Category: Free Stuff

A collection of my posts that have links to Free Applications and any other photography related free items that I think you might be interested in.

I’m all about free if possible

A Collection of Free Resources

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During this time of the COVID-19 crisis, various companies and organizations are offering a lot of Resources for free. Here is a list that I’m aware of so far. If you have another resource, please Contact Me so I can ad it to this Page.

Offers via 5DayDeal

They have a long list and have categorized them in resources for Photography Creators, Video Creators, and Business Owners. A lot are now free, but some still require purchase, but at a heavily discounted price.

Get out the list at 5 Day Deal Resources

Nikon School Online

All Nikon School Online Classes streaming free for the month of April.

Nikon School Online

PPA (Professional Photographers of America)

PPA has created a special page with resources for photographer including access to their photography education courses for free.

See the special page to access their resources PPA in it Together

Yoast SEO

For those of you who have their own website, Yoast SEO is currently give free access to their All-around SEO training.

Yoast SEO Course

Trey Ratcliff – Stuck in Customs

Trey is making his course Beginning Photography with Trey Ratcliff free, see link below

Beginning Photography with Trey Ratcliff

Henry Hudson

One of the Photographers that is associated with On1 is holding Live virtual office hours where you can ask him questions about specific photography topics. Each scheduled meeting has a different topic. So check out his office hours link for the topic of the next meeting and sign up.

Henry Hudson Office Hours

Creative Live

Select classes are available for free. This site is a great resource an I have purchased several of their classes for myself, but for now enjoy the free access to select course. Be sure to scroll down to the “Watch a Free Lesson” section.

Creative Live Website

Fuji Film Free Weekly Photo Lessons

Sign up for your weekly lesson at Fuji Film Weekly Photo Lessons

Canon Photography Tips and Tutorials

Canon Photography Tips and Tutorials

PHLEARN

Free Tutorials – Photoshop & Lightroom

Phlear Free Tutorials

Advancing Your Photography

Youtube channel with a lot of tips from Professional Photographers

PPA YouTube Channel

Scott Kelby of KelbyOne

Free webinars are usually just for his members but are now available for everyone. See his youtube page

Here is the page to go to KelbyOne Youtube Free Webinars

And as I said before, if you have other resources, please let me know via my Contact page

Affinity

Affinity – 3 months free

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Affinity, the creators of Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher have decided to extend their free trial from the regular trial period to 90 days.

They make excellent products, and since more and more of us are being asked to stay home, why not give their applications a try.

In addition, if you decide that you like one or more of their products, they are offering a 50% discount off the purchase.

See all the details at

Affinity – Supporting the creative community page, Our response to COVID-19

Free Stuff from On1

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Not only is On1 Great Software, they believe in photography and are offering free presets for Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw, and LUTs

Get your free offer from On1, just click the link below.

Free LUTs for ON1 & Lightroom

Free Presets for Adobe® Camera Raw

Free Presets for Adobe® Lightroom®

Download Free Trials of their current product line HERE

Sunset Wheat and Capture One Express

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Capture One Express for Free

disclosure: I am an affiliate of Capture One

Capture One has created Capture One Express for both Fuji and Sony users and made it available for free. It is a complete editor with catalog (DAM), and all the tools you need to edit an entire RAW or JPeg image. The pro version adds the ability to do local edits, but you can get your feet wet and do most of what you need with the express versions.

Quick intro to the Express version and how to activate it.

Get Capture One Express for Fujifilm

or

Get Capture One Express for Sony

or

Download a Free Trial of Capture One

Capture One does have a sale on their Styles for all versions of Capture One, but ends tomorrow, June 30th, 2019

Check out the Capture One Styles

Image for Today

While out taking a few images for a long term project which will take me at least nine months I decided to see what different kind of compositions I could get.

Below is one of my favorites of the evening‘s experiments in different compositions. I may post some others later on

A field of wheat with the great backdrop of an awesome sunset.

Wheat Field at Sunset
Sunset Wheat

#CaputureOne #fuji #sony #affiliate #freephotoeditor

Picktorial 4

Picktorial 4 – Start using for free

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Picktorial 4 has been announced and is releasing a base version of the program for FREE. Additional features are available in the premium version with the purchase of either a monthly/annual plan that comes with all upgrades, or a One time purchase.

This is a Mac OS only application

Free Features

  • Photo organization
  • Full JPEG support
  • RAW/DNG display
  • Dual layer JPEG
  • 2 local adjustments per image
  • Unlimited undo steps

Premium features

  • RAW/DNG support
  • Unlimited local adjustments
  • Batch editing
  • Export to TIFF
  • Batch export
  • Up to 5 devices
  • Priority support

Check out the full list of Feature of Picktorial 4

Picktorial can be used as a standalone application or as a extension to Apple’s Photo app

Picktorial includes Digial Asset Management (DAM) that lets you Easily organize your photos with albums, keywords, ratings, saved searches and metadata edits.

Download the Free version or upgrade to the Premium version for additional features

If you purchased version 3.5 then you can upgrade to Picktorial 4 for free

#pictorial #photoeditor #free #affiliate

Free trials on some great photo editors

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I”m calling July Free Trial month as you can get free trials on some great photo editors.

 

You know you are going to be taking photos during the summer. Maybe of your friends and family or from your great summer vacation.

 

So why not try out some of the best photo editors to see which will bring out the best in your photos.

 

Products from On1 that are for Mac and Windows computers.

 

You can use these as plugins to Lightroom and Photoshop or as standalone applications depending upon the app.

On1 Effects 10On1 Photo Free Trial

On1 Lightroom Presets Free Trial

 

For those who have Mac OS computers here are two great editors you can download and try for free.

 

#freetrial #photoeditor #affiliate

 

Topaz-Studio

Topaz Studio

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Topaz Labs announces its latest product, Topaz Studio

 

So what is Topaz Studio

It is a new fast, flexible, powerful creative toolbox and next level image editor. It can work as a standalone editor application or as a plugin in the following applications:

Photoshop CS4+, Photoshop CC, Photoshop Elements 12+, Paintshop Pro X 6+, Serif PhotoPlus X5+, Lightroom 4+, Lightroom CC, and photoFXlab
*Not compatible with Fusion Express

 

And the best news…

They are Giving it Away! Yes that’s right, you get it for FREE.

You can use Topaz Studio as a plugin, a host editor for all Topaz Labs existing products, 10 free adjustments, comprehensive masking, opacity slider, and blending modes functionality are included.

 

Here is what the interface looks like

 

You can save your edited images as PNG, JPG, or TIFF formats.

 

Topaz is constantly updating their tutorial video library on making the best of Topaz Studio and you can view those tutorials HERE

 

The Min System Requirements to use Topaz Studio are:
Mac OSX 10.9+
Windows 7/8/10 x 64bit + OpenGL 3.3
RAM: ≥4GB
GPU VRAM: ≥1GB
*Does not support Windows 32bit

 

Get your Free Copy of Topaz Studio Today

 

And for a limited time, you can purchase the Pro Adjustment Pack that gives you 14 additional adjustments that will normally cost $270 for just $99.

To purchase the Pro Adjustment Pack for Topaz Studio, Click HERE and use the Topaz Studio Pro Adjustment Pack 50% Discount Code of “STUDIO” at checkout.

#topazstudio #free #photoeditor #affiliate

Free Luminar Presets

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Macphun has released free Luminar presets and a free texture pack that is available to download.

So you have Luminar or are considering getting it, but you are not sure about what settings will bring out the best in your photography. Well, Macphun is here to help.

To help get you started with making fantastic photos, Macphun has worked with various photographers to create a great set of presets and textures that you can use to enhance your photos with just one click. You can either just use the preset as is, or you can use it as a starting point for your own adjustments. Best of all, they are free to download and use.

Once you have tried out the free set, consider a premium preset or the premium texture to get added instant effects for your photography.

The free presets include

  • Seascape Presets by Ellen Anon
  • Winter Hues by Discovery Photo Tours
  • Studio Portraits by Tony Corbell
  • Magic Hour by Jim Nix
  • Variations of Monochrome by Dan Hughes
  • The Box by Scott Wyden Kivowitz
  • Autin Drama by Jim Nix
  • View from Brooklyn by Hector Martinez.

And you can get the free Desert Dreams Texture Pack as well.

Once you have tried out the free presets you can purchase additional Premium presets like

  • Noble Monochromatic Preset Pack
  • Insta Inspiration pack by Jason Odell
  • Photo Essentials Pack

And the Premium Asphalt & Leaf Texture Pack.

New with Luminar 2018 a Free Luts Pack and Free Winter Presets Pack

 Get Free Luminar 2018 Presets and LUTs

A set of Presets and LUTs just for Luminar 2018

Download free Presets and Texture Packs for Luminar 2017 & 2018

Presets and Textures that can be used in both Luminar 2017 and 2018

If you do not have Luminar you can Download your Free Trial of Luminar and give these free presets and the texture pack a try.

Demo Video of installing and using the Presets and Texture

Check out

Free Cinematic Color Looks for additional Free Lumiar Presets (now called looks)

#Free #Presets #luminar #Textures #affiliate #freetrial

Get On1 Effects 10.5 for FREE

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You can now get On1 Effects 10.5 for FREE

 

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Many of these features are included in On1 Photo 2017, but for those who want to get a great effects program for free, here is your chance.

 

Here are just a few of the features you can use with this free version.

Get your FREE copy of On1 Effects 10.5 today.

It is available for both Mac and Windows, so everyone is covered.

 

#On1Effects10.5 #On1 #affiliate

 

Free Online 11-Week Digital Photography Course by Former Stanford Professor

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Recently found a free online 11-week Digital Photography course by Former Standford Professor Marc Levoy

 

Free Online 11-Week Digital Photography Course by Former Stanford Professor

 

I’ll admit the I did take at least one college-level course when I was at Towson back in the film days as I was primarily interested in Black and White photography darkroom techniques. But these days there are so many resources available on the internet to learn photography I have not taken a course since.

I’m all about free, so I”m always on the lookout for good resources and this is one of them.

This course is not for everyone, but for those who like the lecture format of a college-level course and are looking for something that covers the science, artistic, and computing aspects of photography, then this might be for you.

According to the site, this is the public version of the course that he use to teach at Standford. It does seem to be a very popular online course and please read the RED text section on the home page with regard to the video lectures that go along with this course.

The site contains video lectures, lecture materials, and course assignments if you so choose to do the assignment for fun.

Rather than rehashing the details you can read on his site I’ll just say go check it out and see if it is for you at

https://sites.google.com/site/marclevoylectures/home

#course #photography #lecture #free