Black and White Vignette Istagram Effect

This tutorial will show you step by step process of how to apply a black and white Vignette and Istagram effect to an image.

To download the stock that I have used in this tutorial click on this link.

Step 1:
First open up the image with photoshop.

Step 2:  Duplicate the original layer
to avoid any kind of changes to original image.


Step 3: Make some adjustments to the new layer

a) Black and White
Go to Image --> Adjustments --> Black and White
Leave the default values and click on OK.

b) Curves
Image --> Adjustments --> Curve
Set Output = 159
Input = 143

c) Levels
Image --> Adjustments --> Levels
Input levels:
4   --   0.74  --  207

RESULT of step 4

Step 4: Create duplicate layer of Action_layer as Action_layer copy

Step 5: Apply Gaussian Blur
Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur
Set radius pixel to 4.6px

Step 6: Apply Layer Mask
With the Action_layer copy selected, click on add layer mask in layers palette.

Choose Gradient
Type Radial
Fore color - Black
Back color - White
Follow instruction in the given image

Then, click on the center of the image and drag it to any corner and release as shown the figure below:

After applying gradient mask we get the following result:

Step 7: Apply Vignette Effect to the Action_layer copy
Filter --> Lens Correction --> Click on Custom tab
Set Vignette amount to -100

Now its all done. Here is the final result that you will see:

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