We’re going from this:

To this:

Today, I’m going to show you a really quick and simple way to enhance and age your photos by applying a sepia tone and adding some texture to add some detail.

I’m going to be explaining how to achieve this effect in PhotoShop for this post.  However, don’t despair my PSP friends … I’ll be adding how to do this in the tutorial section of the forums. 

Open your original photo your photo editing software. 
Add a new Adjustment Layer.

Choose Hue/Saturation:

These are the settings:

"Merge Visible" layers. 
With this layer highlighted, apply a Gaussian Blur.  Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. 

I am using a Blur Radius of 10 because this is a relatively high resolution photo.  You might want to play with your settings a bit (set your Radius to 6) if your photo is low resolution.

Set the Blend Mode of this layer to "Overlay" and lower the Opacity to around 70%

Add a new blank layer and fill the layer with a nice rich brown.  I used this color:

Select your Elliptical Marquee Tool:

With the Elliptical Marquee Tool selected, click in the top left corner of the image and drag down to the bottom right corner, which will create a large elliptical selection inside the document:

Click the "Layer Mask" icon at the bottom of your layer palette:

You should now have just the edges of your "brown" layer showing:

With this layer highlighted, apply a Gaussian Blur.  Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. 
I set the blur Radius to 40.  Keeping the Blend Mode set on "Normal"; lower the Opacity to 32%

I’m going to add some texture now.  I’m going to use this gorgeous paper from Studio Rosey Posey’s "Spooky Night" kit. 

I’ve fit the paper to the parameters of my photo.

Set the Blend Mode to "Soft Light" and lower the Opacity to 32%

Once more, add a new blank layer and fill the layer with the same brown color we used before.  Go to the Filter Menu and choose "Texture" then choose "Grain".
Use the following settings:

Set the Blend Mode to "Screen" and lower the Opacity to 22%

You can stop here and have a perfect sepia toned photo, but I’d like to bring back just a touch of the original color and make it a wee bit more dreamy. 

I’m going to use my original colored photo and add it between the first sepia layer and the blurred sepia layer.

With this layer highlighted, apply a Gaussian Blur.  Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. 
I set the Radius @ 16 then lowered the Opacity of this layer to 32%.

Here is a final shot of the order of my Layer Palette.

Do not fret my PSP loyalists.  I will be adding this to the Tutorial section of the forums with compatible PSP functions soon. 

I hope you enjoyed this.  Good luck and Happy DSD!  :)