Elegance Brushes, Essentials – A Free LR4 Presets Pack

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Gavin Seim

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by Gavin Seim: Sometime back I made a little pack of brush presets for Lightroom and it got download over 25,000 times. With the release of Lightroom 4 and it’s new develop tools, I decided it was time to revisit brushes. I started over and made a brand new pack of  free brush presets for LR4. There powerful new tools in LR4 brushes, including white balance, better softening, better tone control and more. If you still use LR2-3 check out the old brushes.

This FREE Essentials pack has six brush presets that cover, well the essentials. For some of you that may be enough. But for the rest..

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..This time I went further. I made the The Elegance Brush Collection. A complete pack of more than 20 LR4 brushes that cover everything essentials to creative tools like the warming brush, a highlight brush, the HDR brush and lots more. A simple elegant, reasonably priced brush toolkit for those of us that want more and to support my work. You can see a complete list of all brushes and the first 6 that are in this free pack on the product page.

 

You can download the FREE essentials set below. As you do please share this post with others.

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The Super Burn Brush: A bold darkening brush with deep shadow. All brushes are fully adjustable.

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Video: Histogram Tales, Detailed Histogram Reading.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Gavin Seim

histogram tales Video: Histogram Tales, Detailed Histogram Reading.by Gavin Seim: Taking the time to watch the histogram is invaluable. Left is dark, right is light on a histogram. But beyond that you can better understand and work the highlight and shadow detail your way, before exporting to Photoshop, printing etc. And it’s not hard.

I recorded this video and hope to do more soon. In it we analyze what the histogram tells us about an image and how we can learn to better understand our images using it.

Starting with presets is a great way to get an image going, but don’t be afraid of those curves sliders to move things around. You can control tone and dynamic range beautifully on the RAW file without losing contrast. Just watch for artifacts or noise if you push things far (see the Six Keys).

Get comfortable with your histogram. It can tell you a lot, both in camera (trust your histogram more than what you see on the camera screen) and in post (just about everything you need to know). Powerful stuff indeed. Lets take a look…

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Seim Effects Ultimate Photo Tool Freebie List.

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Gavin Seim

ad free 150 Seim Effects Ultimate Photo Tool Freebie List.by Gavin Seim: I’m proud of the reputation for quality that’s been built here at Seim Effects. I’m all about quality tools and service and helping make photographers better. With that I love to showcase the latest tools is with lots of free tools.

My complete collections are very complete. But I frequently post freebies and I’ve built up a lot of them. More than I can keep track of. You’ll find all the freebies in order on the freebies category of the blog, but this list represents my most current and popular freebies all in one place. You can get a lot of good editing tools for free, starting right here. Every link below leads to a freebie.

 

Adobe Lightroom Freebies:

Apple Aperture Freebies:

Adobe Photoshop Freebies:

That’s all for now, but I’ll continue to update this list, so stay tuned. You can also check the freebies category of the blog for the latest free goodies. Enjoy… Gav

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Gavin Seim’s FREE LR4 Video Editing Presets Pack.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Gavin Seim

Lightroom Video Presets Seim 400x324 Gavin Seims FREE LR4 Video Editing Presets Pack.So now that my official preset collections have been updated for Lightroom 4, I’ve had a little more time to experiment with video and what’s possible in LR4.

I’ve also been recording a lot of footage for my new EXposed workshop series and have been utilizing the simple video tools in LR to save me time. So far I’ve been pretty happy with the results.

While we don’t have full develop module control over video, there’s a lot we can do beyond Quick Develop, if settings are placed within presets.

So with that, I’m releasing a sampler pack of presets, each of which will work on video and give a variety of simple but useful effects from quick tonal boosts to bleached color.

This is really a test pack to experiment with what’s possible. If there’s enough interest, I may release a full editing collection for video in the future. Of course these presets can also be applied to still images, but they were designed for video work.

Also note that these are preset for LR4 only as you cannot edit video in earlier versions. OK, here’s the download. If you like what you see, check out my other editing packs and workshop on the homepage. Enjoy… Gav

DOWNLOAD the FREE Seim Video Preset Pack (ZIP)

 

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Spring Update Celebration Sale – $10 Off Seim Effects Editing Collections.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Gavin Seim

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by Gavin Seim: Lightroom 4 released during our three month winter tour (more on that here), as the family and I road tripped for the best views America has to offer and recorded segments for the new EXposed video series.

Weeks updating presets on the road. From the camper, beside lakes, in parking lots and at picnic tables. But all three Seim Effects preset collections have been updated. Each refined  and each better than it was before. Each fully Lightroom 4 compatible and still equally compatible with earlier versions of Lightroom.

To celebrate the updated Seim Effects Lightroom collections and the coming of Spring, I’m starting a SALE that only lasts through the end of April. With it you can get in instant $10 off any Lightroom Develop collection I offer. And I’m also extending that special for Lightflow, my Aperture collection (don’t want to leave Aperture users in the dust). Every collection is ready for the toughest critics and guaranteed quality.

The details are below. Hope you enjoy. Now we can once again hit the open road… Gavin

All $10 off the regular price – Just enter Promo Code: CELEBRATE

  • Power Workflow 3  – Our flagship editing collection for LR users with a bit of everything.
  • Color Fantasies – The collection of unique color bending effects for people who love creative color.
  • Silver Shadows 2 – The game changing black and white conversion system for LR users.
  • LightFlow for Aperture – My bit of everything collection for Apple Aperture users. A complete workflow.

You can use the discount on more than one of the products by ordering each separately.

 

 

 

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Press Release: Seim Effects Announces Complete Photo Tools Updates for Lightroom 4.

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Gavin Seim

1. Seim Effects LR Presets Collections Press Release: Seim Effects Announces Complete Photo Tools Updates for Lightroom 4.

Download the Press Kit (ZIP) for more images and examples.

Seim Effects Announces Complete Photo Tools Updates for Adobe® Lightroom® 4 Compatibility

All Seim Effects Lightroom presets now compatible with Lightroom versions 1-4

Soap Lake, WA (March 27, 2012) – Seim Effects Photo Tools announces today complete updates for its collection of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® toolkits designed for use by photographers. Now fully compatible with Lightroom 4 are Seim Effects’ Power Workflow 3, Silver Shadows 2 and Color Fantasies.

Power Workflow 3 is a complete Lightroom editing workshop from batch correction to creative effects. Silver Shadows 2 is the groundbreaking new dedicated black-and-white conversion kit for Lightroom. And Color Fantasies is an advanced toolkit dedicated to creative color processing in Lightroom.

All three products have been updated and revised for Lightroom 4 and now feature full compatibility with Lightroom versions 1-4, including a dedicated set of every effect for Lightroom 4 that takes advantage of the new 2012 process version. In addition, Seim Effects is offering the updates free to all existing users of the current product line. To celebrate the launch, Seim Effects is also offering a Lightroom 4 release special offering users $10 off any Lightroom editing collection until April 31, 2012. Continue reading →

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Color Fantasies Presets Sampler – Free Presets for Lightroom 1-4

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Gavin Seim

CF Update LR4 Color Fantasies Presets Sampler Free Presets for Lightroom 1 4Color Fantasies presets are all about creative color in Lightroom and they just got updated with loads of new refinements and full Lightroom 1-4 compatibility.

Here’s a pack of FREE presets that gives a little sampling of what’s in the full version. The 1.7 update marks all Seim Effects presets as being LR4 compatible and this download includes updated presets for LR 1-3, as well as the new LR4 versions.

Below you can download the six free presets from Color Fantasies. If you like what you see get the full collection with more than 60 presets, guaranteed to please. Have fun… Gav

DOWNLOAD the FREE Color Fantasies 1.7 Presets Sampler (ZIP)

Check Out The Video & The Complete Set Here

A little Color Fantasies User Feedback. More on the product page…

“The new “Color Fantasies” is gorgeous.” Julian Fuhrmann

“Got the Color Fantasies yesterday and you’ve outdone yourself” Connie Graham Terry.

 

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EXposed Promo – New Mexico Camp

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Gavin Seim

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I’m still out here recording footage for the new EXposed video series. I plan to keep on teasing until the series releases this summer, because it’s going to be that good. But I won’t waste time. Check out, “New Mexico Camp” below and then head over and save 50% on your pre-order of EXposed.

 

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Color Fantasies 1.7 – Better Effects, LR4 Compatible.

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Gavin Seim

CF Update LR4 Color Fantasies 1.7 Better Effects, LR4 Compatible.Color Fantasies presets have been a popular collection for those that love playing with creative color. But today they just stepped up another notch. Version 1.71 is an update that makes Color Fantasies fully Lightroom 4 compatible and adds tons of refinements to effects (for all versions of LR).

Color Fantasies 1.7 presets now include a set for Lightroom 1-3 and another set for LR4. Both sets include every Color Fantasies effect and t0 top it off, v1.7 is a totally free update for current owners.

If you own Color Fantasies, you should already have your download email at your purchase address. If not, just get in touch (effects@seimstudios.com) and let us know the email you purchased them from. Gavin will set you up.

If you don’t have Color Fantasies, check them out here and don’t miss out on the powerful versatile color bending presets for Lightroom.

 

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Power Workflow 3.5 Sampler. Free Presets for Lightroom 1-4

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Gavin Seim

pw3 sampler promo 400x300 Power Workflow 3.5 Sampler. Free Presets for Lightroom 1 4It’s Gavin here and Power Workflow 3, my flagship LR set that includes a bit of everything, just got updated to version 3.5. It has new refinements and full Lightroom 4 compatibility.

So I always post freebies from each set I make, to share and to convince you just how good they really are. With the release of v3.5 I wanted to post this free presets pack, that includes updated legacy presets as well as the new LR4 versions.

Below you can download 8 presets from Power Workfow 3, including Super Hero, Portrait Power, Simple Polarizer and more. Download and enjoy. If you like what you see, the full collection has more than 75 presets guaranteed to please. Enjoy… Gav

DOWNLOAD the FREE PW3 Presets Sampler (ZIP)

Check Out The Video & The Complete Set Here

A little PW3 User Feedback. More on the product page…

“Hey, just picked up power workflow 3…. Amazing! Wish had done it sooner” Jason E

“The best LR workfow presets ever” Jonah

“I’ve been using your Power Workflow since version 1, but you’ve really outdone yourself with version 3, it absolutely rocks! Dennis Bouman.

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