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Select your image. Try to find a standard-quality picture, that's not either very small or very big. - Open your image in Photoshop. If you have a problem with low picture quality, then consult the "Improving the Image Quality" section below to improve the quality before adding the vintage effect. If the picture is high quality, proceed to the next step.
- Duplicate your image and again go to Blending Options. Choose Overlay or Soft Light, according to your preferences. If your image is a light one, it's better to keep it in low opacity such as 40%.
- Go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Selective Color.
- Input these numbers in the following order:
- Reds:+67, -48, -26, +31
- Cyans: +29
- Whites: 0, -45, +18, +8
- Neutrals: +59, -11, -27, +15
- Blacks: +51, +25, +23, -12
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Make a new layer (Ctrl+shift+n).Go to Edit>Fill and fill it with #1200ff or any rich blue color.This will fill your whole image with this colour but don't panic.Your image is not gone! - Right click your new layer and select again Blending Options. Set it to "Exclusion" and Opacity at 20-25%.
- Add another layer and fill it again in this color: 8581b6. Go to Blending Options and select Color Dodge and set the Opacity to 25-30%.
- Open the image you're editing or make a new file. The example shown here uses an RGB 300 x 100 with a black background.
- Draw the lines in the position you want the lightning to be. Use a 1px paintbrush.
- Use the 'Wind' filter. Filter > Stylize > Wind. Select the method as 'Wind' and the direction 'From the left'. Now repeat except change the direction to 'From the right'
- Rotate the image 90 degrees. Click Image > Rotate > 90 degrees right. Repeat the previous step and rotate it 90 left.
- Move to Filter > Distort > Ripple, set the amount to 100%, and hit "OK".
- Go to "Enhance > Adjust Color > Hue/Saturation". At the bottom right corner, hit "Colorize". Now adjust the "Hue" bar and the "Saturation" bar until you get a color you like.
