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Only Shades of Gray

 

A simple tip to creating believable retro imagery is never to use 100% black or white tones in the artwork.  The retro look often relies on distressed or faded artifacts, and a foundation of grays in a subtle tonal spectrum can enhance the vintage believability.  Unlike using Desaturate (Image>Adjustments>Desaturate), Image>Adjustments>Black & White gives you control over specific color values, tinting, hue and saturation as well as some presets with which to experiment.

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Creating Place Scale Markers

You know those scale markers they have on maps that say that 1″ equals 1 mile? Well, Photoshop can create something called Scale Markers. These are measurement guides that are created based on the measurement scale you use. Once a measurement scale is established, go under the Analysis menu and choose Place Scale Marker. In this example, I have established my measurement scale to interpret 100 pixels as 1″ in a file that’s 10″ wide at 100 dpi. So if I want to create a 3″ scale marker, then I would enter 3 in the Length field. I can also choose to display text as a label for the marker. You can choose its color and placement depending on the file.

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