August 20, 2010

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Free Effects & Goodies, free lightroom presets, presets, special effects

8 Free Lightroom Presets from Power Workflow3

by Gavin Seim:

Power Worklfow v3 has finally arrived, representing three total years of LR study and experimentation since this all started. I’m really excited. I feel they set a standard for workflow presets that fit just about any situation you could possibly need. You can see the details, video, samples etc, on the PW3 info page.

As always, I wanted to post up a freebie sample pack so readers can get some goodies and a small taste of what in store inside my latest collection. Below you’ll find a download with 8 presets from Power Worklfow3, including Super Hero2 and my new LOTR effect. The full collection has more than 75 presets, so if like them there’s lots more where these came from. Download and enjoy… Gav

Download FREE PW3 LR Presets Sampler (ZIP)

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June 22, 2010

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Free Effects & Goodies, free lightroom presets, lightroom, presets

Free Lightroom Preset. Gavin’s Old Polaroid:


Mouse over for Before/After sample.

I frequently crawl under the hood in Lightroom. Today I’m working some projects in LR3 and experimenting with the latest features and tools. Something I’ve started doing to make certain effects more adaptable, is what I’m calling Tone Independent Presets. They add an effects without using any of the primary tone settings like exposure, brightness, contrast, white balance etc. The result is an effect that can easily be applied to a plain image, or after general and batch corrections without effecting previous tone settings. This preset is an example of that.

I’ve spent quite some time today (probably too much) looking at the tones and feel of classic Polaroids and doing lots of tweaks in LR to get the look I wanted. The result is this effect I’m calling Gavin’s Old Polaroid. It’s a classic Polaroid themed tone that I think you’ll find appealing. This is a test of effects that will probably show up soon in an update to Color Fantasies presets collection. You get it today however and it’s free to boot. You can download the ZIP below. While it uses some LR3 features, This, like all my other presets will still work on older versions of LR. Enjoy… Gav

– Download Old Polaroid Preset ZIP –

How to install Lightroom Presets.

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April 25, 2010

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Free Effects & Goodies, news, photoshop, photoshop freebies, ProPhotoShow, special effects, textures

Free Sampler. Naked Elements, Texture for Photographers.

04/24/10 Seim Effects: Howdy everyone it’s Gavin Seim. Today I want to announce a brand new product to the Seim Effects editing system. Naked Elements is a collection of more than 60 photographic textures, combined with Photoshop speed actions for adding and prepping images at blazing speeds.

Naked Elements includes natural and scientific elements from rock, to fire, to metal, to sky and beyond. Check out the Naked Elements product page for a video and samples of what’s included. Like all Seim Effects products, free in version updates will be included in the complete set. You can also download a free sampler pack below. Enjoy… Gav

– Download the Free Naked Elements Sampler Pack –

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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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February 18, 2010

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Free Effects & Goodies, free lightroom presets, lightroom, presets, special effects

Free Lightroom Presets. Color Fantasies Sampler.

Color Fantasies is my latest collection of Lightroom Presets that focuses entirely on color. It doesn’t mess around about it either. CF gets under the hood in Lightroom and transforms images into beautiful color tones that can be applied instantly with a click. Wow I sound like my own PR guy (oh wait, I am).

In tradition with my other collections, here’s a FREE sampler pack that includes 5 presets from Color Fantasies. There’s more image samples and a video on the product page so feel free to take a peek. The complete set come with more than 45 presets, plus an action. So when you like what you see, go check out the complete collection 😉

– Watch the video and check out the whole set –

– Download the FREE CF sampler pack –

Color Fantasies Lightroom Presets

Included sampler effects are…

  • Dynamica.
  • 1975.
  • Lemon Drops.
  • Criss Cross.
  • Morning Coffee.
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