How can I recreate Lightroom’s Aged Photo preset in Photoshop for only part of an image?

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I like part of the look created by Lightroom’s Aged Photo preset, but I don’t want the sepia-style color cast and I only want to apply the effect to a limited area of the image. What adjustments does this preset mainly use, and how can I recreate that look in Photoshop with adjustment layers and masking?

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Lightroom presets are no magic, they just change development settings. Aged Photo is really simple, some playing around with brightness, contrast, saturation and noise reduction. Switch to development mode and apply-undo the preset a few times, observing development settings. Should be really clear what it does. Also, see Is there a way to decompose a Lightroom preset?

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Lightroom presets aren’t doing anything mysterious—they’re just changing a set of develop controls. Based on the community answer, Aged Photo is mainly a simple combination of brightness, contrast, saturation, and noise-reduction changes, with the color styling coming from the sepia toning.

A practical way to recreate only the part you want in Photoshop is:

  • add adjustment layers for brightness/contrast and saturation
  • reduce or remove the sepia-style color effect
  • if needed, soften the image slightly to mimic noise-reduction smoothing
  • use the layer masks on those adjustment layers to paint the effect into only the area you want

If you want to know exactly what Lightroom is changing, the easiest method is to apply and undo the preset in Lightroom’s Develop module while watching the sliders. That will show you which settings the preset modifies and by how much, making it straightforward to match in Photoshop.

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