Hand-tinted look?

[jesshen]

I have made a cut-out from a fairly recent picture, of my parents in-laws' heads cheek to cheek. I want to put this on the front of little place cards at a table for their 50th wedding anniversary dinner that we are throwing for them. I was wondering if there was a way in Elements 3 to make this cut-out look like the old classical hand-tinted photographs? If not that, then I would like some sort of special, romantic effect that would look all right on little place cards? Any suggestions welcomed... I've got to hurry with this, the dinner's this Saturday!

Jessica

[Wendy]

Jessica,

One way is to desaturate the photograph and then colour it again.

To do that:
Duplicate your layer
Enhance>Adjust Colour>H&Sat (desaturate)
The create a new layer and set the blend mode to colour choose a colour and paint
Do each colour on a new layer
... to make it look more realistic you can also reduce the opacity of the colour layers.

Let us know how you go on :)

Wendy