Preset Monday – Lomo Arigato (Mr. Roboto)
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
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…
Great preset. Look at this
Thanks Matt,
you are one of my heroes!
Greetings from Italy.
What version of Photoshop do you need to work the preset?
Great preset Matt! Thanks for your help!
Curtis
Wedding Photography Miami
THANKS!! LOVE THE EFFECT!! 🙂
thanks… i have somo variations… but really really cool… thanks!!!
Thanks for your work, great preset, it’s wonderful.
This is wonderful!!!!!
Thanks!
The only thing missing is the soft focus effect that is signature of lomos.
This is so awesome Matt! Thanks for the preset and all the podcasts.
Nice preset. Have tried it right after download: (http://www.p-chaton.net/index.php?showimage=85).
Thanks
Hee hee I like the Styx reference. This preset looks great! Thank you for sharing it!
Thanks Matt. Very cool.
great !! … thnx for that, thnx for your job with LR.
Thanks so much!
I love it. As a huge Holga user and fan, I’m glad to see this preset and it looks great.
Jeff
Looks great Matt. Howbout a pseudo-HDR preset?
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!
Love your presets as do my Photoshop and Lightroom students.
Thanks, Brenda
Nice one, thx alot… another cool preset from your collection.
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
Thx Matt,
Great preset again,
greetings from The Netherlands
That was a nice preset!
Any news about LR 2?
Thomas
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 🙂
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
Another great preset to the collection. Thanks Matt! 🙂
Greetings from Sweden
Matt,
Thanks for this preset. I haven’t shot with my Lomo in a while, so it’s cool to see this in Lightroom!
Awesome! I’ve been looking for a preset like this for a while. Thanks, Matt!