Faux Lomo

[skennedy1217]

I have been experimenting with a Photoshop technique to fake the lomo/toy camera effect (light leak, over saturation, over exposure, etc.). Below are the first three that I have tried it on.

http://www.chromaticus.net/index.php?showimage=133

http://www.chromaticus.net/index.php?showimage=127

http://www.chromaticus.net/index.php?showimage=126

What do you think? Worth trying again, or go out and buy a Holga?

[Danyarnos]

I like the second one best, I just think the effect compliments the subject of the photo better than on the others.

[Joe[y]]

what exactly is your technique?

[skennedy1217]

http://www.flickr.com/groups/technique/discuss/12082/

1.File: Open: the picture you want

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

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

4.Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool (your basic selection tool)

5.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)

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

7.Select: Inverse

8.Layer: New: Layer

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

10.Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay

11.Layer: Duplicate Layer

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

13.Layer: New: Layer

14.Change your fill tool to Gradient

15.Change your Gradient Type to Spherical

16.Change your Gradient Shading Style to "foreground to transparent" (I believe this is the default).

17.Change your primary color to white.

18.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).

19.Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay

20.Change the Opacity of this layer to 80% (or whatever you see fit)