Photoshop Tips - Lomo Effect

[SorcererMickey]

Have you guys heard of a LOMO Kompakt Automat (http://www.lomography.com) (Lomo LC-A)?

It's a small Russian camera invented in 1982 designed to take very color saturated photos. Photos taken with Lomo cameras are beautiful and very "artistic".

http://www.lomography.com/0001/fotos/p300704/aedabde885/UL_822741_11066872531_l.jpg

There is a way of replicating the Lomo Effect with Photoshop. Here is what I was able to do with one of the photos I took of Cinderella's Castle.


Before

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/mk-castle-photoshop-01.jpg


After

http://www.disneyguest.com/images/boards/mk-castle-photoshop-02.jpg

If anybody is interested on learning how to create this effect with Photoshop, I'll be happy to post the steps :yes: .

[wdwgrandma]

Wow! What a neat "after" photo! I don't use Photoshop or I'd take you up on it, SM

[JuniorMickey]

I have photoshop! Don't know how to do anything but resize photos though....

[JacksDad]

I'm at PS 7.
I know about LOMA but never knew how to pull it off.
I'm very interested.
That's beautiful!
How is it done?

[SorcererMickey]

Ok, here are the steps.

There are other programs that have similar settings, such as PaintPro, and GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/), which is an alternative to Photoshop. It's Open Source so it's free and as powerful and feature packed as Photoshop :thumbs: .


Lomo Effect

File: Open: the picture you want

Image: Adjustments: Brightness/Contrast: increase contrast by 20

Image: Adjustments: Hue/Saturation: increase saturation by 20

Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool (your basic selection tool)

Change feather amount to 1/12 the width of your picture (if your picture is 600px wide, then you will set your feather to 50px.)

Select your entire picture, note: using select: all, will not work

Select: Inverse

Layer: New: Layer

Change your primary color to black. Fill the selection (on the new, blank layer).

Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay.


The next steps are optional, their effects are minimal.

Layer: Duplicate Layer

Now select your base layer (the one with the picture on it).

Layer: New: Layer

Change your fill tool to Gradient.

Change your Gradient Type to Radial Gradient.

Change your Gradient Shading Style to "Foreground to Transparent".

Change your primary color to white.

With the fill tool selected, click in the middle of the picture, and drag the line out to the farthest edge of your picture (if it's a portrait, use top or bottom, if landscape, use left or right).

Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay.

Change the Opacity of this layer to 80% (or whatever you see fit, you'll see what I mean).

I'm going to look around to see if I can find an easier method.

And to give credit, I found these steps back in May, 2003 here (http://www.redscreen.net/photolog/fun.html). The website does not exists anymore, but don't want to get in trouble for not linking back to the source :nono: .