March 2, 2011

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Aperture Presets, news, presets, ProPhotoShow

Introduding LightFlow Aperture Presets.

Aperture 3 has been for just over a year now. I’ve mentioned various times that I was working on a complete preset collection for Aperture and in the interim I’ve even released a few Aperture freebies. Well the day has come and after months of planning and experimenting with the best Aperture can do, I’m really proud to announce a set of presets that I hope will set a standard.

Lightflow presets are here and ready to rock. It has more that 50 presets. It’s been tested, planned and re-tested as I went under the hood with Aperture adjustments to make a set of presets that offer as much creativity as it does efficiency.

I won’t blabber on further, because you can get all the info on the LightFlow presets page. After that I hope you’ll help me spread the word and let your friends know that there’s new Aperture presets in town.

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January 11, 2011

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Aperture Presets, news, ProPhotoShow, special effects

Coming Soon. LightFlow. The Ultimate Aperture Presets.

This has been a long time in coming. With Apple’s Aperture finally getting presets in v3, Aperture users can now use develop presets and harness that power in their workflow. LightFlow has been in the works for awhile, but it’s nearly ready to release.

I’ve been making Lightroom presets for years and that knowledge crosses over. But it’s still different software and all new presets have to be designed. While I’m eager to release a defining collection of Aperture presets, I did not want to rush. I started by making a freebie pack called Light Study, to test the waters and see what Aperture users like. The feedback was positive and I went to work developing a complete set.

LightFlow is a collection of Aperture presets for every photographic situation. Essentially this set is to Aperture what Power Workflow has been to Lightroom.

It will feature more than 40 presets for batch corrections, subtle tweaks, silver conversions and color tones. It’s going to start as a simple well organized set that gives Aperture users quick control over a broad variety of refinements and processes that they can use as applied, or tweak for any specific need.

LightFlow is scheduled for release in Feb-Mar 2011. You can subscribe to the SE newsletter on the right to be updated when it launches, or watch the FB page.

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December 9, 2010

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Aperture Freebies, Aperture Presets, Free Effects & Goodies, free lightroom presets, special effects, templates

2010 Seim Effects/PPS Christmas Freebie Pack.

Wow another year has gone by. Crazy stuff.  It’s been a busy year here and I’m thankful. Seim Effects keeps growing by leaps and the new products have done great thanks to all of you. There’s more good stuff in the works. In the growth of Seim Effects I hope that the focus of what I do here has stayed strong. Good products and the great service to along with them.

Anyways on to the goodies. Merry Christmas to all of you. This years freebie pack has something for just about everyone and I hope you’ll enjoy it. Lets take a peek.


Lightroom Presets:

  • Color Years: I made this to look back on the refinements and experiments I did with color this year. It’s a subtle but delicious color twist that will work on a variety of images.
  • Silver Grains: 2010 Was a big year for editing. LR3 and Aperture, CS5, better RAW processing. For me a growing passion for black and white. I have lots of new Silver tones in the pipes, but here’s a rich silver effect with smooth blacks and bold tones.

Aperture Presets:

  • Color Years: 2010 was the year presets finally came to aperture. I’m working with it and have a full collection in the works, but I made the Color Years effect for you today. It works very similar to the LR version.
  • Silver Grains: I decided to keep it simple, so this is also similar to the LR version. Of course the programs process a little different, but the concept was the same.

Adobe In Design Album Template: You’ll need Adobe InDesign for this. But it’s a big one, so even if you have to download a demo from Adobe, give it a shot. InDesign is how I make albums and it’s blazing fast. Makes Photoshop for album design look like a slug on the Interstate. UPDATE: The main album file is CS5 only. I updated the download to 1.1 and included a .idml file for CS4 users. More info in the download.

More details on all this stuff in the What’s Inside” document included in the download, which I’ll give you right now. Enjoy… Gav

Download Christmas Pack v1.1 – Zip

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February 21, 2010

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Aperture Freebies, Aperture Presets, Free Effects & Goodies, special effects

Free Presets for Aperture. Gavin’s Light Study 1.


Mouse over images to view the “before effect” version.

A little something for you Apple Aperture users today. Aperture 3 released and they FINALLY added support for presets. I was stoked. It’s not perfect and while I still prefer Lightroom myself (no need for you Lighroom users to worry. I won’t be forgetting you) it does have real presets functionality that works well..

Anyways I jumped right in and started playing with presets and seeing what I could do if I got under the hood in the Adjustments panel. It’s not the same as Lightroom, but there’s some powerful tools. I made this pack of 6 presets that cover a variety of looks including B&W, basic enhancement and color tones. There even a preset that boosts dynamic range for a mild HDR like effect.

I plan to keep looking in Aperture and if I see enough interest I may consider a complete workflow collection of presets like I offer for Lightroom, so if you’re interested let me know. Download an enjoy. I’ll paste some basic usage instructions below as well… Gav

UPDATE. 03/11. Gavin has also released a full Aperture presets collection called LightFlow. There’s a free sampler from that pack here.

– Download FREE Aperture Light Study1 Presets –

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