Feb
18

Preset Monday – Lomo Arigato (Mr. Roboto)

By Matt Kloskowski  //  Presets  //  29 Comments

It’s a brand new week and I’m kicking it off with a really cool preset. First off though, I have to thank everyone who pre-ordered my Photoshop Layers book. I posted about it on Friday and got a few responses from folks that pre-ordered. However, the pre-order sales I saw over the weekend showed me that a lot more of you actually ordered then commented here and I just wanted to say thanks – so Thanks!

Now for the preset. This one is based on a Lomography effect, hence the name “Lomo”. Sorry for the lame Styx reference but everytime I hear the word Lomo that’s all I can think of :) Anyway, Lomography really has it’s roots in an old camera that produced a certain styled photo (you can read more about it here if you’d like) but I’ve seen a bunch of requests over the months to recreate it in Lightroom. If you think it sort of looks like a cross-processed effect then you’re right. It definitely has hints of it. However, this one is a little bit different and doesn’t produce quite the “greenish/yellowish” effect that a cross processed look will. So have at it. There’s only one version and I’ve found it works great for portraits as well as landscapes.

Click here to see a before/after sample of the preset.
Click here to download Matt’s Lomo Preset

29 Comments to “Preset Monday – Lomo Arigato (Mr. Roboto)”

  • Mary February 18, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Awesome! I’ve been looking for a preset like this for a while. Thanks, Matt!

    Reply
  • Nat February 18, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Matt,

    Thanks for this preset. I haven’t shot with my Lomo in a while, so it’s cool to see this in Lightroom!

    Reply
  • Michael February 18, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    Another great preset to the collection. Thanks Matt! :)

    Greetings from Sweden

    Reply
  • Glyn Dewis February 18, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    Hi Matt,

    Superb preset … nice one!!!

    Great to hear the orders for your new book have got off to a flying start. Can’t wait to receive my copy.

    All the best,
    Glyn

    Reply
  • Balliolman February 18, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    Got my order in for Layers, too. Amazon UK are not delivering until the end of March though …

    Thanks for this week’s cool preset!

    Balliolman :)

    Reply
  • Thomas February 18, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    That was a nice preset!
    Any news about LR 2?

    Thomas

    Reply
  • TIes February 18, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    Thx Matt,

    Great preset again,

    greetings from The Netherlands

    Reply
  • David Whiteford February 18, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    Hi Matt, thanks for all the great presets, sure saves a lot of time being able to just click once and get results. I have one question though, I have been using Lightroom since it’s first beta release, and it seams that no matter how good I get an image to look in Lightroom, I can always make further improvements after sending it to Photoshop, is this just me or does CS3 have more powerful tools than Lightroom?

    Thanks, Dave

    Reply
  • viktor pugach February 18, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    Nice one, thx alot… another cool preset from your collection.

    Reply
  • brenda godwin February 19, 2008 at 10:39 am

    Love your presets as do my Photoshop and Lightroom students.
    Thanks, Brenda

    Reply
  • Greg February 19, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Thanks, Love you! I’ve been trying to make my own “lomo” preset, have something close but this looks better. Cant wait to try it out!

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  • Minh February 19, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    Looks great Matt. Howbout a pseudo-HDR preset?

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  • Jeff Tamagini February 20, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    I love it. As a huge Holga user and fan, I’m glad to see this preset and it looks great.

    Jeff

    Reply
  • Jaime February 20, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Thanks so much!

    Reply
  • Stefanos February 21, 2008 at 7:49 am

    great !! … thnx for that, thnx for your job with LR.

    Reply
  • jaime S. February 24, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    Thanks Matt. Very cool.

    Reply
  • Sharon Kay February 27, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Hee hee I like the Styx reference. This preset looks great! Thank you for sharing it!

    Reply
  • Pierre February 27, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Nice preset. Have tried it right after download: (http://www.p-chaton.net/index.php?showimage=85).
    Thanks

    Reply
  • Michael June 26, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    This is so awesome Matt! Thanks for the preset and all the podcasts.

    Reply
  • phoenix September 24, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    The only thing missing is the soft focus effect that is signature of lomos.

    Reply
  • Yvette October 31, 2008 at 10:29 am

    This is wonderful!!!!!

    Thanks!

    Reply
  • Emin November 8, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    Thanks for your work, great preset, it’s wonderful.

    Reply
  • rafa espada December 8, 2008 at 10:19 am

    thanks… i have somo variations… but really really cool… thanks!!!

    Reply
  • jereel April 5, 2009 at 11:43 am

    THANKS!! LOVE THE EFFECT!! :-)

    Reply
  • Curtis Copeland November 10, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Great preset Matt! Thanks for your help!
    Curtis
    Wedding Photography Miami

    Reply
  • Harry Woulds December 20, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    What version of Photoshop do you need to work the preset?

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  • Gabriele April 21, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    Thanks Matt,

    you are one of my heroes!
    Greetings from Italy.

    Reply
  • mchabu May 3, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    Great preset. Look at this

    Reply
  • deirdre August 14, 2010 at 12:14 am

    i can’t download it! :( it will redirect to the kelly something something. if i save target as, i will be downloading a php file…

    Reply

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