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
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on February 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Awesome! I’ve been looking for a preset like this for a while. Thanks, Matt!
on February 18th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Matt,
Thanks for this preset. I haven’t shot with my Lomo in a while, so it’s cool to see this in Lightroom!
on February 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Another great preset to the collection. Thanks Matt!
Greetings from Sweden
on February 18th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
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
on February 18th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
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
on February 18th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
That was a nice preset!
Any news about LR 2?
Thomas
on February 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Thx Matt,
Great preset again,
greetings from The Netherlands
on February 18th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
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
on February 18th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Nice one, thx alot… another cool preset from your collection.
on February 19th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Love your presets as do my Photoshop and Lightroom students.
Thanks, Brenda
on February 19th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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!
on February 19th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Looks great Matt. Howbout a pseudo-HDR preset?
on February 20th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I love it. As a huge Holga user and fan, I’m glad to see this preset and it looks great.
Jeff
on February 20th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Thanks so much!
on February 21st, 2008 at 7:49 am
great !! … thnx for that, thnx for your job with LR.
on February 24th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Thanks Matt. Very cool.
on February 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Hee hee I like the Styx reference. This preset looks great! Thank you for sharing it!
on February 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Nice preset. Have tried it right after download: (http://www.p-chaton.net/index.php?showimage=85).
Thanks
on June 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
This is so awesome Matt! Thanks for the preset and all the podcasts.