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Phun With Photoshop: Faux Vintage Postcards
This past week or so I've been having "phun" taking some of my old (and not-so-old) photos and creating faux vintage post cards with Photoshop.
These were done solely for my entertainment. I'm not a professional graphic designer or anything.

Here are most of them so far along with the original photos:


San Francisco Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (Photo taken 1991)





Seattle Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (2019)





Paris Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (1991)





NYC Rooftops Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (1991)





New York City Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (1991)





San Francisco Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (1994)





New York Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (1991)





American in Paris Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr (1999)





Houston Faux Vintage Postcard 1 by me on Flickr





Faux Vintage Postcard From The Apocalypse by me on Flickr (San Antonio 2023)


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I confess to having "borrowed" a number of the city name graphics along with a couple of "textures" for creating the antique looks.
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I love these, I think they are artistically done, and saleable too.
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This is one of the most unique photothreads in a long time! Great idea!
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This is one of the most unique photothreads in a long time! Great idea!
Thank you! I wasn't sure how these would be received as a photo thread.
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I like the San Antonio one the best!
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I like the San Antonio one the best!
Yeah... That may be my favorite, too. I also can't seem to stop tweaking it.
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Yeah, these are very cool.
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this is great — do more when you can!
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Now that's the creativity where people always talking about, the "GOOD IDEA".

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These are awesome!
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These are great. You're a very talented photographer - do you do it for a living? Or some kind of visual art?
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The Pantheon one is really great, looks like a textbook illustration.
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Just made a new one:


Houston Faux Vintage Postcard by me on Flickr
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