Antique Contrast on selected areas of image

I have done this once before and can not for the life of me remember how I done it.
I have an image with the main subject (a car) and the background which I wish to have set to a Antique Contrast type effect. I think this is what it was called as I placed this text 'AntiqueContrast' in the file name to remind me, but now I can not find anything in the help to show me what I may have done to get this effect.
I either selected the area I wanted to alter or the the area I wanted left alone.
Can anyone help me out here ?

It's the Smart Brush tool, with the "Antique Contrast" choice under "Special Effects":
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----- Original Message -----
From: sangeetagarg
To: Gustavo Henrique Soares de Oliveira Lyrio
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Re: re:zoom in 2d
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