Free downloads and resources from FilterGrade! Here you’ll find all of our free Photoshop Actions, free Lightroom Presets, free Luminar Presets, free Capture One Styles, and other useful freebies for photo/video editing. You can also find exclusive partnerships and free trials for popular creative products.
When it comes to editing photos and videos, I’m always interested in finding new methods, programs, and apps that help get the job done. It’s fun to see how different companies approach designing and simplifying the editing process. One program that recently caught my eye is Luminar by Macphun. In just a few short months Luminar
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Photography is a challenging, but rewarding endeavor. There are so many different ways you can take a picture! Staying ahead of the curve means constantly finding new ways to improve your photography skills every single day. While first-hand experience is key, one of the best ways to improve your skills is through education. That’s why we’re excited
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This December marks three years since the official launch of FilterGrade. Thank you for all of the support since then. We wouldn’t be here without you. Since our launch in 2013, a lot has changed. We started as a small store with filters and photo editing tips. Since then we’ve grown to a marketplace and community serving millions
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The right textures can make all the difference when working on your creative projects. They’ll help you add the little extra bit of detail you need to bring your work to life. Whether it’s a subtle grunge look on your photography or some heavy weathering on your design, these textures will help you out. We
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Mendesota is a talented and creative photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He specializes in portraits with unique, natural scenes. Find more of his cool work on Instagram. Mendesota was kind enough to give away five free natural Photoshop Actions that represent his photo editing style. See before/after previews and download the free filters below. Then scroll down to read
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Creating the perfect light leak or lomo effect in Photoshop is quite the challenge. Especially because you don’t always have the time to adjust your settings and make the leak look just right. That’s why we teamed up with Sam Jones of Sivioco to create this fun, free set of light leak Photoshop Actions. Check out the other free
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When taking photos of everyday life, some of the best effects are the subtle, minimal ones. Pastel tones work really well with a lot of environments and lighting situations so we thought it’d be a good idea to make a free set of pastel Lightroom Presets! With these free pastel Lightroom Presets you can edit lifestyle photos,
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Food photography is huge these days! And rightly so. Don’t you enjoy looking at a beautiful picture of your favorite meal? When exploring the food photography world, we stumbled upon Broma Bakery. Sarah Fennel is the genius behind Broma Bakery and she creates some of the best recipes and food photography around. I mean, just look at
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Last week one of our readers, Pierre, left a comment inquiring about my curves settings in this tutorial. He brought up a great point: curves are tricky. Getting the right look within curves takes a lot of practice and quite a bit of patience. Because of this, I decided to make a little set of free
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Textures are easily one of my favorite additions to a photography project. You can use them to add detail in the background, give some depth to your vignette, or even overlay a certain color or tone on your images. In this post we gathered out favorite free vintage grunge textures for you to use in
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