What appears to be an old photo-
graph was really made in 2002 at
the locomotive repair facility at
the Colorado Railroad Museum in
Golden. The original image was
shot in color through a window
using a Minolta DiMAGE X point-
and-shoot camera with an expo-
sure of 1/30 sec at f/2.8 and ISO
157—at least according to the
EXIF data. Image was converted
to this look using Nik Software’s
(www.niksoftware.com) Old Photo
fi lter that’s part of its Color Efex
Pro package of Photoshop-com-
patible plug-ins. © 2007 Joe
Farace.
Nik’s Old Photo fi lters transform an image to resemble an old photograph. Multiple styles are available to
emulate different old-fashioned photographic processes. Controls are provided to affect the type of the old
photo that is being emulated, the amount of grain added, and the brightness of the image. This easy-to-apply
fi lter produces great results quickly over a wide range of photographic types. © 2007 Joe Farace.