August 31, 2008

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actions, Free Effects & Goodies, photoshop, photoshop freebies, tips

Actions for making easy Watermarks (UPDATED)

Hey gang. Here’s a small set of actions I made to help watermark photo’s. If your in SE fan club on Facebook you got these a few weeks ago. but I wanted to post them up here for the blog readers. Nothing huge here. These just take a logo, or type and make it have that transparent bevel look of a watermark.

You can also modify them to speed things up. For example you could record a command at the beginning of the action to place your logo at the start, and then save and close at the end so that you could automate the watermarking. You can add commands to an action like this by simply selecting the action and pressing record. Then re-save the action when your done modding it.

Also if you use LR check out Mogrify. It’s a great plugin. Make you overlay in PS, then use the LR Mogrify plugin to overlay it on export. It’s how I do my batches.

UPDATE: 09.09 to V1.1. Added a new glassy effect action (see sample below).

watermarl-action

~ Free V1.1 download link ~

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August 26, 2008

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actions, Free Effects & Goodies, photoshop, photoshop freebies, special effects

Free Photoshop Actions – Creative Essentials Sampler

Update 02/2011. I’ve updated this sampler pack with fresh effects that reflects the refinements in version 1.6. Download and enjoy.

UPDATE 02/2008: I had the wrong files in the download so people were getting one of my LR preset samples instead of the PS actions. It’s been fixed now.

Hey everyone. As many of you know I recently launched the new Creative Essentials actions. I’ve been using CE like crazy because it’s filled with actions I can use on everyday images I want to look great. It’s everything from skin softening effects, and fast glows to a mix of B&W’s, and workflow enhancers all in one simple action set.

I thought I’d post up a few freebies for you all. Here’s three actions that come from the Creative Essentials set, including Boost IT, Simple Sharp, Simply Soft I and Milk Chocolate. The whole set has over twenty actions, so if you like em check out the complete set.

Here’s the direct download, no strings, FREE as in totally. Enjoy… Gavin

– Download Creative Essentials sampler PS actions –

– Check out the Complete collection and watch video –

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March 30, 2008

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actions, Free Effects & Goodies, lightroom, photoshop, photoshop freebies, presets, special effects, video

Burn & Dodge Magic. Free Video:

I wanted to post a free video from my up and coming Seim Effect video series.

Burn and dodge is one of those overlooked gems that can give you control over where viewer attention is drawn to in an image. Some people avoid vignettes, burns and dodges because they don’t realize how effective they can be.

I see images nearly every day that could be twice as good with a little B&D Love. This is just as important with HDR images ass well ad they tend to be a bit flat in their natural state. Here’s a Seim Effects video on the topic. It’s slightly cheesy, but a good look at how I leverage B&D. Click the link to get the free High Res version.

~Download High Quality Version For Free~



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January 10, 2008

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actions, Free Effects & Goodies, photoshop, photoshop freebies

Free Photoshop Action. Visual Razor II Sharpener

kids-vr-ii.jpgSome time back made an action that I posted on Pro Photo Show called Visual Razor. In using it today I felt it could be better, so I do what I often do when something can be better. I made the brand new one. It’s Visual Razor II, and you can get FREE.

It’s a basic action to sharpening and enhance an image, and adding a bit of POP. The layers are masks so they can easily be adjusted, but it looks good out of the box so it works good in batches.

It may not be wild and different like some of my Hollywood Effects actions, but it’s a good everyday tool, and hey, It’s Free! Should work on CS2 and CS3. If you have an older version of PS try Visual Razor Original.

~ Download Visual Razor II sharpen/enhance action ~

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December 26, 2007

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Free Effects & Goodies, photoshop freebies, special effects

A Free Photoshop Action For Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Hey all you Seim Effects, and Pro Photo Show fans. You may have already seen this on the PPS site but for those over here at Seim Effects I just wanted to wish a great Christmas, and post up a link to a free photo shop action.I made a special Photoshop Action just for the occasion called Christmas Glow. It’s a nice effect that will make that Christmas tree photo look great, along with anything else that you want a nice smooth effect on. It’s great for portraits, even for a landscape effect, or just about anything else.

It’s not a big gift, but I know most of you have Photoshop, and it’s something I could give to you all. It should work on CS2, and CS3. For earlier versions just try it and see, it’s free after all! Have merry Christmas and a happy New Year… Gav

~Download Christmas Glow Free Photoshop Action~

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