Added: Mar 14, 2005 Rating:Level: Experienced Software:
Photoshop
Simulate the effects of a high contrast lomo camera.
1. Open the image for editing.
2. Duplicate the current layer and set the blending mode to "Overlay".
3. Add
a new "Curves" adjustment layer (Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Curves). Set the "Input" to about "95" and the "Output" to about "150". Click OK.
4. Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) as the top layer.
5. Select
the canvas (Ctrl+A) then border the selection (Select> Modify> Border). The border size you select will be the size of the vignette. Click OK.
6. Feather the current selection (Ctrl+Alt+D) with the same value you've used to border your previous selection.
7. Fill in the current selection with the colour black and duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J).
8. On
the top layer, set the blending mode to "Multiply" and reduce the opacity. Select the layer below and set the blending mode to "Overlay".
9. Add
a "Channel Mixer" adjustment layer (Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Channel Mixer) as the top layer. Select the "Blue" output channel and set the "Blue" to "90%". Click OK.
10. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.