer. I’m not sure how successful I was in duplicating that classic sun-faded look, however, the colors turned out quite interesting, so I kept it.
(See screen shot of the
Color Balance Value)
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