[align=center]At first you need to find some appropriate picture for our tutorial.Open your original picture and apply
Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation 
see the difference now..
duplicate this layer with
Ctrl+J and apply
Filter+Blur+Gaussian Blur with similar setting to this
after that mess with the layer mode & opacity/fill. I tried Multiply with a fill of 60%.
now use
Image+Adjustment+Levels with next presets to make color correction
see results below
Ok, now I would like to add the dark areas along the picture edges to create focus for the future accent. To do this create a new layer and fill it with black color. Then select the
Eraser Tool (Opacity: 50%) and a soft round brush about 300 px and clear the inner area as shown on my picture:
Set layer opacity to 70% up:
Ok, we are done with background. Time to add an accent to our picture. I got it from another picture. Open this file, then select the
Polygonal Lasso Tool and select the boy's body as on picture below:
use
Ctrl+C to copy selected part of image from this photo and paste copied fragment to the main document. Then use
Ctrl+T to miniaturize this fragment a little bit and move it down as shown on my picture:
Tweak contrast of the fragment using
Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast with with similar settings to these:
See the difference:
Ok, now time to add some shadow under the boy. Go to the layer under the boy and create a new layer. Then select the
Brush Tool and a soft round brush about 15 px and draw black spot as below:
Time to add bigger shadow from boy's body. Create a new one layer, then select the
Brush Tool with the same parameters and create bigger spot on the floor as on my picture:
I think it will be better to make this shadow a little bit sparse in the end. For this effect select the
Eraser Tool (Opacity: 30%) and a soft round brush about 45 px and make a couple of clear strokes. Now shadow looks better, isn't it?
To finish off the tutorial I think we need to do a little burn work with the boy's picture. Using the
Now, using the
Dodge Tool with moderate settings (Brush: 250 px, Range: Shadows, Exposure: 25%) do a little bit of dodge-work on this layer.
Now duplicate this layer with
Ctrl+J and apply
Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with next presets:
After that change layer mode to Soft Light and set opacity up to 65%.
We are done for now. Looks good as for me! Use it, make it and enjoy your own nice photo effects!
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hope you enj0y...
by:haria
Subject: old style photo effect 
Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:05 pm
