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    #61
    Stroodle,

    Nice pics. What are you using to manipulate the pics? Photoshop or something similar?

    And how do you achieve some of there results? Do you add grain or sepia? Do you mess with the gamma at all? Or are these direct from the camera you're using?

    And in the first pics you have some kind of a filter that makes it look old? Is that a filter in your picture editing software? Or is that a still image from your film with the applied filter?

    Nice job!

    Blair

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      #62
      Blair: Thanks for the reply. I am shooting with an old 2 1/4 camera. Scanning the black and white negatives, or scanning the color prints. I open them up in photoshop, shift them from color images to black and white, or leave them as color.

      Easier this way.
      Black and White negatives are scanned as color negative, better resolution. Once they are opened in photoshop, I convert them to black and white. Then do some minor touching up...spotting basically. The images are shot at their lowest depth of field, I like the subject in focus and nothing else. Then, I add the layer that makes them look old. It is not a filter, just the scans of old negatives that have been left on the darkroom floor that are scratched,have chemical stains on them, burned........I then mess around with that layer until it looks the way I want it to.
      At this point, all the layers have been converted to RGB color. Then, I add a layer that is sepia(photo filter on the layer inset), bump that to about 37% to give it a nice warm tone. When I add the distressed layer, I use the multiply command to
      bring the image out. This is when you have to manipulate the original image, lighten it up, as the distressed layer will make the whole image appear darker.

      Once I have done these steps, and confused the hell out of myself, and you, I save the image as a high res photoshop file, do not compress the layers. You might want to go back and rework the image. Then I compress the layers, decrease the file size to 75 dpi, and save it as a jpg in order to post it here. The one problem that I notice is that the smaller the file size, the sepia effect tends to go away.

      Confusied? I know I am. Send me a pm, and I will list the steps for you.

      David

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        #63
        Several of those pictures really look like the real deal.

        JL

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          #64
          JL:

          Thank you. In addition to the photo's, I have been shooting a tremendous amount of video. IMAC software allows me to age the video, and then turn them into the rip-off news clips that people post on Youtube. I have avoided posting them there as the majority of the responses and comments tend to be a little extreme. A couple of the dvd's have made their way to Los Angeles and I have gotten some pretty good feedback. I wish that there were some way that we could post movies like we post photo's. I think that you guys would appreciate them.

          David

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            #65
            I usually run from the chance to photograph G.I's, but, this is one that I have always liked.
            David
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              #66
              Hi David,

              No, that was awesome. I followed it.

              I am about to film ski scenes here in Massachusetts, and I need to make them look like it was fimed in the 1940's. I am using a high-end Super-8 camera with special film that is cut down from Hollywood scrap 35mm. It comes in various ASA's. It's more of a pain to work with than film, but I prefer the look of film to video. And my software doesn't have any kind of a "Film Look" to make video look like film.

              I am using a software product called Ulead Video Studio and Ulead Photo-impact. I really like your results. I think I will try something similar. I especially like your tip to shoot at the lowest depth of field. I agree, that is a cool look!

              Thanks for taking the time to reply.

              Blair

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                #67
                Blair:

                I am jealous....shooting with super 8.....you are going to get some great stuff.

                The filters that you are capable of making with photshop are only limited by your imagination.

                Have fun.
                David

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                  #68
                  variation on the 44 shot
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                    #69
                    muddy grenadier
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                              #74
                              Negatives

                              Originally posted by Stroodle View Post
                              Blair: Thanks for the reply. I am shooting with an old 2 1/4 camera. Scanning the black and white negatives, or scanning the color prints. I open them up in photoshop, shift them from color images to black and white, or leave them as color.

                              Easier this way.
                              Black and White negatives are scanned as color negative, better resolution. Once they are opened in photoshop, I convert them to black and white. Then do some minor touching up...spotting basically. The images are shot at their lowest depth of field, I like the subject in focus and nothing else. Then, I add the layer that makes them look old. It is not a filter, just the scans of old negatives that have been left on the darkroom floor that are scratched,have chemical stains on them, burned........I then mess around with that layer until it looks the way I want it to.
                              At this point, all the layers have been converted to RGB color. Then, I add a layer that is sepia(photo filter on the layer inset), bump that to about 37% to give it a nice warm tone. When I add the distressed layer, I use the multiply command to
                              bring the image out. This is when you have to manipulate the original image, lighten it up, as the distressed layer will make the whole image appear darker.

                              Once I have done these steps, and confused the hell out of myself, and you, I save the image as a high res photoshop file, do not compress the layers. You might want to go back and rework the image. Then I compress the layers, decrease the file size to 75 dpi, and save it as a jpg in order to post it here. The one problem that I notice is that the smaller the file size, the sepia effect tends to go away.

                              Confusied? I know I am. Send me a pm, and I will list the steps for you.

                              David
                              Dave

                              You mean your camera produces a negative like any standard optical print camera would?

                              Bruce

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                                #75
                                Bruce:

                                Yep, normal negatives. There are times when I shoot digitally, but all that are on this thread are from negatives.
                                David

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