How to make retro movie art effect by Color shadow

How does the color shadow make the retro movie artistic effect? Most of the time, the group photo of the family, we would like to look not only warm, but also a little artistic effect. Many people are asking, how to make retro film art effect? Today, small knitting to recommend color shadow this software, on the one hand, its effect and quality is comparable to professional-grade products, on the other hand, it does use up a lot of kung fu, simple enough, for beginners and design experts are very suitable. Do not wordy, together to see the color of the film to make the art of retro movies.

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1, start color Shadow, we found that the interface design is very friendly and stylish, neat and not messy. We first click on the "Open" button to open the original image as shown in Figure 2.

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2, to bring some artistic atmosphere, to avoid photos too straightforward display, first we have to do a tear edge effect. Click on the "creative synthesis" of the navigation bar above the color shadow and select the "Feature Mask" button on the left side of the screen (Figure 3). Yes, I do not use a photo frame function, but the effect of more flexible mask function!

3, go to the Mask selection list, select their favorite tear edge mask effect (Figure 4). You can transform the mask, you can also allow the mask background to fill a variety of colors and even patterns, I only use white here, you can adjust according to the specific picture. When you are satisfied, click Apply button to confirm the effect.

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4, OK, tear edge effect complete! We want to make the photos with some unique personality, I think of an effect, the American retro movies in the "positive negative" effect! Click on the "digital darkroom" above the navigation bar and select the "positive negative" effect (shown in Figure 5) on the left side of the screen, with the largest number of shades of digital darkroom, Also can the effect of the quality of the detailed parameter adjustment, so that the most perfect picture rendering effect, satisfied with the "Confirm" button to complete the operation.

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Here, the American retro film-like artistic effect is completed (Figure 6). Fast enough simple, don't say you are not, we may as well try it!