A sad truth is that everything gets old, including the family photos (at least as long as they are not held on a CD or DVD, but when that happens, the optical disc itself would get old too…), but this is a process that takes time.

If you want to add an aging effect to the picture you are acquiring from your digital camera right now, using Photoshop to do it is a pretty good idea, so let’s see how to do this, shall we?

1. Open the photo you want to send a few decades back into the past.

2. Choose to add a gradient map. I used a simple black and white one, but you can also use Sepia tones, to create a special effect different than mine.

3. Now, go to the Filter menu, open the Texture submenu and choose Grain. The settings below are just a reference, feel free to play around with yours, but keep the Horizontal setting.

4. Now turn back in the Filter menu, go to the Noise submenu and choose Add Noise. I used the settings below.

5. If you want to make this picture really old, I advise you to try using the two filters above at least once more, and then add Dust & Scratches to finish it up. Note that my image has a very high resolution, so your settings should probably be different.

6. At last, I decided to duplicate the layer and add a color overlay to have a bit of those Sepia tones I mentioned earlier, and this time you can easily use my settings.

If you did all this, adding a frame would also be a good idea. Good luck!