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3-D ActionsAuthor: George RosemaPosted: 11/25/2004 |
3-D Example |
Remember when you were a kid and wore colored
glasses to watch movies and read comics in 3D? Be a kid again with these
actions from George Rosema. Shoot two images about
2 1/2 inches apart, aligning them up as best you can, then bring them into Photoshop.
--For the bw action, select the right image and then hit play or F2 to run the action. Then use the move tool to align the two images (or don your glasses until the 3D image looks right) at your focus spot and crop your image.--For the color action, bring in 2 color photos and make a new document (File/New) that is the same size as those you are importing. With the new document selected, hit play. When the action is completed. move the layer into position, select your spot of focus, then flatten the layer, crop it, and add contrast if you like.George reports that a 50mm lens gets the best results and that he uses a high ISO to shoot at the smallest possible aperture. Glasses are free here. Ask for the red-cyan combination. And there are more results at George's site. |
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A2D InfraredAuthor: Addicted to Design Posted: 2/11/2007 |
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Creates a copy of the open image, then applies a steps that produce an approximation of an infrared shot. Examples on the Addicted to Design website. |
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A2D LomoAuthor: Addicted to Design Posted: 2/11/2007 |
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This action makes a copy of the open image, then applies a series of steps that mimic the effect created by the Russian Lomographic camera, highly stylized with noticeable image drop-off at the edges. Alex of Addicted to Design provides other examples on his website. |
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AirbrushAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/20/2008 |
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Airbrush is is a portrait action that allows the user to remove blemishes without losing skin texture from our frequent contributor, Shannon Beauford. |
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Airbrushing Action setAuthor: Ronald ClercxPosted: 6/5/2004 |
Portrait ExampleSkyscraper PopArt Example |
Ronald
Clercx explains: Because I a graphic designer, not an illustrator, I've
marveled at people who could do airbrush effects, which are very hard to
achieve manually. So I developed at action set that should make it easier.
The actions are not one-click run-stop actions. They guide an iterative process. Along with the actions, download Ronald's notes and tips. Have fun! I have. |
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Alabaster PortraitAuthor: FeivelPosted: 12/13/2003
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Feivel's
exciting new action is designed for portraits. The rollover provides a
dramatic before
and after demonstration.
If high tone portraits cause you high anxiety, stay away. But if a distinctive, romantic portrait look is what you're after, you'll find it here. |
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Aly's Color ActionAuthor: Alyson CamachoPosted: 6/12//2006
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This is a simple, straightforward action that gives a very mild color boost. Alyson Comacho tells us, "I use it routinely on most of my color images and don't do anything else to it after that." As you'll notice, Aly thoughtfully begins with a duplicate layer, so that original pixels are not affected, and allows you to tweak the effect at the end by going back one step in history. |
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Aly's VintageAuthor: Alyson CamachoPosted: 5/7/2006
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A set of six actions that apply various
"vintage photo" effects to digital images. The actions are
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AutoColorAuthor: Shane MetlerPosted: 1/6/2004
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On some images, Photoshop's auto color adjustment does a great job, but on others, it doesn't come close. Shane's action takes a different approach, by separating light, dark, and mid-range tones and applying individual color correction. It doesn't work on all images, but try it on under saturated natures and scenics. The last step in the action allows you to adjust opacity. |
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Basic Workflow v.2Author: Jim ReynoldsPosted: 8/16/2005 |
Rollover Demonstration |
This is an update to Jim's basic workflow
which runs Neat Image, if installed, TLR Sharpening, available here, auto
color with a blend layer, and changes the saturation level back to default. Jim recommends that you uncheck features you do not use. The batch mode version is now included in the action set. |
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Bloom EffectAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/21/2008
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Shannon's bloom effect causes highlights to bloom. This works best with landscapes, providing greater contrast. |
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Bruce's Highkey ActionAuthor: Bruce NevillePosted: 2/22/2005
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Bruce's highkey action has created a sensation since it was first demonstrated on dpreview. My example to the left is an extreme example and preserves hints of the original color, but Bruce provides a more traditional presentation in this thread on dpreview. My thanks to Bruce for allowing me to cross-post it here. You may want to visit his gallery where he posts variations on a theme. |
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Burke Line Drawing ResizeAuthor: James Burke/Jim LewisPosted: 1/28/2005
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This action does one thing and does it well. It resizes low rez line drawings, such as gif files from the web, with little loss of quality. James Burke sent me this as a tutorial, and I turned it into a an action. James says it also works well on scanned line art. |
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Caponigro Adjustments v 2.0Author: Jim LewisNew version: 3/19/2006 |
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This is version 2.0 of the selective dodging and burning techniques outlined by John Paul Caponigro in the January/February, 2006 edition of Digital Photo Pro that I turned into actions. Run the action, paint on the layer that is created, then complete the action to control saturation shifts. The Subtle action uses the Softlight blend mode and is my preferred method, while Intense uses the stronger Overlay blend mode. New to these actions is the fact that each is now contained in a layer set. This allows you to adjust layer opacity for the entire set. |
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Cartoon ActionAuthor: Maureen BarberioPosted: 9/26//2004
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Maureen stumbled across this technique for turning a photo into a cartoon or comic. Sharon was kind enough to offer to put it into an atn format for her, so it could be submitted here. |
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Color BoostAuthor: Shannon Beauford Date: 10/27/2007 |
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This one-click action boosts color saturation in your image. Another example of an action that does one thing and does it well. |
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Comic Effect ActionAuthor: A90Six Posted 7/28.2007 |
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The author developed this comic effect for his son.
It works only in CS2 and later, since it uses the Surface Blue filter. Each action step contains
instructions. In the Cutout step, it's best to test the level required,
since too much of one color in the original will cause blurring at top and
bottom. If this occurs, try a lower number. It takes awhile to complete, so
have patience on slower machines. The last step produces four Snapshot
choices in History. 4 is usually better for portraits; others are a
matter of personal taste. You original image must be 8-bit, as is true of many filters on the site. You can vary the effect by changing the total resolution on your original image, but the most important variance will be obtained in the Cutout step within the action. |
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Comix ActionsAuthor: Andy PurviancePosted: 2/15//2004
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Two actions—monochrome and color— that turn photos into comic book images with an outline, shadow and a blank layer to paint in solid colors (or hide to show the photos true colors). The size of the image effects the detail level, larger images will have more details. |
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Contrast Mask, v.2Author: CSpringer Updated: 11/23/2007 |
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You will want to move this into your actions pallet pronto. A contrast mask is a tone mapping technique that lightens the dark areas and darkens the light areas. Adjust the slider in the Gaussian Blur step to reflect the resolution of your image. After the action runs, adjust layer opacity to vary the effect. At 100%, it will provide a photomatix/lucisart look. For minor correction, Ctrl+I to invert the Mask and paint over the affected areas. You can run this action on every image and reduce the effect as needed. |
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Custom Vignette, v 3.2Author: Galen EvansUpdate: 4/1/2008
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Galen Evans has rewritten his Custom Vignette action to work with CS3. This features improved efficiency and greater user control over the end result of the image. Still available is CS 2.0 for PS and PS2. Both are designed primarily for images 6-megapixels and larger. The layer and mask structure of v3.0 also allows for high-key and even tinted vignettes. |
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Dave Beaman's Ethereal GlowAuthor: Dave BeamanPosted: 3/27/2004 |
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This small action has been getting a lot of action on dpreview recently. The rollover shows what it does with a color photo, but try it with a black and white as well. Thanks to Feivel for sending Dave to this site. |
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Dave's IR Action, v.2Author: Dave JaseckNew Version: 3/20/2006
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Dave Jaseck's infrared act set was one of the first ever contributed to this site. It is now all dressed up with someplace to go. It's all contained in one action now, which optionally allows you to add some color back in by reducing the opacity of a layer. Dave says: "You cannot create a real IR look in PS, but you can fake it if the picture has some blue sky and white clouds. Use it on select pictures. " This makes filter calls that are only available in 8-bit mode. |
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Dave's Simplifier v.2Author: Dave JaseckPosted: 5/8/2004
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From Dave Jaseck, an updated version one of my favorite actions. Simplifier provides a painted effect by eliminating unimportant color detail. Don't confuse this with posterization. The histogram shows a lot of detail, rather than a staircase effect. |
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DK Color VibranceAuthor: Daniel Kvarfordt Posted: 5/4/2008 |
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This action creates a saturation layer with a mask that targets the low saturated parts of the image. It gives a similar effect to the vibrance option in ACR. For more information, see Daniel's website. |
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Doug's File Handling ActionsAuthor: Doug BardellPosted: 8/14/2005
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A set of actions the contributors Doug Bardell
uses in everyday Photoshop operations. Some of these you'll want to use
as-is, others you may want to modify. Contents include:
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DraganizerAuthor: Sharon Lee CorePosted: 11/15/2004 |
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Sharon has developed an action version of the Dragan effect that has been the subject of much discussion on dpreview.com. . Other examples are available at this link. |
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Edgarian BlurAuthor: Howard OwenPosted: 5/3/2004
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Howard Owen has produced an attractive blur action for portraits and named it for the man who described the technique, Albert Edgar, PhD., in the January, 2001 issue of PEI. "This effect uses mathematically related Gaussian blurs and fades to produce a misty, dreamlike blur," Howard writes. I concur. Instructions in the action. |
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Editorial LomoAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 10/17/2007 |
"Editorial" example"Lomo" example |
This set contains two actions.
Editorial creates the look of a fashion editorial. Lomo creates the look of lomography through cross processing. |
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Flawless PortraitAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 10/14/2007 |
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This action allows you to remove skin imperfections without blurring the hair or the eyes. The action includes step-by-step instructions. I recommend practicing to get the mask right. (Remember, skin tones are generally in the middle of the range.) The GIF example does not do this action justice because the effect can be quite subtle. |
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Glamour BlurAuthor: Edgar BerendsenPosted: 4/16/2005 |
Rollover Demonstration |
Glamour Blur does what its name suggests. After
flattening the image, it blurs skin tone but, by finding edges, keeps
details such as hair in place. As a variation with a complex background to which you don't want the blur applied, select the face with a slight feather, select inverse, cut, rename this as a new document, run the action on it, then copy it into the original document as a new layer, and apply darken mode. Or, as Edgar points out, paint with a black brush over the blur mask to eliminate the blur in specific areas. |
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Gothic GlowAuthor: FeivelPosted: 12/6/2003 |
Rollover Demonstration |
Gothic Glow gives a glowing and feathering
effect to an image.
It can be applied to either the entire image or to just a selection, depending on which version of the action you select. Download this example to see an illustration of how to make the selection in the second action. |
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Kent's LensBlurAuthor: Kent ChristiansenPosted: 11/15//2004
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This action mimics the effect of the popular “LensBaby,” which Kent urges you to try because no Photoshop effect can duplicate it entirely. The action has 3 main aspects: A motion and radial blur; a noise and chromatic aberration routine; and a vignette. You can use the first action alone or in any combination. The noise and CA part is written for both CS or earlier versions of PS. It has built in flexibility and is not a 'one click' action, although running just the first action is quick and gets good results. Kent suggests trying the default settings at first, then experimenting. He thanks Danny R for help in crafting the action and Pam R for her insights on the actual effect and the vignette idea. |
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Kent's Quick Retouch for Batch, v.1Author: Kent ChristiansenPosted: 10/2/2005 |
I am tempted to give this a subtitle, "the Julie
Lewis" action, since my wife always wants my photos in finished form NOW.
Kent's CS/CS2 Quick Retouch action is
intended to be used in batch processing of multiple images. It is intended
to give your images a quick 'snapshot' adjustment to satisfy the demanding
audience. Kent says, "It is because of the 'average' aspect of this action,
that it is intended as more of a 'learning aid' than an actual production
tool as is." But I have put it to the test and its works quite well on
several sample images. The Zip contains the action, complete instructions,
and a JPG showing the settings to be used in the batch dialogue. IMPORTANT: Read the instructions thoroughly, particularly the cautions, before using. |
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Kent's Sketch and Charcoal SmudgeAuthor: Kent Christiansen Posted: 9/6/2007 |
Link to Example(shows action in process) |
This is a sketch and charcoal smudge action. The action set contains separate versions for CS3, which utilizes the B&W adjustment layer along with smart filters, and CS/CS2 and PS7, which do not. The archive also contains a PSD file that contains the texture and a readme file which contains instructions. Kent thanks Mike Warren for contributing to the workflow and says, "I felt a routine similar to my B&W action could be used to tweak the tones of a sketch. Those who understand and appreciate the B&W action may find the sketch action interesting and useful. Those who want a quick one click method should probably not bother." |
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CSpringer's Portrait ActionsAuthor: Chip SpringerUpdated: 4/1/2008
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Chip has organized the latest versions of all
his portrait retouching actions into one set that can serve as a workflow
for retouching images of people.
This one belongs in everyone's collection. |
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Cspringer's Skin Repair Action |
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Chip says, "This action will fix skin problems while retaining texture. It also adds additional Healing Tool and Texturizing layers for further tweaking. It has been tested on CS3 only." For those still on earlier version of PS (and for CS3 users, too), we welcome your feedback. |
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CSpringer's Wrinkle and Blemish RepairAuthor: Chip SpringerPosted: 1/06/2008
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This action is similar to the second part of Chip's Skin Repair Action found
immediately above. It fixes wrinkles and blemishes. This is not a substitute
for the Skin Repair Action, since it does a different sort of repair.
To use it, you will have to download and install Polaroid's free Dust and Scratch Removal plug-in. Then install and run this action. Chip reports you will find many other uses for the Polaroid plug-in, such as cleaning dandruff/dust on clothes, damaged old photos, etc. |
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Kent's Skin Fix v.1Author: Kent ChristiansenPosted: 10/202004
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Kent Chrisiansen's "Skin Fix" is a set of actions for smoothing skin. The first action 'Basic skin fix' is quick and easy and utilizes a method laid out in the dpr retouch forum by *isteve who found it by accident. It involves using the high pass filter, inverted and set to soft light. Kent added a layer mask to reveal details in eyes, lips, and other areas.The second action also employs the gaussian blur along with the high pass filters which tends to brighten up the effects of the gblur. By putting the original background on top of the layer with those filters, one can 'paint' in the softness and use brush opacity to determine how soft a look one wants to achieve. This and the last action has subsequent layers beyond skin smoothing for contrast, color toning and cloning and healing, although one can stop at any point.The third action is similar to the first in that it employs the high pass, invert, soft light scheme, where you paint in sharpness instead of softness which the action creates, but like the second action, it adds contrast and color adjustments and clone/healing capabilities. |
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LAB Saturation ActionsAuthor: Alessandro Di SciascioPosted: 9/23.2006 |
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I love subtlety in actions, and these actions deliver it. The set contains two actions. One boosts the saturation of all colors through an LAB boost, the other does the same, but protects skin colors by isolating them. Both operate on a layer at 60% opacity, giving you considerable control. |
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Local Contrast v1.1Author: thejaybird Posted: 11/18/2007
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This updated action enhances local contrast through the "local auto levels" technique, which enhances contrast uniformly throughout the image, optimizing parameters locally to each region of pixels. The example image is in black and white, but there are instructions for using it with color images, too. The new version fixes bugs and is compatible from PS6 on. |
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Midnight Action Collection, v3Author: Dave JaseckUpdated: 6/21/2008
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This is version 3 of Dave Jaseck's popular "midnight" actions—Midnight Blue, Sepia and Black. These at last equal and may surpass some commercial filters designed to achieve the same effects. The color tone can be adjusted by putting an action stop at the color balance step. |
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Midnight Black, v.2Author: Dave JaseckPosted:11/5/2005 |
PSD Layered File |
An alternative version of Dave's Midnight Sepia action, but without the sepia tone. Check out the Photoshop file Dave has provided that shows it in use. Beautiful! |
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Midnight Sepia, v.2Author: Dave JaseckPosted:2/22/2005 |
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I am convinced that Dave Jaseck never sleeps. Lucky thing for us. Dave has updated his favorite action, Midnight Sepia, to overcome issues reported to him in version 1 with certain types of images. |
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Morning MistAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/21/2008
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This action creates a photorealistic mist over lakes or landscapes. |
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Muted FashionAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 10/27/2007 |
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An action Shannon uses in her fashion work to turn down color intensity. On my images, it imparts a mild Siena tone to the images and thus does interesting things to landscapes. |
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Orton EffectAuthors: Jim Lewis, Dave Jaseck, Danny Raphael Posted: 6/21/2008 |
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These set of two actions sprung from a technique outlined by Chris Empey on his PCIN blog for the Orton effect, which originally involved sandwiching two overexposed images, one of which was out of focus. I turned it into an action. Dave Jaseck and Danny Raphael tweaked it in slightly different ways. I've posted both versions, along with my thanks to Chris, Danny, and Dave. (Actions designed by committee are nothing new here.) |
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Paint with LightAuthor: Chip SpringerPosted:12/10/2004
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Chip's action creates two layers, Use both layers to bring out this dynamic effect. Grab a white brush (10-15% opacity) to paint Light on the Color Dodge layer. Grab a black brush (10-15% opacity) to add shadows and bring out the drama with the Color Burn Shadow layer. You may need to use higher opacity brushes on some pictures. If using a Wacom tablet, you may also want to adjust flow control. |
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Paint with Light IIAuthor: Chip SpringerPosted:12/28/2004
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Chip's Paint with Light II will bring out details in shadows and highlights. It is similar to his other PWL action, but does not use the burn modes, leaving a more natural, but equally dramatic look—especially effective for black and white. Run the action, pick a soft black or white brush, and start painting. You can also use it as a gray layer for adding filters such as texturizing. Play with different layer modes to alter effects. |
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Photorealistic CloudsAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/21/2008
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Run this to create a 6MP image of clouds over a gradient blue sky from scratch. You can use it on a layer and create a layer mask to paint it in over an image where the sky has been burned out. (Often, you can use a channel in the background image to create a layer mask to place the sky just where it's needed.) |
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PlatinotypeAuthor: Steven AlmasPosted: 5/7/2006 |
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A great new action from the author of Urban Acid that mimics a platinotype look. There are two versions. Version 1 has slightly more green in the toning, Version 2 is slightly more yellow. All the instructions are prompted during the action's running, just click continue when asked. |
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Portrait EffectAuthor: Paul BleicherPosted: 4/26/2004
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This action desaturates a portrait and gives you control over degree of saturation, contrast, background blur and soft focus. |
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Professional RetroAuthor: Michael Van De CarrPosted: 2/16/2007 |
Rollover Demonstration |
This action produces a 60's-70's retro style effect. It can also be used for earlier vintage looks. DO NOT apply sharpening after running this action as it uses both Unsharp mask and a High Pass sharpening effect to achieve its result. |
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Rich Color LandscapesAuthor: Shannon BeaufordPosted:9/10/2006 |
Rollover Demonstration |
The title of this action aptly describes its
function. Shay's Rich Color Landscapes is a simple, one-click action that
makes your landscapes pop by bringing out the rich colors. The action leaves
the level unflattened, letting you adjust opacity if your image is too
saturated. Try changing the blending mode to Lighten to get a somewhat different effect. You may want to play with several blending modes. |
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Ronny's Dual Method Skin Fixer, v2Author: Ronny Harris Updated: May 24, 2008 |
Rollover DemonstrationImage courtesy Marcos Montenegro |
Designed for Photoshop CS2 and CS3, this action
utilizes two methods of skin fix, Degrunging and Surface Blur with darken
and lighten modes.
The steps are as follows: 1. Healing and Cloning. The major blemishes should be fixed at this stage so they won't be visible in the texture layer. 2. Interactively create the Degrunge layer which is made from Inverse High Pass and Gaussean Blur layers. 3. Interactively adjust Filter Gallery texturizer and High Pass filter for texture. 4. Paint on a mask to apply Surface Blur. 5. Tweak the layers and group opacities. Ronny credits Kent Christiansen and John McAssey for their help. |
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Selective FocusAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/21/2008
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Lensbaby has become a hardware tool of choice in focusing on only a part of the image. This action creates the same effect in Photoshop. |
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Simple Color Pop Author: Anna Bottoms Posted: 10/18//2007 |
Example |
When you need to brighten colors, this action
provides a soft light layer to give portraits a slight color pop. You can adjust the layer opacity to fine tune the results. |
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Soft Focus Action, v.2Author: Daniel ChuiPosted: 8/7/2004
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Rollover Demonstration |
Version 2 of Daniel Chui's soft focus action is now a set
that provides small and large photo versions for each of several
effects—color, monochrome, and cross-toned images. A quick, easy approach to
light portrait retouching. He explains more about the action and gives more examples in this thread on dpreview. |
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Soft Light PortraitAuthor: Shannon BeaufordPosted:9/11/2006 |
Rollover Demonstration |
Shay's Soft Light Portrait is a simple, one-click action to deepen the color of your portraits without over-saturating skin tones. Layers are left unflattened for adjustments to suit personal tastes. This action works well with Edgar Berendsen's Glamour Blur. |
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TearsAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 10/14/2007 |
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This takes a bit of practice to get right, but it's a lot simpler than feeding your model onions ... and will make the model more willing to work with you in the future. (Follow the steps included in the action.) |
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TLR Color Compensating FiltersAuthor: Glenn Mitchell Posted: 5/21/2006 |
Rollover DemonstrationOne of many color adjustments that can be made through this action set. |
Glenn Mitchell has allowed me to cross-post more of his actions here, and I am pleased to do so. The actions in TLR Color Compensating Filters replicate the CC correction filters used by photographers for many years in the color darkroom. Sometimes called a filter pack, CC filters were used between the enlarger lens and the photographic paper. The filter effects in this action set are precisely measured. They are designed for specific RGB Workspaces. You will find separate sets of actions for Adobe RGB, sRGB, ColorMatchRGB, and ProPhotoRGB. Interactive examples can be seen at Glenn's website. |
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Tracy's Fill Flash ActionAuthor: Tracy McGee Posted: 3/28/2007 |
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Tracy's flash action can be used on the entire picture, but is really designed to lighten faces and other elements without blowing out backgrounds. It was designed for 300dpi images, but can be used on smaller images if you use a smaller, softer brush when prompted. Simply follow the pop-up instructions. | |
Urban AcidAuthor: Steven AlmasPosted: 7/9/2005
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This action mimics a cross-processing technique used in some glamour, fashion, and urban photography. It skews and saturates colors, while dramatically increasing contrast. The action does all this by creating an aggressive curves adjustment layer (which is user adjustable). Secondly, the action creates a black layer which can be used to desaturate/mute the colors. This can be accomplished by changing the opacity of the layer. |
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Velvia PortraitAuthor: Shannon Beauford Date: 7/23/2008 |
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Shannon Beauford does portraits and automates a
great deal of her work through actions. She graciously shares them with
users of this site.
In this action, she applies a Velvia-like effect without oversaturating skin tones . |
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Velvia-Provia v. 2Author: Paul BleicherPosted: 4/25/2004
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This suite of actions reproduce the selective color, contrast, and saturation boost of Velvia film and the shadow detail of Provia film. The effects are adjustable from minimal to maximum. All steps are done on a copy of the original photo. It should be used as the last step in your process, before resizing and sharpening. There are two versions here, one for Photoshop, the other for Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
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WatercolorAuthor: Erick NguyenPosted: 3/1/2005 |
Rollover Demonstration |
This action helps you to create a beautiful
watercolor effect from any image. It takes a bit of work on your part, all
of which is explained in this tutorial
posted on dpreview. The action sets up all the layers automatically so that
you select your preferred brush and go to work. Erick has changed all the
default layer names, since he works in the French version of PS.
Also available, Bob Jones' and Conchita's adaptation of this action for PSE 3.0, both Windows and Mac versions. |
Photoshop ZIPElements ZIP |
WhitenAuthor: Shannon Beauford Date: 10/17/2007 |
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This is a simple action to whiten teeth and eyes. It might be interesting to combine with Shannon's Flawless Portrait action to create a makeover workflow. |
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B&W SketchAuthor: Sharon Lee CorePosted: 7/113/2004
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Sharon Lee Core presents two sketch actions, one requiring little user intervention, the other inviting a bit more playing. The rollover example, taken in an historic Charleston graveyard, uses the simpler interface ... and works just great! (Incidentally, these actions also allow you to add back color.) |
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Caricature SketchAuthor: Sharon Lee CorePosted: 12/2//2004 |
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While reading a thread on dpreview on caricatures, Sharon got the idea for this action. So she wrote it. And it's great.( So how can we get her to read more threads on dpreview? Then we wouldn't have to do any work at all.) The zip file contains both the action and a Word document Sharon prepared that explains how to use Liquefy to create a caricature and offers suggestions for finishing the caricature image after running the action. |
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Colored SketchAuthor: Sharon Lee CorePosted: 7/11//2004
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Sharon has worked and worked on this action, incorporating advice from Danny Raphael and others. The result is a masterpiece. Just run it on an appropriate image and follow the instructions. I've had great results on scenes of Charleston's historic district , but Sharon's own example shows it off to its maximum advantage. |
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Dave's SketchAuthor: Dave JaseckPosted: 8/11/2004
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A set of sketch actions from Dave Jaseck in two flavors--a straight line sketch and a version that adds back some color for a Currier and Ives look. |
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Flaming TextAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/22/2008 |
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What is "flaming text"? Well, it's ... flaming text. Shannon reports that the difficulty level for this action is intermediate to expert. Simply put, you have to know how to create a new empty canvas and how to use the liquify and magic wand tools. (If you don't, use this action to learn.) One tip: I find it best to use the largest possible font and reduce it if needed. It allows you to be more subtle with the liquify tool. |
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Mitch's Sketch ActionAuthor: Mitchell WeitzPosted: 2/17//2004 |
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"I was feeling unproductive because it seemed that everyone in this forum had his/her own sketch action except me," Mitchell Weitz said on dpreview.com, "so I decided to do something about it." Here is that something: Mitch's sketch action. Mitch, we hope the spirit moves you again. |
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PaintingAuthor: Ben Morales-Correa Posted: 6/23/2007 |
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This action helps you paint like a master
artist. The right combination of Photoshop filters and blend modes can be
used to quickly turn a photo into a fine work of art.
Use it as a final digital art or as a study for a finished painting. A
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Pen & InkAuthor: Tom BennettPosted:9/26/2004
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Turns a photograph into a pen and ink drawing. |
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PhotosketchAuthor: Shannon Beauford Date: 7/23/2008 |
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Shannon's Photosketch action turns a picture into an image that adds a sketch layer to a photo, which retaining the properties of both. Very nice portrait effect. |
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Rough PastelsAuthor: Sharon Lee Core and Isabel CutlerPosted: 11/15//2004
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Frequent visitors to dpreview.com have seen numerous examples of Isabel Cutler's sketch techniques. Now she and Sharon Lee Core have joined forces to turn her rough pastels technique into an action. See more examples of this action in action at this link. |
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Sheri's Sketch Action (PS) 2.1Author: Sheri PiercePosted: 2/3/2004
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From Sheri Pierce, sketch actions for Photoshop 6 and above. There are three actions in the set: "Sheri's Sketch CS", "Sheri's Sketch 2 Max" and "Sheri's Sketch 2 Lt". The CS version uses a new Photoshop feature called Layer Comps to produce five variations in a single document. It will not work properly on earlier versions. Readme file included |
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Sheri's Sketch Action (PSE) 2.1Author: Sheri PiercePosted: 2/3/2004
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From Sheri Pierce, a similar action for Photoshop Elements. Both archive versions include a Readme file that explains both the action and the installation procedures for Photoshop Elements. The example photos are also from Sheri. |
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SketchAuthor: Alex GlassmanPosted: 3/5/2005
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Alex developed this sketch action from a
tutorial on wetcanvas.com based on a
technique developed by Trimoon, Photoshop artist Stephen LeQuire. (Stephen's
own actions are available on his
website.) Alex also
credits photographer Cathy Sheeter with helping him develop the color steps.
This is a process, not an event, but you may find the work you have to do in this step-by-step approach yields the excellent results Alex gets from the examples posted on the left. |
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Tilt-Shift EffectAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/21/2008
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An action that turns a cityscape or crowd scene into an image that looks like a miniature model. |
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Twirling Abstract ArtAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/20/2008
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Just for fun, this action turns an image into a piece of abstract art. Shannon advises trying in on "not so good photos you would normally dump." |
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WatercolorAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 6/20/2008
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Designed for a high resolution image, this action allows you to render your file as a watercolor. |
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Watercolor Tint ActionAuthor: Ben Morales-Correa Posted: 1/6/2008 |
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This action converts a photo into a tinted illustration, a classical watercolor technique used by artists to brush hues and values over an ink drawing. A full tutorial of this effect is posted at BMC PhotoArt. There is also an instruction file in the zip archive. Works with Photoshop 7 and above. |
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1Click NewBWAuthor: 1-Click Actions Posted: 3/30/2008 |
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This action set contains four black and white conversion actions, which are explained in a PDF document within the archive. Included are versions for PS7 and CS and newer. Considerable tweaking is available and explained in the PDF. (I got interesting results on a Hawai'i sunset by lowering the opacity of the b/w layer to achieve a tinted effect.) |
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Aly's BWAuthor: Alyson ComachoPosted: 7/17/2006 |
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Let's first attest to the fact that Aly's
daughter, pictured in the example, has to be one of the most beautiful
little girls I've seen. And also that Aly is a great photographer. Finally,
this simple, straightforward black and white conversion action that leans
heavily on the red channel might be the first weapon you select when doing a
conversion. If it doesn't work, you can use an action using channel mixer or
some other approach, but that may just do the trick right out of the box. |
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B's SplitTone 2Author: Bärbel Wilm Posted: 3/27/08 |
Bärbel Wilm presents a straightforward approach to black and white conversion with a split-toned image. The conversion is done on layers so that you can tweak the settings. The archive folder contains separate folders for PSE 5, PSE 6, and PS 7 and later. |
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B's Vanilla B&W IIAuthor: Bärbel Wilm Posted: 3/27/08 |
A black and white conversion action that creates layers, so that you can fine tune the results—particularly the contrast. The archive folder contains separate folders for PSE 5, PSE 6, and PS 7 and later. |
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Blanco y Negro (Black and White conversion)Author: Juan García GálvezPosted: 11/16/2006
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A different approach to b/w conversion. Juan
García Gálvez uses the channel mixer to approximate the renditions provided
by fifteen black and white film stocks: Agfa 200X; Agfapan 25, 100, and 400;
Ilford Delta 100, Delta 400, Delta 400 Pro & 3200, FP4, HP5, Pan F,
SFX, and XP2 Super; and Kodak Tmax 100, Tmax 400, and Tri-X. There's a
separate action for each stock plus five more controlling refinements as
contrast. Each is placed on its own layer, allowing you to run multiple
versions of the action and
click on layers for different effects. See more, including the channel mixer
settings, at Juan's
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Brian James's Black and WhiteAuthor: Brian JamesPosted: 1/22/2006
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This action builds black and white layers
composed of every available channel, allows you to click off those you don't
want, then to paint in those sections you want to use on layer masks. Don't
forget that you can move layers to reposition the one you wish to use as the
base ... and that you can change layer opacity on any layer you are using. |
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Color to BWAuthor: Danny RaphaelPosted: 7/16/2006
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This is a collection of four actions, three of
which are used in converting color images to black and white, and one of
which is useful for monitor calibration. Included are:
The readme step in each fully explains what they do and how to use them. The three conversion actions have lots of customization options, and I took advantage of some of them in the demonstration image made with the BW Swiss Army Knife. I suspect this is going to be the core of many of your conversion efforts. Known to work with PS7 on. Users of earlier versions, please provide us with feedback. |
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Danny's Black and White Actions v.5Author: Danny RaphaelPosted: 5/4/2005
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Version 5 of Danny Raphael's set of black and white actions that convert color to grayscale. The example shows the third action which creates 11 monochrome versions using RGB, CMYK, and LAB channels and channel mixer variations. Also included is a method developed by John Paul Caponigro and three other approaches. The readme action that begins this set provides an overview. |
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Daniel Diaz B&W ActionAuthor: Matthew Greer Posted: 1/21/2007 |
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Matthew Greer has taken a black and white
conversion process developed by Daniel Diaz and, with Daniel's help, turned
it into an action that has been tested in PSCS2. It stops at every crucial
point so you can make adjustments, and the final image has all the
adjustments in layers so you can go back and change your previous settings.
This is not for the faint of heart, in that it requires some work from you, but the results are worth the effort. I recommend you study this tutorial from Matthew's website before venturing forward. (And I'd be delighted to post some other results here.) |
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Duotone DreamsAuthor: Dave JaseckPosted: 7/22/2004
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This simple action creates a duotone that looks as though you spent a great deal of time on it. It works best on a 4-6 MB file or a 5x7 240 ppi image. The action allows you to choose any Pantone color or opt for the default. |
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Gorman BW ActionAuthor: Robin Holden, Sr.Posted: 12/10//2005 |
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All of us in the Photoshop community learn from one another. Robin Holden credits (the legendary) Greg Gorman for this great black and white conversion action. Everything you need is in the zip file, including a text file from Robin. Greg has written a tutorial on the procedure that inspired this action, available on his website. |
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JGG Web High KeyAuthor: Juan García GálvezPosted: 11/26/2006
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Juan García Gálvez, who also developed the
Blanco y Nero BW conversion action above, provides this simple action that
produces a high key image. Steps in the action are placed on layers so that
you can tweak the result. Details at Juan's
website. |
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Jodi's Take Action on Cancer Awareness (black and white with color ribbon overlays)Author: Jodi FriedmanPosted: 9/26/2007 |
Example(Click on this, even if you're not interested in the action.) |
There are two stories here. The first is the
action itself, which converts your image to black and white, allows you to
tweak it, and then gives you the choice of 14 "ribbon colors"--overlays that
give you toning options. The second is that it is dedicated to Jodi's Father in law, Bernie, who's undergoing treatment for Lymphoma. The layers in the action highlight various types of cancer to create awareness—thus, the ribbons. It's worth loading just for that reason. See more of Jodi's actions at her website. |
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Julian's Black and WhiteAuthor: Julian HebbrechtPosted: 3/1//2006
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This Black and White conversion action works the way colored filters (yellow; orange; red; etc) work on cameras with black and white film. You actually use a color filter to get the best possible gray scale and contrast in your image. The action creates several adjustment layers that can be fine tuned to get the desired result. The example to the left shows your layers pallet. This is a goody, folks. Thanks, Julian. |
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Kent's B&W Selective Color 4.0Author: Kent ChristiansenPosted: 10/8/2006 |
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Kent's B&W Selective Color 4.0 is the latest
version of an action Kent Christiansen developed to provide control in
making a monochrome version of a color image. It is among the most useful
actions on this site. Kent has made a number of changes to this version,
detailed in this file. |
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Selective Color, v5Author:AsylumXLPosted: 4/17//2007 |
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The latest version (v.5) of this very popular action. It first converts your image to mono, then isolates one user-selected color in an image and allows you to adjust the intensity of the color. The version works through layers and is non-destructive. Please refer to the readme file first. |
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SepiatoneAuthor: Andy PurviancePosted: 2/15//2004 |
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Another action from Andy Purviance, this uses a duotone approach to create a sepiatone effect. |
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Thomas Niemann's TonesAuthor: Danny RaphaelPosted: 12/10/2003
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An entertaining and very useful action developed by Danny Raphael from a description by Portland's own Thomas Niemann on his site. When the action has run, you can modify it by turning layers on and off and playing with the opacity settings. |
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TLR B&W ConversationAuthor: Glenn MitchellPosted: 1/3/2005
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This is the current version of Glenn Mitchell's black and white action set, with some help Danny Raphael in naming the Quick B&W layers. The zip includes a readme.pdf and his Action Basics .pdf. For more info on how to use this set, go to this tutorial on Glenn's website at The Lights Right Studio. (See Glenn's other tutorials at his website, and if you find them helpful, please support the site with a donation. |
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TLR Sepia TintAuthor: Glenn MitchellPosted: 12/28//2004
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The sepia tone effect in Glenn Mitchell's action set uses a
twist on a popular method of black and white conversion. The technique is
fast and easy, and you have control over the results. The Zip folder contains the action, a PDF readme file, and Glenn's Action Basics tutorial for those new to actions. |
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Vintage TintAuthor: Alls A. TenPosted: 5/22/2006
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This action adds a vintage tint to your images, making it possible to reveal or subdue the original colors of the photograph. It creates a sepia toned image and allows you to selectively paint back color. Alls uses this action in a number of his wedding photographs. (Hint: If you have an image of a brown-skinned person, try painting back their skin tone. Very interesting effect.) |
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2UpAuthor: Sweet Cheeks PhotographyPosted: 8/6/2006
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This is like a mini storyboard for sharing on
the web/mb/blog/email/clients,etc. It is formatted for vertical images.
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Finished your entire product will be 600 x 420, so any other resizing for web, editing, is up to you. The author placed a mini border on mini so you could see where it ends. |
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3D Product BoxAuthor: Andy PurviancePosted: 2/15/2004
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Here's a great little toy from Andy Purviance. It creates a small icon—the example is full size—with your favorite photo packaged in a box against a white background with a shadow. |
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A2D PolaroidAuthor: Addicted to Design Posted: 2/11/2007 |
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This action prompts you to open an existing file and create a square selection. It places the resulting image within a format that mimics that of the venerable Polaroid 600 series cameras. Other examples on the Addicted to Design website. |
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Andrea's BordersAuthor: Andrea RascagliaPosted: 12/18/2004-11/30/2005
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Borders A ExampleBorders B ExampleBorders C ExampleTest Frame ExamplePolaroid Giant Filter ExampleDogtown ExamplePolaroid 89 ExampleVintage Background Example |
These are not actions, but zipped PDF files, so the files
are large. Combine one with your image for a believable negative or Polaroid
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Bronze PlaqueAuthor: Sharon Lee CorePosted: 9/26//2004
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Sharon Lee Core has come up with a unique bronzing action, and the example is sufficiently humorous to be worth the click. |
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Bud's ActionsAuthor: Bud GuinnPosted: 12/10/2003
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From Bud Guinn, some great toys to play with. Brushes, palettes, tiled images like the thumbnail example shown, and more. |
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Bud's Brass PlaqueAuthor: Bud GuinnPosted: 1/6/2004
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Also from Bud Guinn, an action that creates a brass plaque. Use the Text tool to title it, Paste-into to add it as a layer on an image that has a frame, and the Move tool to properly position it on the frame. |
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Bud's FramesAuthor: Bud GuinnPosted: 12/6/2003
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Over 30 framing actions to attractively set off your images.
The sample shows the Basic Matte, but there are rosewood frames, frames on
textured walls, and many others. Some of these actions prompt for input from the user, and many offer customization tools by adjusting layer properties. |
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Bud's Signature's & StuffAuthor: Bud GuinnPosted: 12/12/2003
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Various actions, of which this teakwood background with multiple images is one of my favorites. Also includes logo, signature, and brass plate actions. (Suggestion: while this works in 16 bit, I'd first make my color adjustments, then use the mode command to convert to 8 bits, then run the action.) |
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Bud's Wooden FramesAuthor: Bud GuinnPosted: 12/14/2003 |
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From Bud Guinn, a set of 22 wooden frame actions. The example is Japanese ash, which is not the best for this particular photo, but shows up well in the thumbnail. |
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Bud's Wooden MattesAuthor: Bud GuinnPosted: 12/14/2003 |
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More from Bud Guinn. This is a set of 22 wooden matte actions. The example is Cherry 2, chosen because it shows up well in the thumbnail. |
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Bud's EZMiter, v.1Author: Bud GuinnPosted: 12/14/2003 |
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This series of actions creates mitered
mattes. You can select the matte colors and textures. Read the instructions
carefully, as there is an instruction action which you are to read and then
move.
NOTE: This is a big action, expanding to half a MB. |
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Burnt Edges VignetteAuthor: Jodi Friedman Posted: 10/30/2007 |
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Burnt Edge Vignette creates a dark umber
vignette around the edge of your image. The instruction step tells you all
you need to know. You selected one of four actions—depending on whether your
image is a portrait or landscape, and high or low resolution—and then just
run it. More at Multiple Choices Photography. |
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CSpringer's Vignette Action, v.2Author: Chip SpringerPosted: 1/14/2007 |
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From Chip Springer, a simple, welcome action. This creates a simple vignette on a new layer. Chip's example gives several ideas on how to implement this. Tested in all versions of CS. |
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Copyright BrushAuthor: Brian JamesPosted: 1/26/2005
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Brian's action creates a transparent copyright watermark as a brush. One action creates it, the second implements it. You then have the brush available to you from the brushes palette. Increase or decrease the size as you would any other brush. You can also reduce opacity to make it more or less subtle. |
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Crops Action and Scripts (CS3 only)Author: John J. McAssey Updated: 4/9/2008 |
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This action and script set is not for the faint
of heart, and it works only in CS3. If you know your way around Photoshop,
the benefits outweigh the complexity.
This actions and scripts allows you to crop your image and apply a mat to it. It can be called from the File>Automate menu. There is an archive folder within the archive. You must extract and properly install both. Read the enclosed instructions carefully. |
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Dave's Frame & Matte on White BackgroundAuthor: Dave JaseckPosted: 5/26/2004
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A new action from Dave Jaseck for images destined for the web . It allows you pick your matte and a frame, and places the result on a white background with a shadow, drop shadow, or several other effects. There's great user interaction, and it's simple to follow. You get best results if the original photo is at least 4 x 6 at 240. After finishing the action, you resize for the web. (Example photo by Dave Jaseck.) |
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Dave's Double Matte for 5x7sAuthor: Dave JaseckPosted 4/22/2006 |
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An action set that consists of two actions for 5x7 images of 240-300 ppi, one in portrait orientation, the other landscape. These actions produce beautiful double mattes in 8 x 10 frames. This is a further refinement of the mattes Dave has been producing in various size that have proved very popular on Action Central. |
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Dave's MatteAuthor: Dave JaseckNew versions
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Dave Jaseck has revised his widely used double matte actions. The ZIP archive contains two actions, one for 5x7 images that produces 8x10 double mattes, and another for 8x10 images that produce 11x14 double mattes. To run, size your photo, pick the action for the appropriate size, select either the horizontal or vertical matte action, and follow the instructions. |
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Digital BackdropsAuthor: Shannon Beauford Posted: 10/27/2007 |
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This action creates high resolution digital backgrounds in ten popular portrait sizes. You do not need an open image. Simply run the action, select the size you want, adjust color, and you have an image. Now you can open a portrait, make certain it's the same size, move it as a new layer over the background, mask the portrait layer, which is easy if the original background has a uniform color, and your new backdrop emerges. |
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Edge VignetteAuthor: Anna BottomsPosted 10/18/2008
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This action does one thing and does it well. It
provides a slightly darkened edge around a full-sized image. The aspect
ratio doesn't matter. I used it on an 8x8 portrait with great results. |
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Filer's Frame ActionAuthor: Joe Filer Posted: 6/9/2008 |
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This action creates a white frame with a drop
shadow and rounded corners. After duplicating the image, it offers a
downsizing option, rounds the image corners and places it on an enlarged
white background.
It will run on any size image, but the corner radius proportions using an image about 600 pixels wide for web work. Settings can be changed in the "smooth" steps. After inputting any preference changes, the dialogs can be turned off so the action will run without stopping for user input. The resizing steps can also be turned off. |
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FractureAuthor: John BeardsworthPosted: 7/25/2004
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To reproduce the effect of Bud Guinn's "Bits and Pieces"
action, as shown in the above thumbnail, John Beardsworth has developed a
script called "Fracture." This is not an action, and must be copied to the
Presets folder in Photoshop 7 or CS. You run it from the File|Scripts menu.
Unlike Bud's action, it works with any file size and, John says, "also shows how some Photoshop features that cannot currently be scripted can be record with ScriptListener and incorporated in your code." |
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FrameIt!Author: Sweet Cheek PhotographerPosted: 8/06/2006
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An action for sharing your images on the web. Allows editing and resizing in Photoshop. Sweet Cheek Photography wanted to design a striking, yet simple means of displaying images online, in email, on a webpage for general audiences, clients, etc. Very straightforward. |
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Jodi's Multiple Choice Frame ActionAuthor: Jodi Friedman Posted: 3/30/2007 |
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Jodi's Multiple Choices Gallery Frame Action
produces simple inner and outer borders in black. It will work on pictures
in both portrait or landscape orientation. Use this gallery frame action
before resizing for the web so that the frame looks best. You can turn
on and off the inner and/or outer border for different looks, as well as
change the color of the frame, add bevels, or add patterns
This action has been tested in Photoshop 7, CS, CS2 and CS3. If you know how to use actions in elements, it has also been tested in elements 3, 4 and 5. Incidentally, Jodi has some great retouching actions for sale on her site. |
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Keynote ReflectionAuthor: Gord WallPosted: 1/24/2007
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This Photoshop action can be run on an image of
any size. The result is a reflected image on a surface in front of the main
image. This revised version resets the color swatches and then to set black
as the background color. You can, of course, change this. Gord Wall's action was inspired by Apple's Keynote software. |
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Marcia's Frame ActionsAuthor: Marcia FasyPosted: 6/5/2005 |
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Marcia Fasy's frame action set includes:
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Mike Brewer's Invariant FrameAuthor: Mike BrewerPosted: 9/26//2004 |
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Mike Brewer has spent weeks working on versions of this action to get it just right. And it's worth it. This action allows a predictable and uniform frame to be added to an image of any size and shape. |
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Nasso's CutterAuthor: NassoPosted: 10/2/2005 |
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This is a very specialized action, but those of us who need it will wonder how we got along without it. In his work, Nasso has to cut out cartoon characters from their backgrounds in order to insert them over other backgrounds. The magic wand tool bleeds inside the image whenever there's a break. This action eliminates that problem. I have this same problem with client logos for PowerPoint demonstrations. This little tool makes quick work of it. This action converts the image to 200 dpi, but can be edited for other resolutions if needed. |
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