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Vacation Time!

All orders made during the super sale so far have been sent out!

This afternoon we are heading off to visit family and friends overseas :) Lifes Colourful Canvas will be operating on reduced hours and therefore it will take longer to send out products and reply to emails. Please allow 72 hours rather than the usual 24. We will be back home and back to normal operations on August 1st. Thankyou for your support of LCC!

SUPER SALE, 1 DAY ONLY!

Super Sale

Simply click buy now, and enter the cost of your chosen products into Paypal. Prices are in Australian dollars. Enter the Australian dollar amount, conversion from your local currency will be automatic. This sale ends strictly at 5pm Australian EST on July 7th 2010. All products will be sent out within 24 hours if purchased during the sale period.

Please note ~ From 5PM, July 7th 2010, Lifes Colourful Canvas will be operating on reduced hours for the remainder of July. Orders will be checked periodically and are guaranteed to be sent within 72 hours, rather than the usual 24 hours. Business hours and conditions will resume as normal from the 1st August. Thankyou for your interest in our products.

Buy Now

NEW TEXTURE SET ~ Earth and Skies! $30aud Intro Price!

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Product and Pricing Summary

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Summer Days Set - Available Now! $70 aud. 18 Presets.

The new Summer Days is a comprehensive RAW editing preset package, including presets for editing portraits, front lit outdoor scenes and portraits, backlit silhouettes and beach scenes, and general shots.

There are 6 backlight presets which will bring your wide angle backlit photos to life, boosting colour, light and vibrancy. Create and boost silhouttes or add fill light to a subject. these are strong presets for backlit photos only.

There are 4 basic presets for use on any type of photo. Nostalgia will give your photos an older, toned look while maintaining some colour, choc strawberry is a toned black and white conversion with hints of pink and brown, burst will give some oomph to colour and light, and warm sun will add a colourful glow to your photos.

The 4 portrait presets will boost outdoor portraits with added vibrancy, colour hue or haze, while still being sympathetic to skin tones.

The 4 beach presets are perfect for front or side lit outdoor shots, great to bring to life those shots you take at the beach or the park in full sun or on an overcast day.

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Shown examples feature the effects of each named preset only with no further edits. Presets should be tweaked for individidual photos. Not all presets will work on all photos.

Textures / Overlays Now Available!

Adding textures and overlays to your photos can be a great way to add interest, colour and life to your images. I have been working hard on putting together 2 sets of overlays and they are finally finished and now available for sale. There are a wide range of overlays included in each set of 19. They add not only textured details to your photos but you can also use them to add clouds to blown skies, sun rays and flare, give your photos an old look or enhance colour and light.

Here are some before and after examples of what they can do.

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Each set includes 19 high resolution jpg images suitable for use as overlays / textures in Photoshop. You will need a decent working knowledge of layers and blend modes in order to make the best use of these products.I will be setting up a flickr group dedicated to the textures and will provide support and tutorials in the group if requested. When you purchase you will be sent the links to download your set/s. I suggest creating a textures folder and saving each into the same folder for ease of use. You will also receive a workflow example in jpeg form that shows how i edited a photo using one of the textures, including screen captures.

Set 1

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Set 2

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The texture sets are priced at $40aud each, or both sets for $75aud.

($40 aud is approx 25 usd, 20 euro, 18 gbp, 32cad)

Previous LCC preset customers will receive a 20% discount off their total order for the month of March. Customers wishing to purchase presets as part of their order will recieve a 10% discount off their total order for the month of March. Please see below for preset information. To purchase click the ‘buy now’ button below. You will be directed to Paypal. Please work out the total cost of your order applying any discounts yourself and pay the required amount. Then list what products you would like to purchase in the comments box. Should you have any questions please email Dale at acrpresets@optusnet.com.au or taylorsoz@optusnet.com.au.

Enjoy!

The Fine Print

Due to the nature of the product and digital delivery no refunds will be issued.

Download links will be emailed to you within 24 hours. You are permitted one download of each image. Please do not share the links with anyone else.

If you do not receive the links within 24 hours please check your junk / spam folders. If you cannot find the links please contact me ASAP. Gmail and other web based email accounts often send the presets / link emails to your spam folder.

Not all overlays will work on all photos. Please experiment with them to achieve great results.

The Portrait Set

THE PORTRAIT SET IS HERE!

I have to admit I am so thrilled with having this set ready to go. It really completes the package and works so well alongside the other sets. The Portrait Set includes 12 different presets ranging from vibrant colour, to tinted, to toned and black and white. All are complimentary to skin tones and perfect for use on close up portraits or group shots. To make editing even easier I have included 2 versions of each preset, one for a well exposed image, and the other for an image that is underexposed and needs some extra help. (so 24 presets total in set)
I have already received some wonderful feedback from the testers and i just know these are going to be an awesome addition to anyones editing process. I will be posting some more examples shortly, but just wanted to set out the timeline for their release.
The Portrait set will be going out free of charge to all those of you who have already purchased the other 3 full sets. The ACR version is ready and will be emailed tonight, the Lightroom version will be on its way out in the next few days. This is a thankyou for the support i have received from you on the launch of ‘Life’s Colourful Canvas’
If anyone is considering buying the initial 3 sets soon, i am going to extend the offer of a free Portrait set to anyone who purchases the Beach, Basic and Backlight sets all together, prior to next Tuesday.
Following this the Portrait set will be priced at $70 individually, the same as each of the other sets. The $150 for 3 sets discount will still be available from Tuesday. All 4 sets purchased together will cost $190 for a short time only.