Step 1

Create a new document sized 800px * 1187px with black background. Load the office building image into Photoshop and cut out the building portion of the image, paste it onto our document, resize and position it as shown below:

Now we want to fade the edges of the building a bit so it blending into the background. So load the selection of this building layer, hit Ctrl + Alt + R to bring up the refine edge tool, apply the following settings:

Apply the refine edge settings, then inverse the selection and clear it, now you will have a slightly fade-in edge for the building:

Now use the blur tool with around 30% strength, blur the following areas: (this will shift the focus to the man and the upper side of the building)

Add the following image adjustment layer to the building layer as clipping mask: Black and White

Levels

Layer mask on the Levels adjustment layer:

Curves

and here is the effect so far:

Step 2
Optional step: now we can add some little spot light effect around the building you can use a soft white brush and basically do a few simple clicks to the positions shown below: (make sure you adjust the brush tip size as you go)

Now load the Business Man stock image into Photoshop and cut out the man, paste it onto our document on top of all previous building layer, resize and position it as shown below:

Add the following image adjustment layer on the man layer as clipping masks: Black and White

Levels

Mask on the Levels adjustment layer: (As you can see, I used the eraser tool to remove the mans body edge on the level adjustment layer this will produce a highlight effect on the edge, as if there is a light source in front of the man.)

Curves

and here is the effect so far:

Step 3
Now lets add a big planet on the night sky. Create a new layer below the building layer and use the elliptical marquee tool to draw a circle on the top right corner of the canvas:

Load the space brush we downloaded in Photoshop, pick a brush from the pack:

Use this brush to paint some pattern inside the selection:

Use a soft eraser to remove the edges around the planet as shown below:

Create a new layer under this planet layer, use the space brushset to further paint some nebula pattern around the sky:

Step 4
Now we have done the majority of the work about combining images. We can focus on adding some details on the image. I decided to add some rainy effect with this described in another tutorial here on psdvault.com:

technique I

I also created a new layer under the mans layer, and used a soft white brush with a 20% flow and opacity to add some lighting effect around the mans body:

I also added a few splashing effect with the spatter brush (around 30% flow and opacity) around the shoulder areas and arms:

Use the spatter brush to paint some water splash effect on the mans shoulder use a soft eraser to remove unnecessary bits as you paint:

Step 5
Were almost done :) I decided to flatten the image then duplicate the background layer, then applied some smart sharpen effect via Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen effect to the duplicated layer:

Of course we dont need the entire image to the sharpened, so I added the following layer mask to it for hiding some parts of this sharpened layer:

Alternatively, you can experiment the unsharpen mask filter for some comic effect:

I also added a new colour layer (blending mode set to color dodge) and painted some cyan/light blue colour onto the areas shown below:

and here is the final effect of this tutorial: (click to enlarge)

Thats it for this tutorial! Hope you enjoy this tutorial and find it useful! Till next time, have a great day!

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The following tip on getting digital images to look like Lomo Images was submitted by DPS reader Frank Lazaro. You can see his photography at his Flickr page and see some of his Lomo shots here NB: most of the shots in this post can be enlarged by clicking them. update: once youve read this tutorial and had an experiment with the technique head to our Forum to share some of your results. From the first time I saw a photo that looked like this, I wanted to shoot one of my own. But, for the longest time I couldnt figure it out how people took photos look like this. Then one day searching the web, I realized I needed a Lomo LC-A camera. This is a Russian made camera that was a knock off of another camera. It is poorly made and by Japanese camera standards, a bad picture taker too. As the legend goes, somewhere in the 1990s a cult following developed and hasnt stop since. Low and behold I went out and bought 2 of these babies. I love them, but I also had a digital SLR a Canon 20D. After shooting with the Lomo, I wanted to take photos from my 20D and give them the Lomo look and feel. I searched and searched and after trying several different Photoshop methods, I finally came up with my own using a mix of different techniques. By all means, there are probably other ways to do this, but this method has served me well. Get Free Weekly Digital Camera Tips via Email Here is my step by step on how I take a digital photo and make it Lomoified. I do have one suggestion though, create an action script once get this down, it will save you a ton of time. Getting Started Creating a Vignette The first thing you want to do is create the classic vignette that the Lomos are well known for and I achieve this by doing a freehand lasso of a circle around the photo. It doesnt need to be perfect and to prevent hard edges, I set the feather to 80-90px before creating the circle.

Once you have set the feather (shown above) and have drawn the circle, you must invert the selection. You can do this one of two ways. #1 Shift-Ctrl-I (Shift-cmd-I on the mac) or #2 Go to the menu Select>Inverse.

Now to achieve the vignette, I add a Levels layer. Note: I still have the invert selected.

This will add a masked out layer on top of your original layer. I then adjust the levels by moving the center arrow to the right. This will darken the edges, giving me a vignette. The amount is up to you and in this case I went from 1.00 to 0.50 on the center number highlighted in the image below.

Now you have a vignette. On to making the photo look Lomo Another key to a Lomo picture is the color contrast and saturation. This occurs because people with real Lomos use color slide film and cross-process the film in C41 chemicals. For those that dont know what cross-processing is, its when you develop film in a chemical other then what it was made for. Standard 35mm film is usually processed in C41 chemicals and Color Slide film is usually processed in E6 chemicals. Interesting results happen when you mix and match. Typically, Lomo owners will take color slide film (E6) and have it processed as standard 35mm film (C41). This results in over saturation of colors and at times some freaky results. All of which make Lomo as special as they are. To get a digital photo to look Lomo, we need to fake the cross-processing effect (E6 film in C41 chemicals). At this point I usually flatten the image using shift-ctrl-e (shift-cmd-e on the mac) or go to the menu and Layer>Merge Layers. First, I add a curves layer and create a slanted S.

Then I create a new layer on top of the other two layers. I select the paint bucket and pick the color black and fill the new layer with solid black.

Then I change the blending mode and set it to Hue and reduce the opacity to 40%.

Sharpening and Saving

This has gotten us very close to be finished. Again, I flatten the photo by using shift-ctrl-e (shift-cmd-e on the mac) or go to the menu and Layer>Merge Layers. Before saving the photo as a JPG, you need to sharpen the photo. I use the unsharp mask and Lab mode/lightness technique. The purpose of this step is that it adds more contrast and darkens some of the areas as well. Now you can use whatever sharpening technique you want, but the following method prevents the color halos that come with certain sharpening techniques. Go to Image>Mode>Lab Color. If you hadnt flattened the image yet, it will ask you if want to flatten, please do so. Then select your channel window and click on the lightness channel. The 3 other channels should deselect.

Then go to the menu, select Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask.

I like sharpness, so I set the Amount to 50%, Radius to 50% and the Threshold to 0. Click Ok. This is completely up to you on the settings. Plus it will depend on the photo as well and use your best judgment/preference. Go to Image>Mode> RGB Color. You do not have to reselect the unchecked channels, when converting back to RGB, the channels will automatically turn back on and the photo will go back to be in color. Now you are done, save the file and share. Final step, save as a Jpeg. Before the Lomo Ph

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