This tutorial will help you replicate a similar style to that of the Instagram Vintage Filter.

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I have created it in Text and Video form for those that like it one way or the other.

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Text w/Pictures

Lets start by opening up our image that we want to apply this effect to.
I chose this one

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Now what we want to do it Duplicate it and set it to Soft Light

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Create a Solid Colour Layer by clicking the Circle at the bottom of the layer window
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This solid layer we want to change the value to 070142

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And set this layer to Exclusion

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Lets use the little circle at the bottom again (get used to him, we use him a few more times)
This time we want to select Levels

And change the first box from 0 to 11

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Now we create another Solid Colour Layer (using the circle)

This value we set to de9b82 and set the layer to Soft Light with 75% opacity

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Rinse and repeat, Solid Colour Layer this time the value is fed1eb and we set to Soft Light with 50% opacity

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Final Solid Colour Layer with a value of 070044 and we set this to Exclusion

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Final step is to Duplicate our bottom layer and drag it to the top of the layers and set to Soft Light.

You are now complete.

Hope this was easy enough to follow and you got the desired effect