Lomo Effect. This post was originally published in 2010 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. Follow this step by step post processing guide to give your photos a dark lomo style effect with high contrast, blue tones and vignette burns. The effect is based on the popular lomographic technique and is similar to the processing effect used in many fashion shots and advertisement designs. Overall this effect does a great job of adding impact to a plain photography with cool colour casts and unusual saturation. View full size photo effect Begin by opening your photograph of choice into Adobe Photoshop. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels and tweak the tones of the image. At the bottom of the Layers palette, click the Adjustment Layer icon and select Curves. Change the drop down menu to Green and tweak the graph for the green channel to further alter the tones of the image.
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Brushes. Brush Tool is probably one of the most used tools in Photoshop. There are some default brushes coming along with Photoshop, but usually you are looking for something more. Custom brushes can make your projects much easier and the effect is usually better too. But don’t make the common beginner mistake – learn how to use Photoshop first, learn how to create the effect you want to achieve with brush and only then download all the brushes you need. A good designer does not really need a lot of brushes, he needs a few, but good ones. I think you will be able to find the good ones for you in this massive, over 400 set, collection of Photoshop brushes. 1. 50+ Amazing Free Abstract Photoshop Brushes In this article you’ll find a list of high quality and professional abstract brushes that;are found very useful either in web, wallpaper or even print design. 2. 24 New Photoshop Brushes: Best of April 2010 24 best Photoshop brushes for April 2010 listed in no particular order. 6. 26. 36.