October 24, 2025

I call it the lost Photoshop Panel. Because no one talks about what it can do and it took me 15 years to master it.

I’m talking about mastering the Actions panels. Users of actions like my new Alchemist 3 have been asking for some advanced tips. And I realized how little people know about this lost panel that’s’ more powerful than any plugin on the market.

You can do this to any action or make your own and of course you can check out all my Master Grade Actions on my homepage.

I make lots of great presets like Filmist. But when I do actions people always ask me, can this run in Lightroom. The answer is always no. I make tools that make the native tools of these apps work faster and better.

A raw editor like LR or C1 can’t even come close to and old Photoshop CS6. The way they do layers is world apart and if you only use a RAW editor you’re only half editing your photos.

No not either apps either like Luminar or anything else. The ones that do have basic actions or scripts implement it really badly. That’s why I cant even make this stuff in other layer apps.

Watch the video and I’ll add more notes to this post later for some extra tips.

Gavin Seim

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June 12, 2020

I made this short video workshop showing my editing process on this shot so we could talk about the anatomy of a good edit. It’s only about 5 minutes long!

I’ll just me suing using some of my favorite tools from Filmist, Lumist and Alchemist in Photoshop and Lightroom and I’ll show you how I get this image balanced and ready for print with just a few minutes.

If you guys like this fast study format, drop a comment, and we will try to make more in the future. You can also find all the add on’s I used in this here on the site.

Next, SHOW ME YOUR EDIT: DOWNLOAD THE RAW FILE and edit this yourself and see how it looks. Then head over to the post on our Facebook page and share your results.

Enjoy! – Gav

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July 12, 2017

This is a big update for Lumist that not only deal with some of the quirks but makes it 50-80% faster run time. Building the tonal map is blazing fast and once that done the magic really happens. Here’s a quick video looking at what’s new.

This is a free update for existing users and you should have en email. If you don’t have Lumist you can get it here.

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April 26, 2017

We’ve filmed this video various times over the past decade. This is is the best yet. Let’s talk about installing and managing Photoshop Actions. I won’t waste a lot of text there, the video says its best. — Gav

If you want more videos like this sub my YouTube channel.

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July 3, 2009

I want to take a moment to plug a few new products over at my Seim Effects store, since these are what help keep this all going. I just released Hollywood Effects 2, the follow up to my first special effects actions for Photoshop. Also in a separate collection a brand new set of cool actions called Portraitist.

HE2 is filled with some pretty amazing effects. I love Lightroom, but it’s not a solo runner. These are the effects that simply can’t be done in LR and really make my best images shine. When you get HE2, it includes the Portraitist actions, which are my new skin retouching tools that perform tasks similar to expensive plugins, but right from an action and for a lot less money. They even include skin smoothing that retains detail in critical areas like eyes.

Anyways I’m stoked about how good they work. It’s the best actions I’ve ever made and has been a very successful release thanks to many of you. Of course I  still love Lightroom. You can find my presets there as well. If you want to learn more head over to Seim Effects. Other than that, have a great weekend… Gavin Seim

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