SEim Effects Photo Tools

Updated 10.10.09 to version 2.5 sampler (download below).

My free sampler of Power Workflow2 Lightroom Presets is  here. This has a small assortment of what comes with the complete set, but there’s some great presets here.

A key with presets is to build a good workflow. I spend a lot of time with that, and you’ll see some of it here. Start with a good auto preset for batches. This free set includes a preset from my new “Super” series auto settings. Apply it to a whole batch to get rockin, then move on and try some other effects.

There’s also a coupon inside that will save you a few bucks if you decide to get the whole set. If you already have PW2 you already have these, but stay tune because Christmas is near and I have some goodies in store

Download FREE PW2.5 Lightroom Presets Sampler:

Check Out My Video & The Complete Set:

A few months back I posted a sample pack of my Creative Essentials actions. It tuned out that the download somehow ended up with some of my sample LR presets inside, instead of the PS action.

Hundreds of you download this set, and got the wrong thing. I just found out minutes ago thanks to a comment from Tanis. I feel pretty silly.

Anyways here is the original post that’s been updated with the new file. Enjoy, Gav

~ Download Gavin’s Brush Presets ~

Did you know that in Lightroom2 You can use a brush to make precise corrections, and even have brush presets ready to go to make those corrections easy.

Well I knew about LR  brushes, but I had not given enough attention to them until Matt Kloskowski posted up some darken brushes, and got my mind churning on this great workflow asset.

Here’s a collection of brush presets I made for… Burn, Dodge, Color Boost, Color Drain, Skin Soft, and Detail Boost.

Remember that these don’t work the same as my Develop presets. These are for “Brush” settings. If you need to learn how to install them take a look at my Installing Lightroom Brush Presets article.

Once you get them installed you can just select the brush effect that you want, from the drop-down. Brush size and intensity are still fully controllable with the sliders, but these preset will get you going fast.

Gavin Seim

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).

~ Free V1.1 download link ~

UPDATE 10/2008: 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 all. 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 action I use on everyday images I want to look great. It everything from skin softening effects, and fast glows to a mix of B&W’s, and workflow enhancers all in one simple clean set.

I thought I’d post up a few freebies for you all. Here’s three actions that come from the Creative Essentials set. They include Simply Soft I, Milk Chocolate, and Warm Me Up. The whole set has many more so if you like em check out the complete set.

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

~ Download Creative Essentials Sampler PS Actions ~

~ Check Out The Complete Action Set ~

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~

UPDATED 02/2010: Now version 1.6 preset samples.

Hey all. Here are five free Lightroom raw presets from my Monochromatix B&W presets collection. I always like to give some presets away from each collection. You should find these a nice addition to your preset library. Heres what’s inside!

• Bold n Snappy I
• Infrared II
• Infrared Warm II
• Old Red II
• UBW (Ultimate B&W) 1

Download and enjoy… Gav

- Download Free Monochromatix Sampler v1.6 -

– Check Out The Entire Black & White Collection -