How to Create Cool Retro Lomo/Crossprocess Effects Using Lightroom

How to Create Cool Retro Lomo/Crossprocess Effects Using Lightroom

Have you ever wanted to give your photos a hipster retro look? Like the look that Holga and other Lomo cameras create? This Lightroom tutorial will show you how to create this look using a combination of settings. Best of all, you can create a preset out of this and apply it to any photos using one click. Follow this tutorial then download the free Lightroom preset!

Step 1

Start by loading the image into Lightroom and going into the Develop module. Here?s the image that I?ll be editing.

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Step 2

Go into the Split Toning area then input the settings shown below:

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You?ll get a nice cross process color effect like this. The Split Toning settings are a great way of creating your own cross-process/lomo effect. If you use lower saturation settings, you can create a light color setting suitable for portraits or wedding photos. We?re going to leave the saturation at 100 for both  the highlights and shadows because we?re trying to create a retro looking effect in this tutorial.

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Step 3

Next, we?re going to add a Post-Crop Vignette. You can find these settings under the Effects area in the Develop module. Apply the settings shown below. You can vary the settings according to your preference.

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Here?s what the vignetting looks like. It?s already starting to look like a retro lomo photograph!

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Step 4

Next, we?re going to add a little bit of grain. This will help give a little character to the photo. Apply the settings as shown below.

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You?ll get some film grain like this.

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Step 5

Finally, we?re going to create a preset so that you can apply this to any of your photos. In the Presets panel, click on the + icon to add a new preset.

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I?m going to name mine Cyan/Orange Cross Processing. You can name your preset anything you like. Click on the Check None button. Don?t click OK yet.

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We only want to select the settings that we actually changed; that way you can apply it to all your other photos without conflicting with the other settings. Enable the Split Toning and Effects settings then click on the Create button.

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Your preset will now show up in the Presets panel under ?User Presets?.

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If you want to apply it to another photo, just select the photo then click on the preset you just created. It?s as simple as that!

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Download the Preset

In case you had any troubles with the Lightroom tutorial or you just didn?t want to follow it, here?s a Lightroom preset that you can download and import.

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