Thanks for your interest! Try searching with the preset search bar. This preset uses the term ‘shrimp’ in the name, which should narrow your preset results, considerably. If you’re getting the confirmation message that the preset has been installed, it should be in there. Here is a link to a helpful tutorial about working with presets in Exposure. https://www.alienskin.com/tutorial/working-with-presets/

Unfortunately adjustment presets can not transfer between Lightroom and Exposure. It’s just not possible to move presets like that because the parameters are frequently different.

Hi Dan, as Jimmy mentioned, the Fundy texture overlays are part of Exposure. I find myself drawn to them for all my textured images. One thing to check, do not worry about the protect location tool yet. Experiment with different BLEND modes, raise and lower the opacity. I will often raise the opacity to produce an extreme effect but lower the opacity on the layer to reduce the extreme as I blend more presets and adjustments. My base image of the shrimp boat was a combination of three merged images within Photomatix Pro. I did not make any adjustments to the final image knowing this image was headed to Exposure X4. My images are NOT jpegs. I usually editing in a Tiff format. Even the merged image out of Photomatix Pro is a tiff format. If you want, I’d be happy to edit one of your images using the presets and see the results I get.

Hi Dan – The Fundy texture overlays have been part of Exposure for a while. Check out our Overlays video, which demonstrates how to use the overlays in Exposure, including the blending modes and the protect location tool.

I downloaded your Preset (thank you) but now am trying to re-create the painterly effect on the same image by starting from scratch But… it appears you are using some other presets other than the original 500+ included with EX4? i.e. Fundy… I also am not familiar with Multiply mode or the protect location tool you reference. I’ve been through all of the videos (more than once for some of them) at AS but don’t recall those being mentioned.

With respect to anything that wasn’t included in your tutorial is there any thought to making a quick list of which ones aren’t, and then a link to where we might find them?

No, Exposure X2 introduced the layers capability, which makes this possible. Texture overlays have been part of Exposure for a long time.

Thanks Ralph for your comment. I was honored to contribute. I love sharing my workflow and the feedback. I now find myself using less of Lightroom and more of Exposure.

My pleasure Kenny, let me know if you have any questions. My image tend to hug the dark side. You can always lighten them up. Feel free to modify the presets.

Thank you Ted, really appreciate your comment.

Thanks for commenting, Ralph. At Alien Skin, we love all our software users, not just the big name pros. There are a lot of talented photographers out there that just love to create awesome photos, and Exposure works for them just as well.

If you are looking for a more paint-like appearance, rather than the gentle textures that appear in Steve’s shot, check out Snap Art. With Snap Art you can easily create paintings with detailed brushing, built up brush strokes, realistic canvas texture, and more.