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Vintage faded

Washed analogue photo

Matte blacks, pastel colour and a warm cast — a photo that looks like it was printed twenty years ago and left in the sun.

BeforeAfter
Vintage faded
Before editing
Demo image

Demo images are generated illustrations, not photographs taken with a specific camera. They show the direction of the look, not a guaranteed result.

The settings

White balance

Temperature
5900 K
Tint
+10

Light

Exposure
+0.10
Contrast
-20
Highlights
-15
Shadows
+20
Whites
-15
Blacks
+30

Presence

Texture
-5
Clarity
-10
Dehaze
-12

Colour

Vibrance
-5
Saturation
-20

Colour grading

Highlight tone (hue)
+50
Highlight tone (amount)
+20
Shadow tone (hue)
+320
Shadow tone (amount)
+14

Grain

Grain
+30
Grain size
+28

Why these numbers

  • A high Blacks value with low Contrast is what 'faded' actually means.
  • Low Saturation plus a warm highlight tone gives the aged paper feeling.
  • More grain than usual — old photos are never clean.

Adjust it for your photo

  • Too flat? Add +10 Contrast; the fade survives.
  • Reduce the yellow cast with Temperature down to about 5000 if skin looks ill.

Best for

Film-style portraitsSummer snapshotsNostalgic setsInstagram grids

A preset is a starting point, not a finished edit. Always check exposure and white balance afterwards — the same values look different on a different photo.

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