Follow this retro Photoshop tutorial to add a retro lomographic look to your photos.
Photoshop Tutorial Preview
Step 1
Begin by opening any photo into Photoshop.
Step 2
Click on the New Adjustment Layer button in the Layers pallet and select Levels.
Step 3
The Levels tool should appear. In the Levels tool, select Red from the drop down menu at the top and then move the left and right sliders towards the center a little bit. Watch the image in the background to make sure that you get the effect that you like.
Step 4
Now select the bottom Photoshop layer.
Step 5
Go to Filter> Distort> Lens Correction and in there, adjust the vignetting to add a vignette that you like. Usually with lomo photos, they have a very strong vignette.
Step 6
Now select the Levels layer and then go to Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Brightness/Contrast. It should appear as the top layer.
Step 7
In the Brightness/Contrast, checkmark use legacy if you’re using Photoshop CS3. If you are not using Photoshop CS3, then you don’t have to checkmark anything. Now reduce the contrast to -25. This simulates the low contrast of lomo cameras.
Final Results
Here’s the final results of this lomography Photoshop tutorial.
