Docs And Dead Flowers (Photo Manipulation) - Part 2

VCR screen effect

For this image I duplicated the original layer three times and colorised each layer with cyan, red and green respectively with 100 percent saturation, then I nudged each layer slightly to the left or right to create a ghosting effect.  I then duplicated the original layer, moved it to the top, and lowered the opacity until the RGB effect was slightly visible.  I created the scan line overlay by creating a single line in a new document and saving it as a pattern (following this tutorial) After this I merged all layers but this one.  I also added a subtle diffuse glow, emphasising the grainy texture, then on the merged photo layer I selected small strips of the image and stretched them slightly to the right and left, adding noise to the selections.  I learned this technique by following this tutorial.  

I think it creates a really interesting effect however it looks really busy with all the scratches and paint smudges which also don't really make sense in the context of a VCR still.  I think this edit would have been much more successful if I hadn't edited the original photograph so much.  (One of the downsides of working traditionally I suppose.)

Perhaps this effect will work better on an illustration...  It may create the idea of a still from a 90s animated cartoon?

Black & White contrast

I thought this photo had a really nice balance in dark and light values so I decided to really push them.  I changed the photo to black and white and added an S curve contrast in the curves window.  I know black and white images are a bit overdone/cheesy sometimes but I think it really draws attention to the range of interesting textures in this image.

For this image

Photo overlay

For this image I used a photo of my brother's band performing and overlaid on to one of my heavily scratched photos.  I really like the positioning of the scratches over the faces of the band mates and the vagueness of the images in the background.

"Vintage" effect

I quite liked the composition of this image on its own so didn't want to edit it to heavily.  I achieved the "vintage" effect by heightening the blue and red values and lowering the saturation slightly.  

Gradient overlay

Adding a muted red and green gradient on an overlay layer.

Adding a vignette and tweaking the hue.

Whilst messing about with the hue I found this combination.  I think the small splashes of magenta, orange, red and cyan are subtle but effective.  I also added a black vignette to keep the focus around the centre of the image.

Photo Manipulation CD Cover Mock Up