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vintage icons?
irenex3
post Aug 3 2005, 01:09 PM
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how do people make icons look sorta old like vintage.
like these
 
centaur_passion
post Aug 3 2005, 01:48 PM
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Try playing with the contrast, hue/saturation, brightness...and so on, in Photoshop. Sepia tones and faded colors make things sort of old looking. _smile.gif

Let me know if you need more detail than that.
 
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post Aug 3 2005, 03:19 PM
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^ Yea, some of that too. But also with the text, I think they use Lucida Bright, and it's always in grays, light yellows with a semi-low opacity.
 
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post Aug 3 2005, 03:49 PM
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easiest way: go image > adjustments > variations...
mess with the colors and the lightness/darkness until you get something you like. If you want it to look even better, then go image > adjustments > hue/saturation and lower the saturation a little bit.
 
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post Aug 11 2005, 06:55 PM
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whistling.gif http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...6419&hl=vintage whistling.gif
 
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post Aug 11 2005, 07:01 PM
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There was a tutorial on this like somewhere i can't find it now but what she did was she would use like a dark navy blue color and play with the blending mode or options then put a brownish color or gradient over it and lastly she would go to filter>>sharpen>>sharpen edges.
 
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post Aug 11 2005, 10:05 PM
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Yea, I've always been wondering about this. It's definately a neat look I like.
 
irenex3
post Aug 11 2005, 11:19 PM
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im using photoshop elements (since my photoshop broke) and i cant see the go image > adjustments > variations. is there a way to do it on photoshop elements?
 
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post Aug 12 2005, 12:47 AM
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.... Filter -> Adjustments -> Photo Filters -> Choose sepia from the pull menu.
That's about as good as you're going to get. You can do what SHAWTY_TOYA said too.
 

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