You don't have to wait to go to a theme park to take an old-timey photograph with your family. Instead, you can use Cloudinary to quickly and easily create this effect on any of your current images.
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_1000/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,fl_cutter/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,o_40/e_sepia/mac-bubbles.jpgWe'll start with two images to work off of:
A picture of a baby with some bubbles:
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_1000/mac-bubbles.jpgAn old piece of parchment:
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/torn-paper.pngFirst, we'll use the parchment image as a mask to crop the baby picture (more information here: https://cloudinary.com/cookbook/custom_shapes_cropping). Note that we're also resizing the parchment mask to match the width an height of the baby picture.
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_1000/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,fl_cutter/mac-bubbles.jpgNext, we'll overlay the parchment on the entire image, making it semi transparent. This will transfer the weathered look over to the image:
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_1000/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,fl_cutter/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,o_40/mac-bubbles.jpgFinally, we can add an effect to the end product to give it an enhanced feel (in this case, we'll apply the Sepia effect, giving the image a much more aged look):
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_1000/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,fl_cutter/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,o_40/e_sepia/mac-bubbles.jpgTry using a combination of these effects to create a wide variety of styles:
Changed to grayscale to make it look like it was taken from a newspaper article:
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_1000/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,fl_cutter/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,o_40/e_grayscale/mac-bubbles.jpgAdding some overlayed text:
https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_1000/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,fl_cutter/l_torn-paper,w_1.0,h_1.0,fl_relative,o_40/o_80,b_white/e_sepia/l_text:Cedarville Cursive_50_bold_stroke:"Mad Dog" Mac,g_south_west,x_60,y_120,o_70,a_10/l_text:Cedarville Cursive_50_bold_stroke:South Dakota 1890,g_south_west,x_60,y_90,o_70,a_10/mac-bubbles.jpgPost some of your variations!