How do I put scratches and tears INTO my textured photo?

[ADW02]

I have to admit that I certainly love Doug Landreth's texture bites when choosing photos that I think can make great moody textured images. But I've run across a problem that I don't yet have the answer for in PS, On1 or Luminar: creating scratches and tears in photos.

Recently, for practice I downloaded a modern-day photo of three men posing in front of a Civil War-era steam locomotive. With texturizing (going beyond texture bites) I've turned it into what I'm hoping looks like a vintage 19th Century photo. But it clearly needs scratches and tears to really make it look realistic, at least in my opinion. If anyone has any idea how to do this, please feel free to give me your input.

Thanks in advance for all help.





Texturized steam train

 

[s_grins]

I have to admit that I certainly love Doug Landreth's texture bites when choosing photos that I think can make great moody textured images. But I've run across a problem that I don't yet have the answer for in PS, On1 or Luminar: creating scratches and tears in photos.

Recently, for practice I downloaded a modern-day photo of three men posing in front of a Civil War-era steam locomotive. With texturizing (going beyond texture bites) I've turned it into what I'm hoping looks like a vintage 19th Century photo. But it clearly needs scratches and tears to really make it look realistic, at least in my opinion. If anyone has any idea how to do this, please feel free to give me your input.

Thanks in advance for all help.



Texturized steam train

Photo looks fine for me. It is fairly true and overall impression is right.

I do believe that you have tried and applied several textures before you got pleased with result. And of course you do not have all the existed textures (nobody has) and you played with what is available, and result is good.

Maybe, just maybe, you want a matching frame

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[Ho72]

Search results, unvetted.

http://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-photo-look-old-and-scratched-in-photoshop.aspx

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[ADW02]

Texturized steam train

Photo looks fine for me. It is fairly true and overall impression is right.

I do believe that you have tried and applied several textures before you got pleased with result. And of course you do not have all the existed textures (nobody has) and you played with what is available, and result is good.

Maybe, just maybe, you want a matching frame

Thanks for the compliments. It really is hard to say if a photo like this, had it been taken perhaps as much as 170 years ago, would actually look like this today. All I could do is guess. Perhaps it might stand as is, but I'm going to see what a few scratches and tears might do. I can always discard the new layer if it doesn't work.

I really wish I had taken the original color photo, which was shot in 2014 and made available on Pexels for free download. But the practice, I believe, will come in handy some day.

 

[ADW02]

Search results, unvetted.

http://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-photo-look-old-and-scratched-in-photoshop.aspx

https://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/old-antique-photo-effect-camera-raw-filter/

Ho72, I am very grateful indeed for your assistance in finding the method of putting in scratches and old-age effects in photographs. I'm going to research these at my first opportunity. For texturized photos that simulate technology of an older era, these could in many instances be the perfect finishing touch. It's a judgement call, but it's nice to know the technique.

 

[s_grins]

There is something similar to your photo.

Maybe you will take a look just of curiosity.







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[BlueGardenia]

This post reminded me of a similar thread from long ago.

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Google Images has tons of ideas for this vintage look.
Search for:
photoshop grunge brushes
photoshop paper tear brushes
photoshop distressed brushes
photoshop stratches brushes
photoshop vintage grunge frame

I used brushes and a frame for this one:

 

[ADW02]

This post reminded me of a similar thread from long ago.
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/2441621

Google Images has tons of ideas for this vintage look.
Search for:
photoshop grunge brushes
photoshop paper tear brushes
photoshop distressed brushes
photoshop stratches brushes
photoshop vintage grunge frame

I used brushes and a frame for this one:

You did a super job on this image. In using brushes, of course, you had to choose where to put the various wear marks, and it could have been easy to overdo it. But I think you "painted" in just the right places and in just the right amount.

Thanks for sharing this with us, and I will be looking at the various brushes you've listed.