November 27, 2007

Gavin Seim, lightroom, news, ProPhotoShow, Software

Power Workflow Lightroom Presets from Gavin

I just launched a huge Lightroom presets collection over at seimeffects.com. The set has over 50 cool presets in, covering everything in the workflow process from corrections to sassy creative color effects in a very broad variety.

If your looking for a good set of creative presets then check out power workflow presets. This set has been months in the making and has some killer effects. If you like Lightroom you’ll like Power Workflow, and there’s also a video over there that shows them in action. Check it out.

Update… The issue we were having with the site seem to be resolved. All links should work now. If you have further problems feel free to contact.

November 9, 2007

Gavin Seim, PPS Photography Tips, ProPhotoShow, Software

Free Lightroom Presets | The Ultimate Free Presets List:

Free Lightroom Presets and Capture 1 Styles list — Get my free Natural HDR mini pack here. Natural HDR Lightroom Presets.

The Free Lightroom Presets Directory.

Hey tribe it’s Gavin Seim and it’s 2022. This post was a pretty old list and most of the presets here are for older versions of Lightroom but if you install them they will update and work in the newer version. See my Lightroom presets install videos.

I’m going to start adding new free presets for Lightroom and Photoshop RAW, Free Styles for Capture One, and more to this list and get it up to speed again. I’ll need your help by adding your favorites in the comments so I can curate them.

I’m best known for my carefully formulated Lightroom presets. You’ll find a lot of these paid and fully supported packs here on this site. But many of my packs have free mini versions so you can get some of my best Lightroom presets free. I’ll start the list with those and keep adding more.

The new Free Lightroom Presets and Capture One Styles list…

Some of the most popular free presets made by me…

Free Natural HDR Lightroom presets. 8 high dynamic range sampler from my complete pack (LR Presets New and legacy + C1 Styles)
Free Silver 4 Lightroom black and white presets pack. 88 really powerful black and white preset curated from V4 of the complete pack. (LR Presets New and legacy + C1 Styles)
Free Film Emeulatuion presets for LR and C1. My films pack goes really deep and in the free mini-pack I included 9 free film presets including the Fuji Classic Negative preset. (LR Presets New and legacy + C1 Styles + LUTS)
Another 8 free Capture one Styles and LR free presets from my Muse Collection. (LR Presets New and legacy + C1 Styles)

The old legacy Lightroom presets list…

You’ve just found the biggest, best-maintained list of free LR presets anywhere. I hunt the web for these, trying to add the best and filter out the dead ends. There’s plenty to browse. And feel free to share your favorites in the comments (freebies only).

LR4 and LR5 Presets: The develop module changed in LR4 and most LR3 presets will not fully function under the new process. As more LR4 presets are becoming available I’ll add to the list. I’ll also note listings that I’ve been able to verify are LR4 Compatible. Non-marked listing may be LR1,2 and 3 only.

There are also loads of freebies (linked below). I’m fanatical about quality and honored that they’ve become so well regarded my peers. OK, now on to the goodies. Oh and if you use Apple Aperture, here’s the free Aperture presets list.

My Free Legacy LR Preset picks…

Seim Effects Free Lightroom Presets (LR4/5 Compatible).
I have a LARGE and ever growing assortment of free presets that include fully LR 4 compatible effects. I suggest you start with 8 free presets from PW3 and 15 Free Premium Presets from Color Fantasies 2. You can also visit the Seim Effects Ultimate Freebie List.
Preset Heaven (LR4 Compatible).
This is a blog where you’ll find a large variety of presets. I won;t list them all, but there a lot. A nice place to get some sweet goodies.
Lightroom Killer Tips Presets (LR4/5 Compatible).
Aside from a great LR video cast, Matt Kloskowski from Photoshop TV posts presets on the site for free. His latest works are LR4 compatible.
Lightroom Presets on the Adobe Exchange (LR4/5 Compatible).
The Exchange has always been a great place to get ad on’s for Adobe products. Keep an eye on it.
Jack Davis’s Perfect Presets Collection (LR 2-3).
This is a download from our friends over at OnOne Software. A large preset collection that is organized in a tidy list. Well put together with lots of effects.
Wonderland Free Presets (LR1-3).
A free sampler pack from their Lightroom Presets collections. It looks like they have LR4 presets coming so we’ll keep watching.

More Free Presets Worth Noting: These may not be large sets but they may have potential…

NEW – Photography Planet Presets: Not a lot here, but they give away a few presets from their collections (LR4/5 Compatible).
F/stop Spot free presets. A few mini collections of freebies. (LR4/5 Compatible).
Eric Kim 15 Free presets for street photography. (LR4/5 Compatible).
Lightroom Library Presets Lots of presets with some previews, (LR2-3).
Laconic Design Presets Laconic has a bunch, many of which fall into B&W/Vintage (LR1-3).
Camera Dojo Presets A nice free pack of presets covering a broad range settings (LR1-3).
Chrome and New York presets from Vert: (LR 1-3).
Really Japans Presets: A collection of various mini preset sets (LR 1-3).
Skye’s LR Presets: She has a couple nice looking freebies in one download (LR 1-3).
MCP Effects: A few free presets from MCP. (LR 1-3).
Vivian Chungs Presets: A nice little archive of freebies. (LR 1-3).
I Brake For Bokeh Presets: Another nice variety of free Lightroom presets, LR 1-3).
Heather Green’s Presets. A few interesting looking color tone presets.
Joop Snijder Presets: A variety of general use effects (scroll down the page).
A Girl In Love Presets: A nice little set of ten vintage tone effects.
Markus Dollinger Presets: Not in English, but you’ll find a presets download link at the bottom.
Xequals Photography Presets: Once you get past an awkward site, you’ll find a fair variety of free presets.
Focus Beauty Presets: Various presets allowing you to build effects. Also check out the HDR presets.
Inside Lightroom Presets: One of the early Lightroom sites. Lots of presets if you browse around.
Dlbert Debruijn Free presets. A nice looking assortment of free presets.
BJWok Presets. Looks like many were made for band sessions. A variety of freebies.
RuleOfThirds free presets. Looks like a nice collection of freebies mixed in with their paid offerings.

Other Random Presets: Some of these have obscure links, some with only 1 preset. But if you crave more…

Photo Focus preset: Look like just one here, but Scott posted a tone preset he made.
Sean Mcgrath: Some paid effects in here, but on this page are plenty of freebies.
Profi Presets: Various preset of the week posts here with free effects. Have to browse thru links.
Mithrandir’s Lightroom Presets: A list of a bunch of Mithrandir’s presets. Sweet.
Dryor Eyal Presets: A few presets posted ion his blog. Not many details.
Gantico’s Presets: Various presets worth a look, including some infrared.
Stellar Times Free Presets: A few classy looking tones.
640 Pixels free presets:
Katherine’s Pink preset: Just one pink tone here.
Scenic World Presets: A couple presets with intense highlights.
Simonetta Rossi’s Free Presets: A few sky brighteners you might enjoy.
Rockstar B&W & Soda Pop presets: A few presets here. But you have to wade through to get them.
Rebecca Meyers Preset: Just one Faded Wash preset that I can find.
Mike Lao’s “300” presets: A bit of a legend. Two effects based on the movie 300.
Sean McCormack’s IR Presets: An article talking about Infrared in LR and some free presets.
Alberts Warming Preset: A warm tone effect.
Sweets Lightroom Preset: Just a solo.
Platinum Premium Preset: Not a platinum effects so much as B&W.
VFASP Presets. Looks like three presets. Color tone and BW.
Photography Silo Presets: A little clutter, but they post a free preset now and then.
Minimalist Photography. 5 free B&W presets. Some are a bit harsh but give em a try.

Free Lightroom Brush Presets – How To Install Brush Presets

LR4 Brushes…

Elegance Essentials LR4 Brushes: My own collection of brushes designed especially for LR4.

LR2-3 Brushes

Matt’s Light/Dark Brush Presets: A simple set of brushes for burning and dodging
Seim’s Free Brush Presets: A brush set for Skin Softening, Burning, Dodging, more.
Matt’s Enhancer Brushes: Another nice assortment of brushes from Matt Kloskowski.

Free Lightroom Print Presets/Templates:

Gavin’s Album Page Design Print Presets for LR3-5:
A group of print presets to make quick page layouts in LR3. Great for press printed books and small albums. This is a new improved set for LR3.
Album Page Design Print Presets for LR2:
A group of print presets to make quick page layouts in LR2. This is the first set. Don’t use these in LR3-4.

October 7, 2007

Gavin Seim, Photography Podcast, Pro Photo Show Podcast, ProPhotoShow, Review, Software

PPS #38 Image Enhancement Software & Noise Reduction Reviewed

Click Button To Listen, PPS #38 Image Enhancement Software Tools
To download mp3 podcast, right click above link, and “Save As”
Podcast subscription feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/prophotoshow

Show Notes… Welcome to the wild episode
Aside from goofing off and having fun on todays show we review Corel Painter X (time index 17:23) DXO Optics Pro (time index 29:33) And compare noise reduction tools Dfine2, Noise Ninja, and Neat Image (time index 40:31)

We also discussed my new Hollywood Effects Actions, and where you can download a free photoshop action, as well as the PPS article about Adobe Customer Support. The Canon ES2 portable printer was launched, and you can check out a really cool video of a trash the dress shoot.

Pick of the week was PanosFX Photoshop actions. You can enter the contest to win a full version of PainterX (Win or Mac) my sending one entry email to prophotoshow at(@) gmail.com

Lastly you can save 15% on Hollywood Effects actions by using promo code 11504416

Lastly heres a sample of an image made user the Painter X auto paint. Just a quickie, but it shows one example of what you can do.

Have a great week, and don’t forget to join the photography forum… Gav

[tags]photography, photoshop, noise, reduction, software, workflow, weddings, sports, portraits, actions[/tags]

October 2, 2007

lightroom, Software

An Aperture User Looks At Adobe Lightroom

From Fraser Speirs

Partly just because it was there and partly because I feel like I haven’t given it a fair crack of the whip, I spent some time yesterday and today with Adobe Lightroom.

For those who don’t care to read the minutiae, I’ll get to the point: In my opinion, Aperture vs. Lightroom is the same discussion as Canon vs. Nikon. Each has strengths and weaknesses, but it’s not a no-brainer decision either way. You’ll produce good results with both applications, and the real decisions come down to personal preference, and specific features that you may need for a very specific reason.

So, let’s dig in deeper:

Read the whole story here.

~ Jarrod Michael

October 1, 2007

Gavin Seim, ProPhotoShow, Software

Is Adobe falling apart?

Will ten years see adobe standing on a street corner, in the pouring rain with a sign?

Probably not, but changes have been big at Adobe in the past year and even before, and not for the better. Adobe support is in the toilet, prices are up, and the competition, though not yet shining bright, is growing.

All we can say for the competition is “Come on in” Adobe is out of touch, and it’s getting worse. We need some good old fashioned product wars to balance out the scales.

Since Adobe purchased Macromedia nearly two years ago things have taken a rapid decline, and it seems that Adobe must be kidding themselves into thinking it won’t catch up with them.

Aside from customer service problems, like long hold times, sending support overseas to people we can barley communicate with, and that have a general lack of interest in our problems Adobe has also introduced heavy DRM (digital rights management) into their products. They just don’t get it do they? You can go online and download an illegal version of any Adobe software you want that will work just fine. Or you can be honest and support Adobe by spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars on their products.

So what does adobe do? Adobe in their latest

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