1) The grain effect really needs to be zoomed into 100% to see best. You can see it at lower zoom levels but don’t make any judgment calls on it until you see it at 100%.

2) On a personal note, I’m actually not that into the “grain” look. Its not something I used to like in film and I typically tried to avoid it. Plus, I spend a lot of money on lenses to get sharp images, so adding grain back in doesn’t do much for me. But hey, I totally get that A LOT of people really like this effect. Its been on the hot list of requests for quite some time now.

So enjoy and please leave a comment to let me know what you think. Thanks!

• Click here to see a sample of the preset.
• Click here to download Matt’s Grain Presets
• To Install the Presets just unzip them to your desktop. Then right click in your preset panel and choose Import and choose the file you unzipped. MAKE SURE YOU UNZIP THE PRESET ZIP FILE FIRST. DO NOT TRY TO IMPORT THE ZIP FILE AS THE PRESET.

One more thing. This adds a soft blurring effect to the photo. If you ever wanted to remove the effect from a certain part of the photo (someone’s eyes or face for example), make sure you check out this video I did a while ago. See ya!

Click here to see a before/after sample of the preset.
Click here to download Matt’s Lomo Version 2 Preset
Click here to see a video on how to install presets.

EVB (sorry, they didn’t leave their full name) posted a comment yesterday that I wanted to share with everyone. He/she pointed out a link to a video interview done with Jill Greenberg. Her photography has been talked about here a number of times as well as a lot of other places on the web. While she doesn’t share exactly what she’s doing both in camera, and in Photoshop, you can get a good insight into some aspects of her work. I found it really interesting to look at the catch lights in some of the work to see the lighting setup. Anyway, here’s the link.

One last thing. I forgot to mention that the Lomo preset from yesterday was actually on the list of suggested presets from the other week. So congrats to Tiffany for winning a one month subscription to Kelby Training’s online training site.

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

Anyway, here’s a quick recap of some of the suggestions.

Recreate the Effect of a Line Drawing – Not possible in Lightroom

Lens Blur Effect – Blurring isn’t possible in Lightroom

Super Saturated, Super Contrast – Definitely a possibility

300 Movie Effect – Already done on this site.

Old Fashioned Glamor – Great idea!

Soft Focus or Dreamy Effect (lots of requests for this one) – Nope. No “soft” or “dreamy” features in Lightroom. That’s blurring and that’s Photoshop’s job for now at least.

Creative Sharpening – I like it!

Fluffy Clouds Preset – At first I thought “huh”? Then I started playing around and there’s something to be said for this one. Look for a cloud-related preset in the future.

Dodge and Burn (from Florent) – Come on Florent. You know there’s no dodging and burning in Lightroom. I can’t add features. Wish I could, but I can’t. Nice try though.

Bleach Bypass – We may get close in Lightroom. I’ll give it a try

Glamor Glow – Probably not. I’ll try but there’s not glowing in Lightroom

Jill Greenberg – Some of the high contrast presets here will achieve the post-processed look there. However, I’m convinced that 90% of what Jill does is in the camera.

Pirates of Caribbean – Great idea! I love it! And yes Lisa Epp, I did get all the way down to your post

Die Hard 4 – I’ll give it a try.

Classic B&W – Great idea.

Valentines Day High Contrast B&W with Red – Sounds good to me.

Soft and Romantic – Nope. No soft and I’m not romantic

Noise Reduction – Lightroom’s noise reduction controls are, well… pretty lame. I don’t use ‘em so I probably won’t be creating presets telling others to use them.

Orton Effect – Nope. No combining images in Lightroom yet. Combining a sharp and blurry photo are the basis of this effect so this one can’t be done.

Cool Shadows / Warm Highlights – I like it.

Neutral Density – No gradients in Lightroom. You’ll have to do it in the camera or stick with Photoshop for this one.

Kevin Kubota Styled Presets – These are more workflow related and special effects. Not something really geared for Lightroom.

More Creative ID Plates – I’ve been toying with this idea so you’ll definitely see more ID plates in the future.

Landscape B&Ws – Great idea!

Splitting Controls at Bottom of Tone Curve – You can split the sliders in the Tone Curve?! Honestly, I never do it and you know my feelings on telling people to use things I don’t use. Maybe I’ll make a video just to let people know what they do though.

Skin Tone Softening – Sorry, no softening here.

Underwater Photos – Perfect candidate for a preset. If anyone has any killer underwater photos I can use as candidates let me know.

High Key – Possibly.

Patrick Hoelck Effect – Same as the Jill Greenberg one above. There is some post processing going on there but I really think the effect you’re after is done in the camera.

Skin Coloring – Cool idea.

Midnight Preset like Nik Color Effects – I’ll give it a try.

Photo Filters (Warming 85, 81, etc.) – Awesome idea.

Tri-X, Portra, Afga film stocks – I’ll take a look at them.

Preset to Organize Presets and/or A Preset for Sharing Presets – No can do. However, a video sounds like it’ll help.

Lomo Effect – Great idea! I’ve been playing around with a good one in Photoshop. Sounds like it’s time to try it in LR.

Compatibility Issues with PC and Mac and Print Presets – I’ll answer this one quickly. Yes there are issues. I have no idea why though. If I find out I’ll let you know.

Infrared – Nope. You gotta shoot it this way or you need Photoshop. (edit: I have to admit that I’ve been experimenting with this today and I may have been premature by saying no. It’s not going to be a really good IR image but there is some potential here. I’ll see what I can come up with.)

HDR Controls (Reprogramming Lightroom) – Not possible in LR. You can’t combine images. Hopefully we’ll see something like this in the future though.

Awesome Sepia Tone – Yep, not just a Sepia Tone preset but an “awesome” sepia preset. I’ll give it a try.

Photo Frames with ID Plates – Another great idea.

Presets to Bring out Detail in Snow – I’ll see what I can whip up.

Mimicking great painter styles (Van Gogh, etc…) – Sorry. No painterly like effects are available in LR.

Exporting Presets – Might make a good video topic.

So it looks like I’ve got my work cut out for me. I’d better get started. Thanks again for all of the ideas.