People who use Lomo or Leica or Holga or any camera type in Lomography world should know Cross Processing. It’s a procedure of deliberately processing photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film *.
Cross-processing produces very distinctive results. Images printed using these techniques will generally have a very high contrast, and the colors in your pictures will change. Generally colors will become heightened, and you will end up with vibrant prints that have similar surreal qualities to those present in photos made with Lomo cameras. The great joy of cross-processing is that you don’t require a darkroom or any special equipment to do it. Mostly if you use out of date film, you will get more unpredictable results.
You are a big fan of Lomo? but don’t want to get wet by chemicals? Now you can do same effect on Photoshop. I will not produce the tutorial cause it’s already spread on the net, here’s the list:
- Curvy Cross Processing in Photoshop CS3
- Photoshop Techniques: Cross Process and Redscale
- Cross Processing in Photoshop
- Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook “Cross-Processing”
- ect…
See, I like this kind effect, and frequently use it too. Classic, retro and strong. (I couldn’t find any good photo except on Flickr) So here’s the list of cross processed photo made in Photoshop and original film:
Okay, that’s it. Enough browsing, start make your own photo!
I’ll try