Added: Feb 13, 2007
From: dimage1985
Duration: 6:30
This is a guide - I encourage you to experiment and tweak the effects to suit your own tastes. You'll learn more by doing that, than from any tutorial.1. Less contrast (optional really - i think the final effect is better with less contrast but it's not necessary and can be turned off later)2. Creating a vignette3. Editing the colour with Curves - editing the channels individually for more vintage colours4. Importing old paper texture - gives the image a warmer, more tactile feel. Get some old paper textures here: http://bashcorpo.deviantart.com/gallery/resources/5. Creating Light Leaks - my favourite feature of lomographic photos, this technique can look very authentic with more tweaking and experimenting with colours and blend modesI use Photoshop CS3 in the video, but it should be almost exactly the same since version 7 (with the exception of the Shadow/Highlight tool, but that's an optional step).Music: Lomov - Obvistfree mp3 available here: http://www.last.fm/music/lomov/_/ObvistCreated with VirtualDub, CamStudio, Audacity and Photoshop CS3
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maoy009 Says:
Mar 24, 2010 - filter and distort then lens correction.. much easier way of adding vignette..,,
dimage1985 Says:
Mar 24, 2010 - while that is true, it doesn't let you put the vignette on to a new layer. it has to be applied straight on to the photo, so you can't apply any blend modes or anything to it. It also means you can't edit the effect later on - say 10 minutes later when you realise you want a larger vignette but with less opacity.
dimage1985 Says:
Mar 24, 2010 - that is strange. what colour mode are you in? Make sure it's RGB colour by going to: Image > Mode > RGB Color.
dimage1985 Says:
Mar 24, 2010 - I agree - I have done both and there's really nothing like that feeling when you first see the images, or watching the photo develop before you in the dark room. But as film gets harder to come by and more expensive, it's nice to have an alternative to still get that old style look. It's also nice to have some control over the outcome, whether you're applying the effect as part of a work project or applying this technique to other, non-photographic images.
fishrule1942 Says:
Apr 20, 2010 - I used to develop my own black and white film, I switched to digital in 2004. Exactly what part of the creative process am I missing out on again? Film was very predictable if you were a decent photographer with good darkroom skills, unless the camera you used was a total light leaking POS with an out of sync shutter.Stop hating on digital because its different, if you have to rely on faulty film technique to simulate effects haphazardly thats just your own shortcoming as a photographer.
manus21 Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - very good Tutorial and different from the other Lomo-Tutorials that only focus on the vignette and changing the contrast of the Red/Green Channel :)I'd LOVE to have a real Lomo-Cam, but they are quite hard to get...and if you have one, it's getting harder and harder to get the right film. I guess developing a film yourself is a total different experience than playing around with photoshop...but I really enjoy doing it anyway :)
Johnninito Says:
May 6, 2010 - cool lessonalso audiotrack nice,how it's named?
Logan Brewer Says:
Aug 7, 2010 - i love this video!
DeadWhiteButterflies Says:
Aug 15, 2010 - Great tuitorial, with surprizingly cool music to accompany it. :)
hansenb1 Says:
Aug 23, 2010 - what is the music? title and artist, thanks
Vlastimil Majerciak Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - good job.
HaylieGrace Says:
Sep 14, 2010 - Great tutorial!I was wondering if you could explain to me how to import the old paper texture to me in more detail.. I own photoshop cs5 and I can't figure out how to get it opened up like you did! I would really appreciate it.. thankyou so much! =)
dimage1985 Says:
Sep 14, 2010 - The music is by Lomov. The title is 'Obvist'. There's a link in the description where you can download it (it's free on Lastfm).
dimage1985 Says:
Sep 14, 2010 - I just had the paper texture opened in photoshop in a tiled window (rather than full screen), so I had moved it off to the side. That was really just for the video, so I could easily move over and drag-drop it on to the main canvas.You should be able to go to something like Window > Arrange > Tile and that will let you drag and drop images on to your canvas with the Move Tool. Hope that helps.
HaylieGrace Says:
Sep 15, 2010 - thankyou, and thankyou for answering so quickly! yes it did help!i just have one other question.. I figured out how to open the paper texture in a tiled window and I had quite a high quality photo.. but when I went to drag it onto the photo I'm editting, it came up really small, no where near fitting the actual photo size. How do I get this to work? Thanks once again!
dimage1985 Says:
Sep 15, 2010 - You will either need to find a higher resolution paper texture (not too hard to find) or shrink down your original photo. You could also use the Transform tool to resize the paper texture (CTRL + T), but if it's too small, it will look blurry and not very nice.I'd recommend finding some good, high resolution paper textures on Deviantart, Flickr or somewhere like that.
James Krudop Says:
Sep 22, 2010 - Props to a great tutorial. But, you know, there is a much simpler and much cheaper way of doing this. It's called buying a Lomography Camera. Go out and get yourself a nice Holga, Diana, or a Lomo LC-A+. It's as simple as that. Plus, photos taken with those cameras have a sort of effect that cannot be captured with a DSLR.
dimage1985 Says:
Sep 22, 2010 - I agree that you can get some great looking photos using the Holgas and similar (which is why I made this tutorial to imitate the effect), but it's hardly easier and certainly not cheaper. A Holga is like $50, plus another $10-20 for 1 film and processing and to get one good shot you're likely going to need to take a few rolls of film.With this method, you can use your current camera and pretty much any graphics program (Paint.net, Gimp are two free ones).
Hiheyhelloyo Says:
Oct 6, 2010 - Dude you're awesome
green leaf Says:
Oct 7, 2010 - God bless you for this tutorial..<3
Eylül Yüksel Says:
Nov 7, 2010 - Thank you, it's awesome and very clear.
Kimberlee Zier Says:
Dec 8, 2010 - Fantastic tutorial thanks
Nanitaff Says:
Jan 12, 2011 - Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!
AHCloudy Says:
Feb 5, 2011 - Omg, you're awesome. But, I can't catch up with your speed! HAHA! :D
Gila A Says:
Mar 16, 2010 - totally dude.Digital-lover-people cant ever get this feeling. The waitig part and not knowing how they are gonna reslut ... Doing that in photoshop is a crime!