Postcard Effect Photo Editing Tutorial
What’s needed? Photoshop or any photo editor that allows you to create gradients and set a blending mode to color dodge.
Here’s a link to the image I’m using: [ x ]
(1) Open the photo in your editing program and duplicate the background image.
(2) Set the duplicated layer to “color dodge” and set the opacity to around 60%. Play around with this setting. You want the background or the image to be rather bright.
(3) If using Photoshop, create a photo filter adjustment layer and from the drop down menu select sepia. Set the density to 50% and uncheck preserve luminosity. If using a different editing program, create a solid color layer of “ac7a33” and play around with opacity so that the image looks rather dark and brownish.
(4) Create a gradient adjustment layer (or just a gradient if using something other than Photoshop). Use these settings, but play around with the angle to suit your image (the color is “885d01”):
(5) Create another gradient layer with the same color and play around with the angle again to create a rather nice effect in the corners. If you are using the same image as me, use these settings:
