Antiquing a Photograph
Computer graphics programs allow you to edit a photo to make it appear a lot older than it is. Altering a picture to make it look antique might be required to go on a periodic web site or to accompany an article, or even just to make a picture humorous. Antiquing a photograph requires a computer graphics editor software and the original picture. You will add different effects with the software to make the image appear older.
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Instructions
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Locate the digital photo that you wish to edit and open it in your graphics editing software. If the image you want to make appear antique comes from a normal photograph, then scan this image into the computer to make it appear in digital format.
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Make your canvas workspace larger than the photo. Drag the photo into the middle of the canvas workspace so that a border exists around it, in the style of older photographs.
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Create a new layer in the project. Position the layer behind the photo layer. Select the new layer by clicking on it.
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Click on the "Fill" or "Paint bucket" tool and designate the color to be an "off-white" color. Click on the canvas workspace to fill the border layer with this color.
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Click on the photo layer. Navigate to the "Filter" menu in the software and check to see if it has a "Noise" or "Grain" effect. Add one or both of these effects to make the photograph appear to have been taken with a more dated camera.
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Change the color in the photo to make it appear a light-brown. You can do this by using a "Sepia" effect tool if one is included as part of the graphics software, or you can change the "Hue" and Saturation" settings for the photo until it is a light-brown color.
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Add a vignette filter to the photo to give it a darker edge effect. You can make the vignette as large as you want. The vignette effect is normally included in the "Filters" section of the software.
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