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 ...
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 vignette 3. Editing the colour with Curves - editing the channels individually for more vintage colours 4. Importing old paper texture - gives the image a warmer, more tactile feel. Get some old paper textures here: http://bashcorpo.deviantart.com/galle... 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 modes
I 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).
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how do you make the light leaks? cos you used motion blur? but im using cs3 and when you do motion blur it gives you a setting box. and i was wondering what settings you used? thanksx
You just adjust the rotation angle (usually to 0 or 90 degrees) and set the length to 999 (the maximum). Or just experiment and see what looks best :)
Could you describe how to import the layer with old paper? I dont know how to open second window with the picture and how to import it to the original picture. Thanks
Oh and when the windows are next to each other, you can use the normal "Move Tool" to drag the layer from one document across to the next one, then it will automatically create a new layer (unless the document is 8 bit, then you'll need to go to Image > Mode > RGB Color)
If your paper texture is too big - use CTRL + T (or Edit > Free Transform) then scale the paper size down.
If you paper isn't big enough, then find a larger texture. A smaller one that has been resized to be bigger will look blurry and not very nice. There are lots of free giant paper texture resources around.
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cos you used motion blur?
but im using cs3 and when you do motion blur it gives you a setting box. and i was wondering what settings you used?
thanksx
Otherwise, you can just cut the whole paper texture and paste it on to a new layer on top of the photo.
If you paper isn't big enough, then find a larger texture. A smaller one that has been resized to be bigger will look blurry and not very nice. There are lots of free giant paper texture resources around.