Topic awaiting preservation: Ageing Portraits with Photoshop 7

Am searching for a tutorial on forensic aging. I know that Computerarts and the "artyears" website had very good tutorials on this but both are either achived or removed from circulation. I would appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks.

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Start thar!

When i did one, i used the clone and heal brush to get the texture of old skin on the younger face, also i just went in a painted it up.

The clone tools will really help, becuase you can copy wrinkles and blemishes onto your photo...

[edit:] Oh carp. After I posted... I read the words, FORENSIC. [/edit]

Look at an old picture. Notice how they're grainy...

Image>Adjust>Desatuarte

Try creating a new layer, making a small circle with the elipse tool, and filling it with a darkish brown (for sepia, dark grey for b/w). Lower transparency

Make the picture over/under exposed with brightness/contrast... Usually if they were over exposed there was very little contrast... If they were under exposed, still very little contrast... but dark.

Search the FAQs for rip tutorials...

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[This message has been edited by Ruku (edited 01-12-2004).]

uhhh.... oh.

forensics is a broad term.... you see. I thought you wanted to make a person older, like they do in forensics to see what a person may look like later in life...

see http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/art/6.html from the FAQ.

So, what the Heck are you after?

edit, i re-read your title, "Ageing Portraits" and i think that means making people old???




[This message has been edited by eyezaer (edited 01-12-2004).]

eyezaer: You wer right frst time

The problem is that the best tutorial (the Computer Arts one) has disappeared. After you posted the FAQ link I checked some of those (ageing) links and I couldn't get the CA tutorial.

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ah!

I have the picture files that went with that tut... i am sure Bob also has them....

Honestly, i didnt really rely on that tut when i aged a face... becuase the tut just didnt look real enough.

I dunno where to find another one... Best bet is to learn about Blend modes, so you can mix textures together, and then get a firm grip on the clone tool.

Here be some other helpful linkage, just in case...
http://www.forartist.com/forensic/modification/modificationpg.htm
http://www.forensicartist.com/agepro.html
http://www.graphic-design.com/Waldron/AgingPhotos.html
http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/essays/diegotime/time.html

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^ What NoJive said

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[This message has been edited by docilebob (edited 01-31-2004).]

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I shoulda stopped into this thread sooner.
DB.... good to see you around....... hope all is well with you. =)

Thanks Michael. Things are returning to "normal" (and I use the term loosely.)
How are ya ? Are you back stateside yet ?





[This message has been edited by docilebob (edited 02-01-2004).]

I'll hit ya up on the Q.

I noticed that several links are not working on that faq entry... is there a "report broken link" link somewhere?

pierre