# What PS filters to add modern image parts into old ones? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps-filters-to-add-modern-image-parts-into-old-ones/818943 "2018-08-01T19:41:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JakeRS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps-filters-to-add-modern-image-parts-into-old-ones/818943/1 "2018-08-01T19:41:36Z")
I got an idea to try and put some modern military hardware, tanks, apc’s and so on into old photos, for example an Abrams tank on a WW2 picture, modern soldiers fighting in Stalingrad and stuff like that. Pictures then didn’t have pixels, so how do I make modern HD pictures feel more in line with the old ones, do I make them a little blurry, add some filters or what? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps-filters-to-add-modern-image-parts-into-old-ones/818943/2 "2018-08-01T20:25:27Z")
[Alien Skin Exposure](https://www.alienskin.com/exposure) is a great program/plugin, but it isn’t a cheap one. You can get a 30 day free trial, though. (Other options [here](https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/07/03/9-retro-style-plug-ins-for-photoshop-lightroom-and-more-give-your-photos-that-vintage-film-look/), but Exposure is the only one I’m familiar with.) ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps-filters-to-add-modern-image-parts-into-old-ones/818943/3 "2018-08-01T20:39:49Z")
Just do a Google search for vintage color fad filters. > **[Photo Effects - Free Online Photo Filters and Effects | FotoJet](https://www.fotojet.com/features/photo-editor/photo-effect.html)** > > FotoJet offers various online photo effects to adjust colors and tones of your photos! Apply photo filters for free now! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps-filters-to-add-modern-image-parts-into-old-ones/818943/4 "2018-08-01T22:36:46Z")
> [@JakeRS](#): > > I got an idea to try and put some modern military hardware, tanks, apc’s and so on into old photos, for example an Abrams tank on a WW2 picture, modern soldiers fighting in Stalingrad and stuff like that. > > Pictures then didn’t have pixels, so how do I make modern HD pictures feel more in line with the old ones, do I make them a little blurry, add some filters or what? It’s not that simple: see [https://www.cs.jhu.edu/~misha/Fall07/Papers/Perez03.pdf](https://www.cs.jhu.edu/~misha/Fall07/Papers/Perez03.pdf) , [http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/courses/15-463/2010\_spring/Lectures/blending.pdf](http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/courses/15-463/2010_spring/Lectures/blending.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps-filters-to-add-modern-image-parts-into-old-ones/818943/5 "2018-08-02T01:40:18Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > It’s not that simple… I agree. It can be easy to slap something together and have your friends laugh and say “Dude, you put a tank at The Battle of Hastings!”. But it’s time-consuming (and takes the eye of an artist and the skill of a computer whiz) to make it believable. I’ve been doing stuff like that since the 70s (OMG, before Photoshop!), and I’m still stymied sometimes. Some tanks just won’t look right in some battles, no matter how much time and software I use. eta: A thorough understanding of the physics of light, and how photography works, will help a lot. If you have a photo background, you’ll have a head start. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ps-filters-to-add-modern-image-parts-into-old-ones/818943/6 "2018-08-02T03:22:05Z")
BTW, [some images of a different generation of war tech pasted into WWII](https://www.google.com/search?q=star+wars+world+war+ii&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2gcXItM3cAhWHxYMKHZguCnQQsAQICw)