Re: Yet another LOMO attempt! (LomoType)

Will Goss wrote:
| "Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in
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| news:47b1bb66_1@cnews...
|| Folks,
||
|| After reading some tutorials, and trying Spandex's great script, I
|| thought I'd have a little play with the LOMO effect myself.
||
|| It's actually quite a difficult one to nail down, as depending what
|| images you look at or descriptions you read, the effect people are
|| looking for can be quite different. The main criteria appear to be
|| raised saturation and contrast with vignetting evident. There also
|| appears to be a colour shift which imparts a slightly 'metallic' hue,
|| and I'm not sure how far to go towards saturating the original
|| palette or the amended palette.
||
|| Anyway, I'd be interested in your comments and any way you feel it
|| deviates from the LOMO look.
||
| Howard, I liked it, I was in the middle of looking at a manual
| approach on both PSP and Gimp, so I just used your script...see
| attached sheet....
|
| You may not be able to tell from the small prints but yours looked
| good....true to my use of scripts, I tagged on Smart Curve Auto to
| your script.....this finished it to my likes...
|
| I would probably change it to keep the original as the bottom level,
| allowing a comparison or possible blending as the final sterp...
|
| Good work

I think the boy has the best tones in the Lomo Gimp Script. The Lomo with 
Curves has the highlights on his face appear to be excessively white.
Rose

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"RoseW" <wdmn@nshurontel.on.ca> wrote in message
news:47b1e5d2_2@cnews...
> Will Goss wrote:
> | "Howard Dickson" <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in
message
> | news:47b1bb66_1@cnews...
> || Folks,
> ||
> || After reading some tutorials, and trying Spandex's great script, I
> || thought I'd have a little play with the LOMO effect myself.
> ||
> || It's actually quite a difficult one to nail down, as depending what
> || images you look at or descriptions you read, the effect people are
> || looking for can be quite different. The main criteria appear to be
> || raised saturation and contrast with vignetting evident. There also
> || appears to be a colour shift which imparts a slightly 'metallic' hue,
> || and I'm not sure how far to go towards saturating the original
> || palette or the amended palette.
> ||
> || Anyway, I'd be interested in your comments and any way you feel it
> || deviates from the LOMO look.
> ||
> | Howard, I liked it, I was in the middle of looking at a manual
> | approach on both PSP and Gimp, so I just used your script...see
> | attached sheet....
> |
> | You may not be able to tell from the small prints but yours looked
> | good....true to my use of scripts, I tagged on Smart Curve Auto to
> | your script.....this finished it to my likes...
> |
> | I would probably change it to keep the original as the bottom level,
> | allowing a comparison or possible blending as the final sterp...
> |
> | Good work
>
> I think the boy has the best tones in the Lomo Gimp Script. The Lomo with
> Curves has the highlights on his face appear to be excessively white.
> Rose
>
> -- 
> http://rwgallery.webng.com/index.html
>
Howards Script and the Lomo Gimp Script wer close but...Howards script had 
less red...look at the girls outfit......

The other two could be the Auto Curves....