Photoshop Tutorials

Simulate the effects of a lomo camera. Photos taken with a lomo camera have high contrast, twisted colors, and a noticeable vignette.

Creating the Vignette

Lomo photos have a strong and noticeable vignette. We'll start off by adding a strong vignette to the photo. 

Step 1

Open a photo to edit.

Step 2

Follow the steps below according to the version of Photoshop you're using:

• For Photoshop CS2:
  1. Choose Filter> Distort> Lens Correction.
  2. Inside the Lens Correction filter, adjust the settings in the Vignette section to create the vignette.
     
• For Photoshop CS or older:
  1. Create a new layer and select the new layer.
  2. Use the Lasso tool and create an oval selection. It doesn't have to be perfect.
  3. Inverse the selection (Select> Inverse or Shift+Ctrl+I).
  4. Press Shift+Backspace to open the Fill tool. In the Fill tool, set the contents to Black and click OK.
  5. Deselect (Select> Deselect or Ctrl+D).
  6. Open the Gaussian Blur filter tool (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur). In the Gaussian Blur window, ensure that the Preview checkbox is checked and adjust the Radius to blur the edges so that a vignette is created.
  7. Reduce the opacity a little. An opacity around 75% should produce good results.