In this tutorial I will walk you through the techniques I’ve used to make this photograph appear to be an old west photograph. Before we start, let’s identify exactly what makes a photograph appear to be from that time period. First of all, it should have an orange tint, while being monotone in color. Of course, old photographs often get damaged over time, so we will probably want to add some damage to our photograph as well. Finally, to give it the look that it is indeed a photograph, we’ll probably want to throw it on a background.

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Realistically, there are a lot of different ways someone could approach this.  In this tutorial, I’ll outline the way I would approach this technique.
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