I just received a preset from a member of the onOne Exchange Community! Andres “Andy” Rea has just sent me a preset that he calls “AR Gritty Senior 1″ and I must say that I’m really liking what Andy has put together for all of us in his preset. Here’s what Andy had to say about his first preset submission.
“I love to work with Graduation Seniors and they are always looking for something a little unique that their friends don’t have. PhotoTools Professional Edition quickly allows me to come up with new looks without too much effort. Just get creative!”
Check out Andy’s before and after shots and then download the preset and install it. I think you’re really going to love it. For those interested, Andy has combined 10 different effects in PhotoTools Professional to create this look. In applying it myself, I found that I needed to adjust the Davis-Grungy Noise layer a bit, but that is only because of the subject in my photo needed to a little less of the effect than what Andy had applied. That will be the case for any preset you download from this site, but it is something very easy to adjust. I love the preset and would probably never come up with this on my own. Here’s a screenshot of the different effects followed by a before and after shot.
Thanks for the great preset Andy!
Photo before PhotoTools - Copyright Andy Rea
Photo after PhotoTools - Photo copyright Andy Rea
Photos copyright 2008 Andres “Andy” Rea. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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I get a “could not perform request because of a program error” that comes up on photoshop when I try to unzip these presets for Phototools.. I would really enjoy my photo editing by having these presets..
Also I have lightroom 2 and would like to have access to the photo frames..
Can you please help me.. I need to show 462 photos from a wedding on Tuesday and I know that first impressions are the ones that usually stick!
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@Donmarie Hester: Did you unzip the files and then place them in the ? To get the presets to work, you need to make sure that PhotoTools is not running when you install them to the correct location. If it is, you’ll need to quit PhotoTools and then launch it again. The other thing that could be happening, is that depending on the preset, it may have been created in PhotoTools Professional Edition using effects that are specific to that version. If you are running the PhotoTools Standard Edition, those presets will not work as they are calling for effects that are not installed.
As for PhotoFrame 4 Professional Edition with Lightroom 2, you’ll need to get that plug-in separately unless you have the Plug-In Suite 4. If that is the case you can get the automatic upgrade by choose “Check for Update” from within one of the plug-in’s Help menus.
When I open the download link files it only gives options for mac, can they be used on a pc
@John Rose: Hello John - yes, all of the presets are cross platform.