Step 24: Select The Hue/Saturation Layer

As I mentioned at the end of the previous page, this last step is optional. I'm going to bring back some of the photo's original color, as if the color in the photo has also faded over time.

If you remember from the very beginning of the tutorial, we replaced the photo's original color with a sepia tone using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. The original photo with all of its original colors is sitting safely below that adjustment layer on the Background layer. To bring back some of the color, all we need to do is lower the opacity of that Hue/Saturation layer.

First, we need to select it, so click on the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer in the Layers palette:

Step 25: Lower The Layer's Opacity

With the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer selected, go up to the Opacity option at the top of the Layers palette and lower the opacity to around 90%:

This brings back 10% of the photo's original color, and with that, here's my final "old photo" result:

And there we have it!

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