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How To Make Someone Older In Photoshop – Young To Old Tutorial

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Most people use Photoshop to make themselves look younger, healthier, and better looking; not many people are doing the opposite (unless of course, you are Photoshopping yourself into a Zombie!).

In this Photoshop training tutorial, I will show you how to do just that; how to make someone older in Photoshop.

With this aging Photoshop technique, you can make anyone seem decades older, and best of all, it is really easy to do!

The techniques I’m going to show you in this video are fun, and they deliver some incredibly realistic results!

All you will need is a picture of yourself (or any other person), and the reference images I have provided below.

If you have any comments or questions, leave them below, or you can send me a Tweet.

In This Young To Old Photoshop Tutorial You Will Learn How To:

00:43 – Use the quick selection tool to remove foreground from background.
01:19 – Use the “refine mask” panel to refine your mask.
07:50 – Use the patch tool to add wrinkles to your image.
12:43 – Use the liquify tool to make a face look older.
14:40 – Create “old-looking” ears.
17:50 – Add “old” eyebrows to your image.
19:25 – Create a brush to paint facial hair.
24:49 – Add white hair to your image.

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ululf01
ululf01
8 years ago

awesome young to old 🙂

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  ululf01
8 years ago

Yup!

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james
james
7 years ago

Thanks for the detailed explanation,, but to tell the truth, you could have cut a good 10 minutes or more out of this video because you were over-explaining everything.
actually, I really think this video could have been 9 or 10 mins tops!
its frustrating to have to listen to something for 30 mins that could have been done in 10.
but it was a good detailed tutorial… (for people that dont mind giving up 30 mins of their time to learn something simple)

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  james
7 years ago

James,
Thanks for your comment!

You might be a bit more advanced than most people who visit my site. The overwhelming amount of messages I receive are appreciative of longer videos since most people are starting out. The few messages I get about the videos being too long are usually from more experienced people. Personally, I am more like you, I prefer to watch the shorter videos but I have the advantage (and I’m guessing you do as well) of having experience.

Also thanks for checking out my stuff!

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Your name here
Your name here
Reply to  Jesus Ramirez
5 years ago

wow cool

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Your name here
5 years ago

Thank you!

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riyad
riyad
Reply to  Jesus Ramirez
5 years ago

where is the old people photo you said it would be on website

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  riyad
4 years ago

On this page! Above the comments!

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Tracy Mapes
Tracy Mapes
7 years ago

You Did a Really Great Job!

But like the Other Poster noted, there was a lot of wasted time,

mostly in not utilizing the Reason that You went to all the trouble to Carefully Scaling the Images of the Older Persons.

Instead of having to individually cutting and pasting Wrinkles, While Your Original Layer and Older Person Overlay are still in alignment, Add a Layer Mask to Your Old Image, and then Invert the Layer Mask to 100% Black (Transparency).

Then You can just Freely Paint on Wrinkles any where you would like them to Appear without having to think about it, by Paint with White Paint.

This gives the Photoshop User the Freedom to use all of the Layer Blend Modes and Transparency Options as they Create their New Image.

I Hope that will Help in Future Tutorials in Simplifying what seems to be a Complex Process.

Fantastic Work that You Accomplished Here.

Take Care,

Tracy Mapes

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Tracy Mapes
7 years ago

Tracy, thanks for your comment!

I will try to simply things a bit more!

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Obel
Obel
7 years ago

I was very interested in your aging video, but because I don’t belong to any social groups, I was not able to download the tutorial.

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Obel
7 years ago

There’s a grey “X” on the top right you can click on. You are not require to go through a social network.

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sean gabriel
sean gabriel
7 years ago

Great tutorial, clearly explained. I learned some things for sure. I never use the History Brush but may give it a try now. I also didn’t know the 50% guides trick, going to use that for sure. PS: It’s amazing how anyone can be “frustrated” by a FREE tutorial video ;-).

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  sean gabriel
7 years ago

Thanks, Sean!

I used to use percentages all the time with guides, but now I’m more into Guide Guide. It’s a great Photoshop plugin and it completely turbo charges your guides.

PS.
It’s crazy to me too!

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Lori
Lori
7 years ago

Thanks for the insightful tutorial! Never too old to learn. 🙂
Regarding the tutorial files, is it at all possible to get higher resolution files to prevent the image from looking pixelated?

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Lori
7 years ago

Lori, I don’t have the rights to distribute the hi-res files. However, this tutorial is not dependent on those files. You can use whatever photos you like to achieve a similar effect.

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Christina
Christina
6 years ago

i really like how you teach this, but i don’t understand on how to take off the old man after words. i mean after you Merge Layers, after you put the wrinkles on, how do you take off the old man and leave your picture with the wrinkles. because after you stop and pause, that’s where i get lost and don’t know how to take off the old man.

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Christina
6 years ago

Christina,

You mean at the end?

If so, you should have at least two layers that are virtually the same, except for the face. Just add a layer mask to the top layer (the one with the old person’s face) and mask out the things you don’t want.

Hope this helps!

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George
George
6 years ago

Great video!! More than helpful tutorial!! But in the beggining i seem to have a problem…i select myself with the quick selection tool but then the “add mask” in the layer section is not clickable!! So as the layer mask in the layers tab at the top!! Any idea on what im doing wrong?? 🙁

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  George
6 years ago

George,

Is the layer that you are selecting a “background” layer or a locked layer?

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Henzbomb
Henzbomb
6 years ago

awsome so werthot!

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luke
luke
6 years ago

Hi,

thanks for the tutorial. i’m having trouble merging the layers. i can merge (ctrl + e) the layer with the picture of the first old man ‘old 1’, however once you pause and restart the video with the second old man image if i try to merge these ‘old 2’ it merges instead with the layer below ‘old 1’. Please can you advise what i am doing wrong?

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  luke
6 years ago

Luke,

I don’t recall exactly what part this happens on so if you want to tell me what minute in the video it occurs I can see and give you a specific answer.

In general, however, you can select more than two layers (shift click on them) and then do the merge.

Hope this helps.

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kate
kate
Reply to  Jesus Ramirez
4 years ago

At 12:32, you pause the video to add more wrinkles. When you come back you have a new layer with a new image of an old man but the wrinkles you have added on old 1 is still visible. How would you do that?

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  kate
4 years ago

I merge the new layer to old one. So I bring in the new image. Then Merge it to the layer below.

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jaymurder
jaymurder
5 years ago

thanks

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  jaymurder
5 years ago

You’re welcome!

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jay
jay
5 years ago

thanks you sir

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  jay
5 years ago

You’re welcome!

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Amanda
Amanda
5 years ago

Hi, I’m looking forward to trying this thank you. Just wondering, the pictures of the older people that you use… Do they need to be similar resolution to the photo of yourself?
Thanks again

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Amanda
5 years ago

You’re welcome, Amanda!

Yes, the closer the are in resolution the better results you get. But depending on the area, you may get away with using a lower resolution image.

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Eunice
Eunice
5 years ago

Hi so can this work aging someone who has past?! Example he past very young would to see what he would look like today

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Eunice
5 years ago

Yeah, but it will be of course an artistic interpretation.

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Chloe Gigliotti
Chloe Gigliotti
5 years ago

I need some help. I am unsure how to get rid of the pictures of the older people after you have used them with the patch and lasso tool. I don’t want my final product to have a random picture of an old person. If you could please explain what I do to get rid of the image that would be great!

This is for a school assignment.

Thank you.

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Chloe Gigliotti
Chloe Gigliotti
Reply to  Chloe Gigliotti
5 years ago

Also, this has been an awesome and very helpful tutorial! Unlike some others, I find the explanations and detail very helpful!

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Chloe Gigliotti
5 years ago

Thank you, Chloe!

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Chloe Gigliotti
5 years ago

Place the original image above everything else and just mask out the face. This will reveal the face that you worked on.

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Alan Ichiriu
Alan Ichiriu
4 years ago

I have a project/job where I have to change an image of a 20 something female (both full frontal face and at a 45° angle to the camera) and age her to a 30 year old, 40 year old, 50 year old and 60 year old.

Is this a job you might consider taking? If so, let me know your costs and I can run it through my account group.

To summarize, it would be 4—10 year incremental aging images of a 20 something female in two angles. Total of 8 images.

Thanks.

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Alan Ichiriu
4 years ago

Alan, I am not available for freelance work at the moment. Thank you.

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HJ
HJ
4 years ago

Hi,
I’m doing a project where I have to age a 16 year old boy but only slightly, to make him look like 30 years old. I was wondering what techniques you would suggest, since the age is not much and wrinkles and all kind of haven’t existed yet. Thank you.

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  HJ
4 years ago

I would make the face fuller, make jaw bigger, add maybe a few wrinkles around the eyes. It all depends on how the boy looks.

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Dogum gunu pastasi
Dogum gunu pastasi
3 years ago

Thank you so much. Thanks for sharing.

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Dogum gunu pastasi
3 years ago

You’re welcome!

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Max Brassfield
Max Brassfield
2 years ago

You are an artist Jesus, I’ve enjoyed so many of your video’s. Being 72 now is there a video on going from OLD to Young? (lol)

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Remruata
Remruata
1 year ago

This is awesome. Thank you
Can you please show us to make image slider like you did.

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Jesus Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
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Reply to  Remruata
1 year ago

You’re welcome! The slider is a WordPress plugin called TwentyTwenty.

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