Really good tutorial on vintage PP?

My style tends to usually be exactly the opposite of vintage PP; deep saturated colors, probably the result of me growing up shooting Velvia (when I could afford it, I was a teen back then!). To date, I have been resistant merely to "follow the trend" and learn vintage PP--it seems like fairly often, I see substandard pics that try to compensate by heavy-handed vintage PP (or some other style).

Even if I don't regularly start using that style, I would like to educate myself just to broaden my skill set. Anyone know of a really good tutorial on vintage PP? I am familiar enough with LR and PS to guess at some of the elements--obviously desaturation, some color shifts, etc. The few tutorials I I have found only work in PS, whereas I find that I do most of my work in LR/ACR. What I am hoping to find, is a nice step by step that goes from LR/ACR to PS and shows the steps in detail.

(Sorry I don't have an example pic--I looked on Flickr for a while but I couldn't find an example that I like enough to post here--all the ones I found were either too over the top or covering flaws in the shot). Thanks!

Are you trying to get something like this? This was my only experiment with vintage PP, using PS. The tutorial I used is pretty good - the link is on my flickr page:

http://www.threehundre​deight.com/p/by-election-barometer.html

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/syamastro/65688​27391/

'Vintage' can mean...

1. the look of freshly printed photos taken with (brand, model) film, or
   
2. the look of AGED prints which have declined with decades of exposure to light as well as other agents which affect organic dyes
   
3. processing techniques supplemental to the inherent characteristics, used with conventional silver halide emulsions (sepia toning, blue toning, selenium toning, etc.)
   

Sorry guys, I really should have included an example...I looked around and this is the kind of look I mean by "vintage" : http://assassinlenna.d​eviantart.com …hotoshop-action-322751997

...which reminds me, the easy answer to my question would probably now be, well, just load the action in your link you posted, you big dummy! But that's not the point of this exercise for me; I want to learn the steps involved, rather than just running an action.

plawren53202 wrote in post #14951227
...which reminds me, the easy answer to my question would probably now be, well, just load the action in your link you posted, you big dummy! But that's not the point of this exercise for me; I want to learn the steps involved, rather than just running an action.

If there is an action that you have seen that gets the results you like then it's pretty simple to examine the action -- the steps are all quite visible, pretty easy to analyze! Or, do you want someone who will give a step-by-step analysis for you?

plawren53202 wrote in post #14951227
Sorry guys, I really should have included an example...I looked around and this is the kind of look I mean by "vintage" : http://assassinlenna.d​eviantart.com …hotoshop-action-322751997
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That is an 'aged look', not truly 'vintage' (the look of the original film/print)...it is color shifted due to organic dyes fading, as well as reduced in contrast (blacks not so black), again due to dyes fading.

Here is a scanned photo of an aged print that simply has been in a box for almost 40 years, as another example. Once again you see color shift and reduced contrast.

The action that you linked to is great because it saves every step on a layer. Just look at each layer to figure out what was done.

Your story is so similar to mine. I also grew up shooting Velvia and most of my style tends towards saturated photos. I have also seen a trend, or fad, or whatever you want to call it towards this "aged" or "vintage" look. I do think some shots would look great with that style, though I'm not very good at creating it.

The thing that I have done is dropped saturation and contrast. Then I have played with the split toning and tried to give it a yellow to yellow-green look. I do this on a photo by photo basis though. If you find something out there for LR please share!

OP that vintage look can be done with curves in photoshop. look up digital cross process. or can use split toning. blues in shadows and yellows in highlights.

jerr6 wrote in post #14953241
OP that vintage look can be done with curves in photoshop. look up digital cross process. or can use split toning. blues in shadows and yellows in highlights.

Agreed. There are a LOT of actions that will give this result as well.

Beau Hudspeth wrote in post #14953405
Agreed. There are a LOT of actions that will give this result as well.

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