How to Make Lomography in Photoshop

Lomography refers to the hobby of taking photos using a Russian toy camera that produces photographs with twisted colors, high contrast, soft focus and a pronounced vignette. The first lomography pictures were taken using the "Lomo LC-A" camera, which is where the name originates. If you don't have access to Russian toy cameras or if they're out of your price range, you can instead simulate lomography photos by combining the effects of several filters in Adobe Photoshop.

Instructions

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     Launch Adobe Photoshop.
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     Click "Open", then click to select an image from your computer. Click the "Open" button.
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     Click "Filter" and "Distort." Click "Lens Correction."
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     Click and drag the "Amount" slider in the "Vignette" section all the way to the left, setting the value to "-100." Click and drag the "Midpoint" slider to a value of "+75." Click the "OK" button to apply the vignette effect to the image.
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     Click the "Window" menu, then click "Channels" to show the "Channels" window.
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     Click to select the "Red" channel. Click the "Image" menu, then click "Adjustment" and "Brightness/Contrast." Click and drag the "Contrast" slider to "+50," then click "OK."
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     Click to select the "Green" channel. Click the "Image" menu. Click "Adjustment" and "Brightness/Contrast." Drag the "Contrast" slider to "+50," then click "OK."
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     Click to select the "Blue" channel. Click the "Image" menu, then click "Adjustment" and "Brightness/Contrast." Click and drag the "Contrast" slider to "+50." Click "OK."
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     Click to select the "RGB" channel to view the contrast adjustment results.
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     Click the "Filter" menu, then click "Sharpen" and "Unsharp Mask."
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     Click and drag the "Amount" slider to the left to create a slight blurring effect. Click the "Preview" box to see a preview of the image. Click "OK" to apply the effect to the image.
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     Click the "Layer" menu, then click "New adjustment layer" and "Hue/Saturation."
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     Click and drag the "Saturation" slider to the right to increase the color saturation. Click the "Preview" box to preview the image. Click "OK" to apply the saturation effect to the image.
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     Click the "File" menu, then click "Save" to save the image.