Blue is wreaking havoc in your photos an Here’s why…
The blue channel in photos is powerful and most photographers are using it wrong. The dirty secret of blues and how to fix them every time! The video I did on drop color was a game changer for a lot...
View ArticleSecrets of film color and the best way to scan 35mm Film in 2024
Scanning film for natural film color is not as easy as it seems and most of the labs are sending you scans that won’t look like your film. So what the best and cheapest scanning method (at least for...
View ArticleTrue Film recipes with Lightroom presets and Capture One Film Styles. How to...
Making a preset and calling it a film is easy. But making a digital film look like film is really hard. It’s not something you do manually and most film presets don’t get very close. In today’s video,...
View ArticleFilmic Lightroom Presets and Film Styles Reboot your editing. Start grounding...
Ever feel your editing is messy, or you need a reboot? Grounding changes your editing and improves your style. es, Filmic Lightroom presets and styles help a lot. But your style can still be whatever...
View ArticleStop using contrast. There’s a better way to create perfect photo contrast.
Photo contrast was normal in film but is so misunderstood in digital. And the contrast slider is not helping. Not yet attended Shadow Hackers LIVE? It’s a game-changer. Sign up here for free. I’ll...
View ArticleWhy I never use Photoshops built in Black & White Filter and how I updated...
As of 2023, this is the absolute best way to get dramatic black and white I have discovered. Plus I just did a big update to my Blackroom actions (login here if you own Blackroom) But today’s video...
View ArticleLuminar Neo vs Lightroom in 2023
I made a comparison of Luminar Neo vs Lightroom vs Capture One with no affiliate links, sponsors or brand bias. Lightroom and Capture One are the big editors in 2023. Watch my annual review here. What...
View ArticleThis Ektar 100 film preset for Lightroom and Capture One is a game changer.
Ektar 100 is a classic among films. So I made a film preset. It’s considered great for landscapes and street work and it’s one of the few films still available in 2023. But those who know it well,...
View ArticleFree Black and White Presets Mini Pack for Lightroom and Capture One Styles...
Merry Christmas. I started creating presets 15 years ago before the rest existed. I always gave you free preset samplers from packs Like Filmist and Natural HDR. So today I’ve made you a perfect...
View ArticleNew Silver 5 Black and White Presets for Lightroom and Capture One bring...
It’s been a few years since we’ve seen a fully new version of my black-and-white presets. I do minor free updates all the time. But I like to wait till the features and tools of Lightroom and Capture...
View ArticleLightroom vs Capture One for portrait edits
The topic of Lightroom VS Capture one comes up a lot. I am a little bit of an expert since everyone one of my Lightroom Develop Presets Packs also comes, and a Styles Pack for Capture One Pro and I’ve...
View ArticleWhat is White Balancing in Photography? Here’s how to make it Easy!
Never worry about white balance again! White balance is easy and you don’t need to panic about it. What is White Balance in photography? Skip the technical definitions. White balance is what defines...
View ArticleLightroom vs Capture One battle – Which is really better for Fuji?
Does C1 give better results on Fuji or other files? Today we look at some hard to process files from a Fuji XT-3 and see what the results say. We’ll take a few FUJI RAW files and see what really...
View ArticleSimple portrait edits with SOFT Film Like color!
? Last week I was working on the 1.2 update for our Filmist emulsion presets. We develop these for Lightroom Capture 1 and LUT. I needed some fresh test image so I took my model Sondra out for a quick...
View ArticleUsing Lightroom presets in Photoshop
People have asked me about being able to do this for a long time. Now with Lightroom 7.3 and the latest versionn of Camera Raw the, updated presets format allows you to use your Lightroom prestes in...
View ArticleWar in Heaven – The Milky Way in Washington.
Click for large version. A7R II, 10sec, ISO 12,800, Canon 24mm TSe II I believe I can go at least 50 inches with this. Here’s a few tight crops. . Yes there’s some noise, but it has a reasonable nice...
View ArticleThe Best of FREE Lightroom Presets:
We were making presets here before selling presets was even hip. No one makes them like we do because we don’t just make presets, we’re passionate about quality and that’s why all our effects are...
View ArticleHow to Install, Better Manage & Save Aperture Presets – VIDEO
We’ve been making Apple Aperture presets here at Seim Effects since the beginning, but I realized we did not have a great video about using them. While installation is easy, it’s still faster to see it...
View ArticleSeim Effects Introduces ColorFlow for Apple Aperture
ColorFlow has arrived. The most complete color presets toolkit available for Aperture users and a perfect complement to LightFlow for Aperture. You can learn more and watch the video here. Below is...
View ArticleA Pack of Free Aperture Presets from Seim Effects ColorFlow
ColorFlow has arrived: A presets collection dedicated to beautiful color in Apple Aperture and the perfect follow up to LightFlow, the workflow presets collection for Aperture – ColorFlow It puts the...
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