Layer this

10 November 2009 By Nitsa 0 In techniques, texture layer

To celebrate my scanner’s return to life I decided to scan an old paper and apply the texture layer technique to a photo.
I chose a photo I took recently in Gettysburg when I stumbled in the evening upon these guys who were camping in tents looking cool in their civil war uniform.
So I layered the old paper over the original color photo and then converted the photo to black and white but left the paper in its original sepia tone. I set the blend mode of the top layer to overlay 80% transparency. Next I applied the dodge and burn tool to different areas as needed.
And for the final touch I added an old ragged border.
Now this takes me back!