Retro Art
Create a cool retro art effect in a few simple steps.

author:
  Ryan
title:
  Retro Art
date:
  Thu 26 August 2004
category:
  Photo Manipulation
credits:
 


New Document

Open Photoshop, press D to reset the palette colors.br>



Imoprt a Image

Ok start out with a image, any image can be used. I used the one below:





Adjustments

Apply Image>Adjustmensts>Threshold and set the marker to the right a bit so it looks similar to:





Apply Filter - Gaussian Blur

Now we want to smoothen things out, go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and set the blur to 1.0.





Apply Filter - Unsharp Mask

We need to bring back the edges just a bit so apply Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask and use these settings:





Add Color

Apply some color, I used a soft blue tone. Press CNTRL+U.





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