The Vintage Filter - ON1 Photo RAW
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The Vintage Filter
The Vintage filter adds a faded, muted look to an image simulating the film and paper stocks of the mid-20th century. Like all filters in ON1 Effects, the Vintage filter has a few built-in styles and controls for overall opacity, blending options, and masking controls. The filter has just a handful of its own controls, all of which are straightforward.
Color: Select the color simulation for the look.
Amount: Control how intense the color effect is.
Saturation: Enrich or mute the colors of your photo. This does not adjust saturation of the vintage tint.
There is also a Film Grain section to optionally add grain to an image. I prefer to use the dedicated Film Grain filter in ON1 Effects. The dedicated filter offers more control and has actual grain patterns from many different types of film stock.
Select a color style for the Vintage filter. Notice many of the colors are two-toned.
Adjust the Amount and Saturation sliders to taste.
When Should I Use The Vintage Filter?
I think the key thing for successful use of the Vintage filter is subject choice. This filter simulates the look of older photographs. Try Vintage on subjects that plausibly would have been around in the mid-20th century. Portraits are more or less timeless, barring obvious modern fashion. Certain landscapes or cityscapes are also good choices. Applying Vintage on modern subjects or scenes that are incredibly vibrant in color can cause some visual friction.
Try These Vintage Techniques
When working with the Vintage filter, try using it along with the Antique filter in ON1 Effects. The combination of these filters is a personal favorite. Yet do be careful not to overly desaturate your base image. Also try more aggressive vignettes with an almost border-like quality to it. Watch the video around the 8:50 mark for an example.
This Way Cafe, Bar Harbor, Main
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