After hunting all over the site several times for an action someone posted, and after a very good suggestion from Stephen M to gather our "goodies" together for easy access, I'm starting this thread to hopefully round them all up.

If you have a particular goodie you'd like to add, please use your subject line to indicate briefly what it is and what it does (like this).

Action: Decrack

Texture: Denim

Then, in the message box, give a brief description of what it does and attach it as a .zip file (don't forget the 100k size limit). That way it can be easily and quickly found by anyone who's looking.

If you've already posted a goodie somewhere else in the forums, please go ahead and repost it here.

Clean up cracks and tears with this action.

Click here for Decrack instructions (http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/decrack/index.html)

Clean up cracks & tears with this action

Click here for Decrack Instructions (http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/decrack/index.html)

Originally posted here by DannyRaphael (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=20531&highlight=action%2A#post20531)

In a nutshell the grayscale tone or color of interest is selected using the Eyedropper tool... then the action invokes the SELECT/COLOR RANGE function to create a selection, which is used against the base posterized layer to create a new layer.

Originally suggested here by Blacknight (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=20446&highlight=action%2A#post20446)


Make your images look like a kaleidoscope.

Originally posted here by Stephen M (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=20097&highlight=action%2A#post20097)

Attached to this new post is my v5.x or higher SmartDuster action - which is designed to remove many small dust artifacts without sacrificing image quality. Often only this step is needed, other times the harsher spotting action is needed in addition - and then some manual retouching to polish things off.

Originally posted here by Stephen M (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=20097&highlight=action%2A#post20097)

v5.x or higher [autospotting] action

Originally posted here by DannyRaphael (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=19742&highlight=action%2A#post19742)


This action will generate and display the corresponding RGB, CMYK and Lab channels for a given image.

Photoshop 5.x or higher .abr brush set consisting of various sized soft/med/hard brushes. JASC Paint Shop Pro users can use the brush set by altering the extension from .abr to .jbr (untested).

Stephen Marsh.

This action is for Photoshop 5.x or higher and is designed to be run in batch mode if needed.

EPLBVHI USM - Edge Protected Luminosity Blend Variable Halo Intensity Unsharp Mask.

USM is applied to high contrsast edges and flat areas are ignored.

The read me stop message is disabled by default. A flat file will result. Undo the last step or disable the flatten command in the action to have access to the split light/dark USM halo layers.

Stephen Marsh.

Photoshop 5.x or higher action originally designed to satisfy a picky customer who had transparencies of oil paintings drum scanned by our company and wanted more detail in the brush strokes.

A new layer containing the high frequency image detail results which is set to 25% opacity in multiply blend mode. The opacity can be altered and masks applied where necessary.

Stephen Marsh.

Photoshop 5.x or higher action for reducing the sharpness of drum scanned negatives or overly sharpened images.

A flat file results, undo the last command to access the USM reduction layers.

Stephen Marsh.

Heres a little something to keep you going - I have not tried any of them

http://www.freephotoshop.com/html/free_plugins.html

Jak,
Here's and action to reduce shadows that I had uploaded on another forum thread.
DJ

Photoshop up to version 6. Version 7 gives only top of screen. I'm sure this could be fixed, but I haven't.

This is really a simple action (craquelure with a twist), but you can mess with it and make it look more like its name. I included a sample in the zip with a couple of different colors using the hue/saturation colorize option.
:wavey:

This action creates a background starfield. Great for that outerspace feel.

-T

This action creates an 8-segment kaleidoscope. (Versions for different numbers of segments are on the way.)

Update: The action file included in the zip file contains actions for 6-, 8-, 10- and 12-segment kaleidoscopes. However, because of upload file size restrictions, I am only able to include one GIF file needed to complete the kaleidoscope - in this case, the 8-segment one.

Zip files for the other kaleidoscopes follow this post.

Jeanie

This zip file contains the actions to create all of the different kaleidoscopes, but only the GIF file necessary for the 6-segment kaleidoscope.

Jeanie

This zip file contains the actions to create all of the different kaleidoscopes, but only the GIF file necessary for the 10-segment kaleidoscope.

Jeanie

This zip file contains the actions to create all of the different kaleidoscopes, but only the GIF file necessary for the 12-segment kaleidoscope.

Jeanie

This action applies a watercolor-like effect to a flattened copy of the original image.

Originally posted HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=23834#post23834) by OhThatGirl2001


I found a great action that does a ton of the work for you!

It's called "Another Painter" and I found it in Adobe Xchange Actions. It's actually quite a neat little program.

Lisa

In photoshop, you can actually place actions in any directory you want. When you go to load the action, just browse to that location. Typically they are located in the Adobe Goodies folder under actions.

To load an action set, go to the Actions palette, then click the small arrow in the top right corner and navigate to the location where you saved the action. Select the file you'd like to load and it will be added to the actions palette.

-T

These are my own actions, nuthin spectacular but they took care of a few of my little photoshop "itches". After you have them loaded up:

F5=Contract Selection by 1 px
F6=Expand Selection by 1 px
Ctrl+F5=Contract Selection by 5 px
Shift+F6=Expand Selection by 5 px
F7=Rotate selection 15 degs. CW
F8=Rotate selection 15 degs. CCW

Cheers,
Etienne

P.S.I got denied for trying to sen an invlaid file type, being the lazy bastartd I amI just changed the extension to .jpg. Make sure you change it back to .atn.

P.P.S. So your nifty forum was smart enough to know my plan and foiled. On top of this I use winrar for file compression aaarrrgghhhh. I'll send it when I get to work....stupid machines

Here we go. mmm, mmm good selection actions. It'stoo bad about the 100 ke limit . I've got skme cool brush and cus tom shame sets.

Yeah okay heres the final.

Hmmm... When I opened this .zip, there's nothing in it.

Is it just me?

Etienne - appreciate you working through the technical challenges!

~DannyR~

Nope - same here. When I opened it nothing showed up, and a test said "zip file is empty"

I have resigned myself to one of those days shrouded in myth where the of the universe as they apply to you were thought up by some sick individual named murphy.

cheers,
etienne

Photoshop 5.x or higher Action, ZIP compressed.

This action will create a device independent LAB mode document for calibration and evaluation purposes - for either monitor, output device or simply to test a ICC profile transform to another colour mode.

The upper section contains a digital approximation of a GretagMacbeth ColorChecker target. The middle section contains a neutral grayscale gradient and steps. The lower section will use a random cloud pattern to form seven CG test 'images' - with casts ranging from R/G/B/Neutral/C/M/Y.

Regards,

Stephen Marsh.

Due to the way that the healing tools work - healing must be done to destination pixels and not transparency.

You can either choose to heal to larger areas which have been isolated on a new layer, or simply heal on a dupe of the entire image layer.

After healing, run this Photoshop v7 action to isolate the healing and clone stamp edits, in effect this will mimic the popular clone stamp technique used on a transparent layer.

Stephen Marsh.

Here's a plug-in and/or stand alone program(free,no demo,no time limit) from Auto FX. Called Dreamy Photo.
It's o.k(not bad for free)..... AsI like to make actions myself to customize them.

Auto FX Dreamy Photo (http://www.autofx.com/freeplugins/dreamy12.html)

hi jak its me don from ohio i'm still working on a challange to submit. [ faded bueaty #23 ] having a devil trying to get the noise out. found an action that helps called edgarian blur its at adobe xchange i'm sorry i don't know how to post links but if you do a search you'll find.

Edgarian Blur (http://xchange.studio.adobe.com/axAssetDetailSubmit.asp?aID=3229&back=http%3A%2F%2Fxchange%2Estudio%2Eadobe%2Ecom%2FaxQuickSearchSubmit%2Easp%3Ftxt%3Dedgarian%2Bblur%26allprods%3D2%26submit1%2Ex%3D31%26submit1%2Ey%3D11)
:wavey:

thanks blacknight some day i'll learn how to post links
hope some onecan use this action

Don,

Here's a screenshot attached. When you post a message, you will see the screen in the screenshot. When you want to post a link, go to the web page you want to link to. Highlight the URL in the address bar, then hit "Ctrl" and "C" on the keyboard. This will copy the URL. Now type your message just as you did your last one (but with different text). When you want to post the link, click on http (highlighted on screenshot). The first box that appears is for your text, which in this case would be edgarian blur. Hit OK. The next box is for the URL. Just hit "CTRL" and "V" on the keyboard. This will paste the URL in the box. Click OK, and your done. If your not confident, try it out in the "Testing 1-2-3" forum. And thanks for the link.

Ed

"Who was that man behind the curtain," Dorothy wondered, as the powerful OZ continued his thundering speeches. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain," said the man as he tried to continue speaking. "Why, it's just Ed!" Dorothy exclaimed.

:wavey:

A polarizing filter for Photoshop 6 and above, originally posted by Jeanie. I hate trying to find these things later...good idea to make a thread for them!

Free action at:
http://www.digitalsecrets.net/secrets/polarizer.html

This action was developed for the purpose of creating "Photo Art" in conjunction with this thread (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3396#post26203) in the Photo-based Art forum.

Using the Trace Contour filter on a copy of the original image it creates nine separate layers based on brightness levels incremented by 25, and places them against a white background.

The multiple layers give the user flexibility in deciding things like which layers to show or hide, line thickness and colorization. For more information, see the thread noted above.

~DannyR~

This action was developed for the purpose of creating "Photo Art" in conjunction with this thread (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3436#post26644) in the Photo-based Art forum.

Examples of a "before" and "after" image can be seen at the post noted above.

~DannyR~

Unblur action for v5.x or higher ZIP compressed.

Stephen Marsh.

Apologies if this has already been submitted but photoshop users may prefer to have Bruce Beard's skin and hair colours as swatches. (hope it's not too much of a liberty to have converted them)

Unzip the swatches.zip file and place the .aco files in your swatch directory. They can then be appended to your normal swatch or loaded in on their own.

On the not unlikely chance that I fail to upload the file properly, you can download it from the following URL

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.wishart/swatches.zip

Cheers for now,
wishy

Photoshop 6 or hither action, zip compressed.

Run this action on a RGB file that does not have a tagged ICC profile describing the colour intention of the files numbers.

This action will assign the four standard RGB work space profiles and create a named history snapshot of that profile. When you are happy of the visual appearance and or CMYK/LAB number readouts for known/presumed colours - simply save/close the file to include the tag which you prefer. The next time the file is opened the correct tag will be in place and the history states will be cleared.

The script is easily modified if you wish to add other RGB profiles to the action, such as ProPhoto RGB or other wide gamut spaces.

Regards,

Stephen Marsh.

This action was used to create the image posted in this thread (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3522#post27467).

It's purpose is to provide an easy way to make one (or more) selections within a color image and change those selections to grayscale.

It was developed and tested using Photoshop 5.5 under Windows 2000.

~DannyR~

This action was used to form the base image for my entry in the Photo-Art Challenge #7 (http://www.retouchpro.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=472).

It utilizes the Difference blend mode + the Ocean Ripple filter to achieve an unusual photo-art effect.

Note: The attachment is a replacement. The original had a bug when executed under PS7.

Free Dust and Scratches removal plug-in for A.P.S.

Well. What can you say about another D&S plug-in. It's as exciting as meeting Ronald at the Golden Arches and buying a Happy Meal and seeing what the toy is.

Dust and Scratches Removal plug-in (http://www.polaroid.com/service/software/poladsr/poladsr.html)

This action was used to create the image in this Photo-Art forum thread (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=28226#post28226). It was inspired by the results I got on Manipulation Challenge #18 (http://www.retouchpro.com/challenge/manipulation/challenge18/challengeM18_raphael.html), which happens to be a Tiger hence the name of this action.

It utilizes various blend modes, the Photocopy and Gaussian Blur filters, plus a copy of the original image converted to bitmap mode created in and copied from a separate image.

The result is reminiscent of a combination of Threshold, Posterization, Stamp and Photocopy all rolled into one. To me what makes the results of this action unique (and worthy of preserving in an action) is the considerably higher level of detail achieved over plain ol' Threshold and/or Stamp, while retaining the stark contrast of these effects.

Keep having fun!

~DannyR~

This is an action I created from a tutoral I had done. It took alot of tweeking to get it to work right but here it is. I thought it would be useful in that it's a pretty realistic eye and with some images I figured it might be a nice replacement for a missing eye.

The action keeps the layers in tact so you will have the ability to access the hue saturation layer to change the eye color. Hope you like it. I've never made an action of this magnitude before.
DJ

Why is it I can see that action being used in a Halloween challenge? :D

Ed

This action converts a color image to grayscale and then lets the "artist" selectively restore color onto a separate layer via an image snapshot and History brush.

This action is non-destructive. A duplicate is taken of the original image; all work is done on the copy.

This was developed/tested under Photoshop 5.5. It "should" work OK under Photoshop 6 and 7 as well.

EXAMPLE
Here's an example (http://www.retouchpro.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=139) of what can be done without a great deal of difficulty.

Have fun!

~DannyR~

This action, based on a tutorial written by Tom Nelson at this site (http://www.tnphoto.com/tutor_d.html), was developed for the purpose of creating "Photo Art" in conjunction with this post (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=28958#post28958) in the Photo-based Art forum.

~DannyR~

Here (http://www.elated.com) is the site that has the PARCHMENT (http://www.retouchpro.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=592) effect I used in that picture. There are 4 sets, or were when I was there last - set #3 has parchment, I believe.
:wavey:

Attached is a very good grayscale-sepia action that I downloaded from Adobe Exchange. It's a great action for a base before colorizing a photo.

Sharon:)

This action is used to generate "Photo-art."

For further information and an example image, click HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=29747#post29747).

Love 'em or hate 'em, click here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2653) to be taken to the ultimate collection.

Cheers...

~DannyR~

Here's some tools and plugs that might help some. For cameras,graphic artists,P.S. Both stand alone and plug-in.

http://www.mediachance.com/

And yes, most are FREE !!!

Here's a new plug-in(actions) for photographs. It's a 7 day demo.

photo tool kit (http://www.pixelgenius.com/photokit/index.html)

This action was inspired by Howie Mudge.

Based on a user selection, the action:
* Lightens or darkens the frame area
* Blurs the frame area
* Applies a stroke at the frame / image boundary

A considerable amount of flexibility is built-in for adjusting frame characteristics and stroke color.

For example output click HERE (http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3897589).

This has been tested under Photoshop 5.5, Photoshop 7.

~DannyR~

This action was inspired by a technique described by Lynda Logan here: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3910171

Example output can be viewed in THIS THREAD (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4586).

Version 3 has a correction to the on-screen message describing possible variations; the zip file has also been fixed. (106)

Have fun!
~Danny~

I'll second that "Wow," Chuck. That one turned out great. Glad it worked for you.

Danny
Very neat action..One stop shopping for sketching..Thanks to you and Lynda..Here is my try entitled (Fat guy on Porch).

Thanks
Jerry

Jerry:

Nice pic to work with = high quality results. Well done. Thx for sharing.

~Danny~

This action set was crafted by Bill Miller. Thanks, Bill!

Click HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4627) to be taken to a thread where this action is further described and where you can view example output.

The actions in this set run under PS6, PS7.

IMPORTANT:
There are five actions in this action set. Each must be run as a separate step. You'll need to decide between a pair of actions which is most appropriate for your image (5"x7" or less, 8"x10" or larger).

Be sure to run the action named "Introduction" first. It has additional instructions.

- - - -
Action set updated 1/31/03 to version 2, enabling the user to specify DPI (resolution). At the time of this update the original set had been downloaded 743 times.
- - - -

~DannyR~

Hi Danny
I just got back from a trip and loaded stipple engraving action.. I thought it looked interesting..this action does not work for me..When I loaded it, It would not run so I tried line by line to run it but it kept stopping..I noticed that it put about 5 lines in the button mode menu instead of 1..there was no title to it..the first line was "introduction"..I dont know what happened so I removed it from the file (I was using my spare actions file not the photoshop actions file so as not to mess up my menu like so many others complained about.) But it is still there when I load photoshop..

How can you remove one action from photoshop without removing all of the others..I never did this before..I see the reset option..Is that what you must do??

On a non related note, I remember you speaking one time about PS7.0 having the capability to use a programming language or something like that to write actions..Can you tell me the name of that aspect of action writing..

Thanks in advance
Jerry :D

Hi Jerry:

Thanks for posting your question. 20-20 hindsight: I should have put more emphasis on the fact that there are 5 actions within this set (instead of the typical one), hence multiple entries in your action button mode menu. (I'll revise the verbiage in the post in a minute to clarify this.) Each action must be run separately.

RE: Removing actions from the Photoshop environment
1. Actions palette menu: Button Mode (must be off). This will change the "look" of the actions palette.
2. Click the triangle next to the action set name to reveal the action(s) inside it (if not already revealed).
3. To remove an individual action from the actions palette, drag the action over the trashcan icon at the bottom of the actions palette. To remove an entire set of actions, click on the action set name and drag the action set over the trashcan icon.
4. Actions palette menu: Button Mode (set on) will put you back into button mode.

If you want to remove the actions from your computer completely, the .atn you downloaded and unzipped will have to be deleted separately -- just as you would delete any file: Navigate to it, and either click and drag the file to the Windows trashcan on the Desktop -or- right-click on the filename and choose DELETE from the menu.

RE: PS7 programming
This is referred to as "Scripting" in which Java or Visual Basic are used to program Photoshop to do anything imaginable. This requires a download (separate functionality) from Adobe.com to get started.

I'm barely VB literate and have zero Java experience. Although this is an area I've personally not gotten into, many others have. There's a fair amount activity in this subject on the Windows / Photoshop forum at Adobe.com.

Thanks again for asking. Hope this helps.

~Danny~

:bigthmb:
Thanks Danny
Now that I understand it, it works great..I was going to attach a pic of a mansion that I tryed it on, but when I resized it to fit here, the stippling disappeared..It looked really nice..You'll have to take my word for it..

thanks
Jerry

This action will run in Photoshop 5.x, 6 or 7.

Click HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4651) for additional information and to see example output.

Have fun.

~DannyR~

This action will run in Photoshop 5.x, 6 or 7.

Click HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4658) for additional information and to see example output.

Have fun.

~DannyR~

This is an action inspired by David Rowley.

It is based on his Hayes Island Cafe tutorial:
http://www.davrodigital.co.uk/tutorials/haye-island-cafe/hayes-island-cafe.htm

DISCLAIMER: Works pretty good on "non-people" images. Not at all good on human subjects. Keep image resolution in the 75-150 ppi ballpark for rendering; increase resolution as needed if you decide to print.

Have fun!

~DannyR~

This is an action inspired by Dave Jaseck, based on the method described here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3993078

DISCLAIMER: Works pretty good on "non-people" images. Not at all good on human subjects. Keep image resolution in the 75-150 ppi ballpark for rendering; increase resolution as needed if you decide to print.

Written under Photoshop 5.5; a slight glitch has been fixed so it now works w/PS6, PS7 too. :)

Have fun!

~DannyR~

HI Danny
Thanks for the cool action..I had actually found the steps for this on "that other site" ..It really is a nice technique..when I ran the action, I got an error message that said "layer C=multiply is not available". I kept going and found the end results to be acceptable..Then I started fooling around and turned all of the layers on..I REALLY thought that this was a nice result and wanted to show it to you..Thanks for all of your action effort..You must not sleep much..

Jerry
:D

P.S. I had to downsize this NUMEROUS times to get it to upload..this is my last try..hope it works..

Jerry:

Appreciate the error heads up. I got a report earlier from Dave Jaseck and made the fix. The updated download (is that some sort of oxymoron?) works end-to-end now on Photoshop 5.5, 6 and 7. Heck, if MSFT can post fixes online, why can't I?! :) In any event glad you were able to work through my oversight.

This action works well on some pics; not so good on others. You have a way of coming up with good ones to start with which goes a long way toward getting pleasing results like you got. A definite 2-thumbs up.

Sleep? That's just an annoyance that takes me away from learning new stuff and having more fun!

~Danny~

:bigthmb:
The 2a version is as advertised..Same result..end to end.

Thanks
Jerry

As Danny Suggested, here's a link to my tutorial on how to create actions (http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/actions/index.html) using Photoshop. one thing I should add is that if you have created an action you'd like to share here, you'll need to put in into a zip file before you upload it here since the forums won't recognize a .atn file.

- David :)

Actions Actions Action.....

These look interesting....
http://www.liknes.no/photoshop/tutorials.htm

this is the link for all the actions....

http://www.liknes.no/photoshop/download_statistics.asp

Bill Miller, action craftsman extraordinare, developed this action that generates a "batik" effect.

Burried in one of Bud Guinn's action sets are numerous actions he wrote to fix red (and green!) eye.

I added a red eye action of my own to this collection, which is PS6 and above compatible.

Why PAY for plugins when you can get very good results for free!

Enjoy...

~DannyR~

Not forgetting that the thing the actions run on costs some serious $$$. <g> Why pay for plugs ontop of what APS can do, unless the task is beyond your current skills or the plug does better or whatever.

My question is, why pay for actions - when there are many generous users who are happy to share?

Stephen Marsh.

<<why pay for actions - when there are many generous users who are happy to share?>>

Ehh!! What's up Steven!!?

That's right. Us Photoshop Users' stick together.
Not like the paint shop pro users' :)

Here is a URL with 5 Action Kits. I have downloaded them all and tested several actions from each kit. Some did not work- I did not spend time to investigate why they failed. But the ones that worked look great. Give em a try!

http://www.elated.com/actionkits/

Can anyone make an action for flash-fill from Leah's post of Eismann's technique shown here: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=44997#post44997

I would be glad to volunteer myself but I never even used an action until yesterday. I thought the CIA, who has been trying to get me for years, finally succeeded in taking over my computer.


thanks feivel

Digitial Deluxe (http://www.2morrow.dk/75ppi/coolpix/actions/)

Pretty good for a free action.

This action was written by Dave Jaseck.

PS6 and above.

Custom filter actions are grouped into categories such as Low Pass, Directional Derivative Feature Detection using Roberts, Robinson, Sobel, Prewitt and Kirsch operators, Embossing, Laplacian Sharpening and Edge Detection, High Pass, Weighted Blur/Sharpen, Band Pass DoM, Band Pass DoG and Sub Pixel Motion Offset.

For maximum compatibility this action set is for Photoshop v5.x or higher:

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/PSTV_convolcorner.html

Enjoy,

Stephen Marsh.

Here's a good action for digital cameras,that cause color morie in fabrics.

Banding Blender (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/PSTV_downloads.html)

A plug-in for: j2k. It's a "free" Photoshop plug-in for reading and writing the JPEG 2000 file format. Also known as JP2, JPEG 2000.

j2k (http://www.fnordware.com/j2k/)

I'm posting this on behalf of Kent Christiansen.

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This action is based on Russell Brown's method of using two Hue/Saturation adjustment layers to enable one a great deal of tonal control when converting a color image to black and white. Click “More tips” at http://www.russellbrown.com/ and check out his outstanding “Seeing in Black and White” tutorial.

In Brown’s method the bottom adjustment layer, set to color, acts as a filter would in a film camera. The second (top) acts as “the film.”

Tonal tuning is possible by adjusting the controls in the bottom adjustment layer for each color selected from the Edit menu.

My action takes this concept a step further by using a Selective Color instead of Hue/Saturation adjustment layer as the “filter” (bottom) layer. Instead of six target colors available in the Hue/Saturation dropdown menu, Selective Color has eight plus the the ability to adjust each by individual CMYK sliders.

The degree of tonal variance available for a given color will depend on its degree of presence in the original color image. For example if yellow is chosen from the menu, adjusting the CMYK sliders will have practically no effect if there’s no yellow in the image.

The 'neutrals' target color is the most active and the one I would chose first.

If you are already using the Russell Brown technique, this variation offers a compelling alternative.

Kent Christiansen

Double Dynamics action created by the author of these well known actions:

http://www.2morrow.dk/75ppi/coolpix/actions/

For blending two exposures into one image.

See attached .zip archive below (not sure which version this is made for).


Regards,

Stephen Marsh.

Not much, but it works around a known
photoshop bug: if you are editing in pixels,
and set values to percentages when recording
an action, the settings will revert back to pixels
when the action is subsequently saved.
Therefore, relative positioning is lost, unless every
single file to which the action is applied is exactly
of the same pixel dimensions.

So, I changed the Units & Rulers to percentage,
then recorded and _saved_ the action, before
changing back to pixels. Now, the action will
place four guides, evenly spaced; two horizontally,
and two vertically, evenly dividing the canvas
into nine rectangles.

Someone might find it useful. :)

gyrgrls:

Definitely useful. Thanks for sharing your handiwork.

~Danny~

Photoshop 6 and above

While surfing today I came across Thomas Niemann 's site (again) that I believe has some really good information:

http://epaperpress.com/psphoto/

Under the Black and White tab is a Classic Tones category where Thomas Niemann graciously shares some Curves presets.

I took the liberty to convert these presets into an action.

~Danny~

Clean up cracks & tears with this action

Click here for Decrack Instructions (http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/decrack/index.html)

I am the newest of new. The instructions re adding the tool are over my head. Can you break it down?

Especially: "Load the .atn file into your action list."
and even: "Run Decrack"...I know this seems utterly simple- but I
have no clue as to how to do these actions. So...return to kindergarten?

As Denzel once said – in the movie Philadelphia – “Now, explain it to me like I'm a four-year-old.”
many thanks- Jim

Hi Jim:

Welcome to RetouchPRO. We've all been where you are (at the beginning) at one time or another, so no problem.

Once you've download the .zip file onto your hard disk:
* Unzip it and place the .atn file a convenient location. Some people like to put all their .atn files downloaded from the Internet into a single folder. In the big scheme of things, Photoshop really doesn't care where you put it. Make it easy on yourself.
* Open Photoshop
* If the Actions Palette is visible, Window > Actions (or F9) to show it
* From the Actions Palette menu (black arrow, top right), choose Load Actions... and navigate to the .atn file.
* Click on it so it's name populates the Load Actions window; click OK. This will copy the .atn file into the Actions Palette (it will be appended as the last entry at the bottom) and you'll be good to go.

To apply the action you'll need an open image. Probably not a bad idea to duplicate it, just in case the action trashes it. Not likely, but just in case.

Within the Actions Palette you will see a horizontal gray bars. These are "action sets," comparable to folders for organizing actions. Inside the Decrack action set is the action itself (horizontal white bar). Click on the action name, highlighting it. (This tells Photoshop what action to play.)

At the bottom of the Actions palette are several controls, one of which is a triangle. Click the triangle to play the action. There are two self-explanatory prompts to which you can reply OK to each. In the High Pass filter dialog, set the radius as you deem appropriate for the subject image.

When the action completes, if you don't like the results, drag the layer created by the action into the trash and play the action again, specifying a different High Pass setting.

Check Photoshop's help on "Automating tasks" as well as www.AtnCentral.com, where you'll find an excellent tutorial on actions.

Hope this gets you moving.

~Danny~

Their are Four actions in this zip folder for highlight and shadow control. Luminosity,Red,Green,Blue. The whole key in using them, is in the blurring of the duplicated channels. These actions are based on Dan (The Man) Margulis' article in Electronic Publishing (Sept.2004)(free reg. required)


Making Two Ends Meet (http://ep.pennnet.com/UserReg/login_form.cfm?referringurl=http%3A%2F%2Fep%2Epennnet%2Ecom%2FArticles%2FArticle%5FDisplay%2Ecfm%3FSection%3DArchives%26Subsection%3DDisplay%26ARTICLE%5FID%3D212330%26KEYWORD%3DDan%2520MArgulis)



as well as Photoshop User Magazine. The article explains on how to use these actions for highlight and shadow control. The only thing you have to do, is while these actions are running is to apply a blur (action prompt) to the highlight and shadow of the duplicated channel. Which one to use for your type of work? Please refer to the above hyper link to read the article. Again... It's free. If in doubt, use the "luminosity" action. In fleshtones use the "Red" action. Setting the blur between 10 and 20 is good. The power of these actions is blurring the highlight and shadow with seperate settings. These actions have been tested for P.S.CS and 6. They will not alter your layered file. As always, please run these actions on a test file before using on a live file. These actions are much like the highlight and shadow command in P.S. CS. These actions give you more control over this process though. To some the highlight and shadow command might be faster, Also the command has a sharpening factor, as well as additional controls for adding color. This action "could" be useful for P.S. Elements. I have not tested this though. As I know very little about this program, or how to use it.

John

p.s. Forgot one important thing. When the action finishes. You can adjust the shadow and highlight layers opacity, to taste.

Great golden nuggets, John.

Thanks for sharing.
~Danny~

Here's an action that probably won't have a lot of practical value, but it could be educational if you're into dissecting actions. It is based on this tutorial (http://www.designertoday.com/tabindex-16/tabId-19/itemid-1356/DesktopDefault.aspx).

It applies two not-frequently-used filters, Stylize > Extrude and Distort > Polar Coordinates to create a colorful starburst.

You can play it using the default settings and pre-selected colors or select custom colors as the action progresses.

Have fun...

~Danny~

You are right about practical, in my book at least. However, I teach a dyslexic young man who has a mind like a steel trap. He may not be able to read well; but he remembers everything and he is as thirsty for this kind of stuff as anyone I've ever met. My thanks to you from him. This is right up his alley. He will have more uses for this than you can imagine.

Janet

Heres a simple cross process action I made, it gives the effect of developing colour neg film in slide chemicals and vice versa C41 to E6 and E6 to C41. Wayne

Heres a simple cross process action I made, it gives the effect of developing colour neg film in slide chemicals and vice versa C41 to E6 and E6 to C41. Wayne

Greetings, Wayne:

Two very interesting actions. Thanks very much for sharing your craftsmanship.

Don't take the following as "complaints" or "criticisms." They are suggestions to consider that would make your actions a little more user friendly and flexible:
* Instead of an Image > Adjustment > Curves step, record a Curves Adjustment Layer. This would allow the user to fine tune the effect once the action completes. It also avoids a nasty "Curves command not available" error message that will be generated under some circumstances if the user is applying the action to a multiple layer file.
* Once the adjustment layer is created, rename it to "Curves - C41 to E6" (or E6 to C41). That would help keep track of what effect was applied 6 months from now, long after I forget which one I used, when somebody asks, "How'd you DO that?"
* Next, record a "move current layer - to front" command. Normally you have to do this after the first pass of action recording is finished. The open image will need to have at least 2 layers plus the Background. Click on any layer as long as it's not the Background and not the top layer. Click the Record control at the bottom of the Actions Palette. (assuming Windows), while holding down Shift and Ctrl, hit the ] (right bracket) key. This will move the selected layer to the top of the layer stack. STOP recording.

Why do this? It ensures the Adjustment Layer will always reside at the top of the layer stack regardless of how may layers the image has or what layer is active when the action is applied. It's just a little insurance against getting unexpected results.

Check THIS POST (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=78297#poststop) for an example I was able to create by messing with a Curves Adjustment Layer settings.

Again, your sharing is greatly appreciated. I had a lot of fun experimenting with both actions.

~Danny~

Sorry Danny, I'm reasonably inexperienced at making actions, and didn't think of putting them on different layers, I will bare it in mind next time. They were made originaly for a particular set of pics, I was trying to reproduce the effect of cross processing (copying actual photos) and got pretty close (I thought) I like your pic, what did you alter? Wayne

Danny,

I like to download these actions from all these people who are smarter than me and then play with them. Most of course aren't what I thought so now I have another .atn that I must erase for space sake or...

Is there a method to be able to "folderise" these actions in groupings such as: Main tested folders [with such things as ones I've written]; ...color balancing atns; ...ones to test out... and be able to mount your suggested downloads for here to the 'ones to test' then move to the appropriate folder or the trash as necessary? Is it possible to organise atn s by a folder/set grouping? HOW

I know that atn's may be organized in sets but I haven't a clue how that works. I remember how happy I was at finding you 'Mother of all atn sets' years ago and loading them. So many had no bearing on what I did but; I had no idea how to organize them so the list was so long I ended up scrapping all so I could figure out my atn list. The result of course was I almost never use a downloaded atn. ASIDE, Danny this could be a good Tutorial in another thread

Robert Collins

Danny,

I like to download these actions from all these people who are smarter than me and then play with them. Most of course aren't what I thought so now I have another .atn that I must erase for space sake or...

Is there a method to be able to "folderise" these actions in groupings such as: Main tested folders [with such things as ones I've written]; ...color balancing atns; ...ones to test out... and be able to mount your suggested downloads for here to the 'ones to test' then move to the appropriate folder or the trash as necessary? Is it possible to organise atn s by a folder/set grouping? HOW

I know that atn's may be organized in sets but I haven't a clue how that works. I remember how happy I was at finding you 'Mother of all atn sets' years ago and loading them. So many had no bearing on what I did but; I had no idea how to organize them so the list was so long I ended up scrapping all so I could figure out my atn list. The result of course was I almost never use a downloaded atn. ASIDE, Danny this could be a good Tutorial in another thread

Robert Collins

Hi Robert:

To create a new Action Set, click on the New Set icon at the bottom of the Actions Palette (the one that looks like manilla folder).

Generally speaking you can add as many new Action Sets as you like and name them accordingly, e.g., Black and White, Sharpening, Art, Frames, etc. Then you can drag/drop (move) actions from Action Set A into Action Set B all day long.

Similarly for individual actions (or entire Action Sets) you don't like or don't need, just drag/drop them into the Actions Palette Trash. Done deal. No need to keep things of no value.

Unfortunately Photoshop restricts one to a single level of Action Sets (aka: an action folders), that is, you cannot have an Action Set inside an Action Set like you can Windows file folders inside of Windows folders. This limitation makes organizing actions within the Actions Palette challenging for those who hord actions like I do.

When it comes to an organization scheme, there's no "right or wrong" way. It's like organizing your kitchen or office: You do what works for you and it may take years (literally) to fine tune the process/scheme.

A second dimension is how to organize .atn files on your hard disk. This and other action organization-related topics are covered in agonizing depth in a tutorial I wrote which can be downloaded from http://www.AtnCentral.com. (Click "Tutorial" at the top of the page). If you haven't yet, check out that section (about 2/3 into it). After having done so, feel free to ask more questions or for clarification. I'll be glad to help.

~Danny~

Sorry Danny, I'm reasonably inexperienced at making actions, and didn't think of putting them on different layers, I will bare it in mind next time. They were made originaly for a particular set of pics, I was trying to reproduce the effect of cross processing (copying actual photos) and got pretty close (I thought) I like your pic, what did you alter? Wayne

No worries, Wayne. You did just fine. Everyone starts at the same place when it comes to writing actions: The beginning. You get better with practice and experience.

re: My pic
In the Curves adjustment layer I experimented with the curve for each color channel. Nothing scientific... just dragged each curve this way and that to see what would happen. It was great fun! :)

Thanks Danny, I have a set of four sharpning actions I made, one is a simple high pass sharpner, but the other three use several ajustments (glowing edges, gausine blur and Usm) I don't know where to start putting them on different layers, and putting stops in etc. (they took me long enough to make as it was lol) I could post the set as it is if you wish to take a look? Wayne

Thanks Danny, I have a set of four sharpning actions I made, one is a simple high pass sharpner, but the other three use several ajustments (glowing edges, gausine blur and Usm) I don't know where to start putting them on different layers, and putting stops in etc. (they took me long enough to make as it was lol) I could post the set as it is if you wish to take a look? Wayne

Sure... Go for it.

Heres a set I made a while ago, it's a set of four sharpning actions, one is a high pass sharpner and the other three (2 3 and 4) use a more complicated arrangment of glowing edges, gausine blue, and the USM. The actions are non-destructive (they make a duplicate image as first step) they were made for medium size images 4-8 MP I would recomend no 2 as a starting point, 4 being quite strong. NB 2 3 and 4 may not work on lab colour or greyscale images (untested) Wayne

Overall a solid group of actions, Wayne. The high-pass action worked like magic.

A couple suggestions:
* I might include most of what you said in your descriptive text above in a "ReadMe" action that consisted of 2-3 Stop commands. Having your comments within a action in this group would be a helpful addition/reminder for not-so-good memories (like my own).
* Waynes sharpner 3: Did you mean to include a Duplicate Image command at the outset like the other actions?
* In addition to the Duplicate First Document step at the beginning of each action (a good practice, in my opinion), consider adding a Duplicate Background step and apply the sharpening to it. That way when each action finishes one has the sharpened and original layers in the same image.
* On the action names I believe you meant to use "sharpening," not "sharpning."

If you ever want to replace an attached file with an updated one, click the Edit button on your post, then Manage Attachments (again), delete the currrent attachment and upload a replacement.

This is a very useful set of actions, especially for those not familiar with high-pass or edge mask sharpening methods. Well done.

==> Send me an e-mail, please (click my name above for the menu).

~Danny~

I have edited the last set of actions, I didn't reilise that no 3 didn't have a duplicate image command so I have remade that action, and (hopefull) it now will make a duplicate image.
When I get the time I will remake the whole set, possibly adding some other usefull actions I have made.
I apoligise for any errors in the actions, I'm fairly new to making them, so I'm still finding my way, but I wanted to share them with the other fourum users. Wayne

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Hi just joined and have a question can I download the art history brush into Painter 9 or Paint shop pro 9 thanks :kisses:

Hi just joined and have a question can I download the art history brush into Painter 9 or Paint shop pro 9 thanks :kisses: Hi Bev... Glad you followed the yellow brick road and found RetouchPRO. :D

This is an excellent question. While on the surface it would seem like the answer should be fairly straight forward, it's a little messier than that.

In case others who are reading this thread are not aware, the Art History Brush is a Photoshop tool, which can use any of Photoshop's brushes, e.g., soft-edged, hard-edged, watercolor, scatter, etc.

For the context of this thread Photoshop supports two file types:
* Brush libraries (*.abr), which may consist of one or more brushes (see above)
* Presets (*.tpl), with are Photoshop tool specific, e.g., Art History Brush, Crop, Dodge, Burn, etc.

Technically there's no such thing as an "Art History Brush file." If the file to which you're referring has a .tpl file suffix (an "Art History Brush preset"), then "No, it won't work in Painter or Paint Shop Pro."

If it has an .abr file suffix, as I recall the .abr suffix can be renamed to whatever Paint Shop Pro uses for its brush files and Paint Shop Pro will recognize it. If applicable you'll just have to try it to see if I'm dreaming (a definite possibility) or not on this one.

Unfortunately there's no such file name modification that will make an .abr file compatible with Painter.

Wish the news was better for your 1st RetouchPRO thread... :)

...but I'm sure glad you asked.

~Danny~

If it has an .abr file suffix, as I recall the .abr suffix can be renamed to whatever Paint Shop Pro uses for its brush files and Paint Shop Pro will recognize it.

danny, i dont think this is true. i've tried this and a simple re-name doesnt work to get it to work in Paint Shop Pro, at least not in version 7. not sure i tried in 9. havent tried with 10. someone else hinted at being able to do it, but dont think it was as simple as a re-naming of the extension.

Craig

danny, i dont think this is true. i've tried this and a simple re-name doesnt work to get it to work in Paint Shop Pro, at least not in version 7. not sure i tried in 9. havent tried with 10. someone else hinted at being able to do it, but dont think it was as simple as a re-naming of the extension.

CraigThanks for clarifying that, Craig.

Maybe it was the other direction... Rename a Paint Shop Pro brush.xxx to brush.abr and Photoshop can use it.

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thanks for the explanation Danny now i understand lol would hate to miss out on a brush :lol: :lol:

I hope I am on the right form. Danny I have your action ket 7a but the watercolor actions are very harsh I am looking for something to make me photos into something that really looks like watercolor. I work with artist everyday and I love the look. They have told me to get some of my pics ready to sell next year.

I also downloaded Immpressionist but I am having a time finding just the right thing. :confused:

I hope I am on the right form. Danny I have your action ket 7a but the watercolor actions are very harsh I am looking for something to make me photos into something that really looks like watercolor. I work with artist everyday and I love the look. They have told me to get some of my pics ready to sell next year.

I also downloaded Impressionist but I am having a time finding just the right thing. :confused:Bottom line: Achieving a realistic watercolor look with Photoshop actions just isn't doable, assuming you're going for that wet-on-wet look where colors kind of fade together and/or have that dried unevenly look on paper. In fact I don't recall ever seeing any decent watercolor out of Photoshop, regardless of method.

Impressionist isn't going to be of much help watercolor-wise, either. It does some styles OK, e.g., oils, charcoal, chalk, dry brush -- but not WC.

The best WC effect I've seen in quite a while was created by Retouch member Goldcoin. She said she used Painter 6.0, not to be confused with Painter IX which is the current version as of 10/05.

Here are a few examples by Goldcoin, who does some great work:
* http://www.pbase.com/goldcoin/image/35809599
* http://www.pbase.com/goldcoin/image/46086979

Note: These were "hand (tablet) rendered" strokes, not generated from a plugin.

On the right photo, the Buzz plugin can yield a semi-decent watercolor look, so you might want to give that a look: www.Fo2pix.com.

I wish I had better news for ya... :(

~Danny~

Too bad there isn't one because I can't draw but I can take a good photograph :knockedou
I downloaded the vincent zip but now I forgot where to put it. what forum was it on.

FYI: The Vincent style has kind of an Impressionist-look.

re: I downloaded the vincent zip but now I forgot where to put it.

After unzipping the .zip, file "Vincent.set" needs to be placed inside \Impressionist\Impressionist accessories\User Settings. Once the .set file is in \User Settings and you've shutdown/restarted Photoshop, when you click the Styles button on in the Impressionist dialog, the (new) Vincent category will appear just above Watercolor.

Hi, I am a newbie and I think you people are very talented. I can only hope that someday, I can be half as good. Now for my question. Once you download the actions here, How do you put them into photoshop? I am interested in the decrack action. I downloaded it, then I didnt know where to put it, or how to get to it once I do get it. Please give me directios to do this, because I have a real need for it. Thank you.

Hi, I am a newbie and I think you people are very talented. I can only hope that someday, I can be half as good. Now for my question. Once you download the actions here, How do you put them into photoshop? I am interested in the decrack action. I downloaded it, then I didnt know where to put it, or how to get to it once I do get it. Please give me directios to do this, because I have a real need for it. Thank you.Welcome H(for Harley?)roadhog to RetouchPRO.

Regarding where to put the .atn file on your hard disk many people create a folder in a convenient location (your call on where) and name it something like \my actions or \actions from the net or whatever... and use this folder as a repository for actions they acquire.

After downloading/unzipping/saving the .atn file...
* Open Photoshop
* Press F9 to show the Actions Palette if it's not yet visible
* From the Actions Palette menu (arrow/top right) choose Load Actions...
* Navigate to the just unzipped .atn file and click Load. This copies the contents of the .atn file into Photoshop.

Here's a good intro tutorial to check out by Sonia Coleman. (Scroll down to the Photoshop section.) It's a 3-part series, and will get you acquainted with the Actions Palette, playing actions, etc:

http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/tutorials.htm

Hope this gets you moving.

~Danny~

Thanks Danny, I will give it a try.

Hi
I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong section. I just need to download a preset brush that got deleted on my photoshop CS2. Its the dune grass. Can someone help me with this?
Thank you
Kelley

Hi
I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong section. I just need to download a preset brush that got deleted on my photoshop CS2. Its the dune grass. Can someone help me with this?
Thank you
KelleyHi Kelley...

I don't have CS2 installed yet, but in PS7 brush "Dune grass" is in the default brush collection. I would expect this would be true in CS2, too. Can't hurt to try, right?

Give this a go...

Open the Brushes palette, click the arrow at the top/right of the palette and choose "Reset brushes" from the flyout menu.

* If you click OK, Photoshop will completely replace all the exting brushes in the Brushes palette with the original set. You'll end up with the brushes just as they were the day you installed CS2.

* If you click Append, Photoshop will add the default brush collection to the end of the palette. This will preserve (not replace) the brushes are they are now. Afterwards you'll need to delete the brushes you don't want, as there will most likely be many duplicates.

Does this help?

~Danny~

Danny...it worked! Thank you so much. I have tried to download that for three days straight now. Again, thanks a million!!

Danny, I followed the directions you gave me, (at least I think I did) but I am evidently doing something wrong. Do you have any other ideas that you can give me? Thanks you very much for your patience.

Opps, I thought I was still on the page I put my post on yesterday. I was trying to get the actions downloaded on my photoshop, like the decrack action. Thank you.

Danny, I followed the directions you gave me, (at least I think I did) but I am evidently doing something wrong. Do you have any other ideas that you can give me? Thanks you very much for your patience.No worries. Hang in there... Once you get over this little hump, the lightbulb will come on and you'll be set for life. :)

To assess your experience, have you played an action before? If not, no problem. It's important for me to know so I don't make further assumptions.

Which of these steps have you taken? (I need to know how far along you got):
1. Downloaded the decrack .zip file from RetouchPRO onto your hard disk
2. Unzipped the .zip file and put the .atn file that was inside somewhere on your hard disk (Where? What folder?)
3. Opened Photoshop
4. Made sure the Actions Palette is visible (F9 if its not)
5. Selected Load Actions... from the Actions Palette menu
6. Found the unzipped .atn file on your hard disk and loaded it into the Actions Palette

If you got this far, why do you think there is something wrong? What are the indicators?

Well, you were right. I wasnt pressing the play button, I was pressing the record button. Thank you so much for your help. Oh, by the way, you were right about the H for Harley. I will see where these new actions take me. I love learning photoshop. It went real slow at first, but now its starting to pick up. Thanks again.

Well, you were right. I wasnt pressing the play button, I was pressing the record button. Thank you so much for your help. Oh, by the way, you were right about the H for Harley. I will see where these new actions take me. I love learning photoshop. It went real slow at first, but now its starting to pick up. Thanks again.Glad to help whenever I can, but take some credit yourself. YOU figured it out. ("Oh, yeah. The ol' Play button. Been there/done that myself.")

Be patient... days like this come up once in awhile. Photoshop can feel like a monster to learn, but can definitely be tamed. Next time you get stuck cut yourself a little slack, give it your best shot, then wave the white flag. No point spending hours struggling when willing help is at hand.

Keep on learning, havin' fun and ridin' that big Hog. :)

I saw a post somewhere in the forums that is older i think, and it had an eyelash brush,... does anyone have this brush? When I tried to download it. it wouldn't download.

I saw a post somewhere in the forums that is older i think, and it had an eyelash brush,... does anyone have this brush? When I tried to download it. it wouldn't download.

If you were looking here...
http://www.deviantart.com/view/18636533/

...it appears you need to be registered at that site (I'm not) and logged on in order to download files. Were you registered and logged on?

If you were registered/logged on, are you Mac or Windows? What browser are you using?

If you have virus protection in place or an active Internet firewall, those may be blocking the download.

If you go to link on Danny's previous post under the picture of a eye (with eyelashes) click download to desktop the download should start (member or not i am but didn't log in) I have just downloaded it ! ! !

Palms

Hi I'm new here & it's all just blowing me away

All this help & that's just this thread !!

Can anyone help me with finding a set of black borders as an action, as I would like to add a border to most of my images that upload, double black with thin grey line inside the black frame

Many thanks in advance

Alan

Hi I'm new here & it's all just blowing me away

All this help & that's just this thread !!

Can anyone help me with finding a set of black borders as an action, as I would like to add a border to most of my images that upload, double black with thin grey line inside the black frame

Many thanks in advance

AlanHello, Alan...

Welcome to RetouchPRO. I am not aware of any existing actions to do this, but I am pretty handy at action writing, so I might be able to help you out.

Is your intent to run the action on one image at a time, or would you prefer to apply it in batch -- to a folder of images?

If you could upload a couple example images you have already digitally framed (manually) to your liking, that would help a lot, too. (Use Photoshop's File > Save for Web to easily size below the 100kb per image maximum.)

~Danny~

Hi Danny

Many thanks for your reply, the type of border I am looking for is similar to one around the photo attached ( with I did not take but have copied to show you ).

I would like it only for one image at a time upright & view, & c/w grey lines not white, also how has the photographer shaded area's on his photo, I am a complete novice when it comes to photoshop sorry

Thanks

Alan

Hi Danny

Many thanks for your reply, the type of border I am looking for is similar to one around the photo attached ( with I did not take but have copied to show you ).

I would like it only for one image at a time upright & view, & c/w grey lines not white, also how has the photographer shaded area's on his photo, I am a complete novice when it comes to photoshop sorry

Thanks

AlanOK... The example image helped, thanks.

Click my name above and send me an e-mail through the forum e-mail dialog, if you would please. I will reply with the .atn I wrote attached and you can try it. When we finish working through modifications via e-mail, I will post the final result here at RetouchPRO.

Don't worry about being a novice. Everyone starts out where you are now. :)

A HUGE PUBLIC THANK YOU TO DANNY

For designing & helping me with my question above

Many thanks Danny

I have already used & the customer loved it

Alan

A HUGE PUBLIC THANK YOU TO DANNY

For designing & helping me with my question above

Many thanks Danny

I have already used & the customer loved it

AlanGreat news, Alan... glad to help. I have uploaded the .atn we built below.

Cheers :)

~Danny~

Bill Miller, action craftsman extraordinare, developed this action that generates a "batik" effect.


I've download this file but i don't know how it functions. There is nothing change in my photoshop. :confused:

I've download this file but i don't know how it functions. There is nothing change in my photoshop. :confused:Hello, zzsylvia:

Welcome to RetouchPRO.

The .atn file you downloaded must be loaded (copied) from your hard disk into Photoshop. Here are a couple of tutorials on actions that will help get you started:

http://www.imphotography.com/downloads/installactions.htm
IM Photography.com - Loading and Saving actions

http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/tutorials.htm
Sonia Coleman. Good for beginners. Scroll down to the Photoshop section. This is a 3-part series.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=100586&redir=1&rl=1
Tim Plumber. “Take advantage of Photoshop Actions”

Let me know if you need further assistance.

~Danny~

Bill Miller, action craftsman extraordinare, developed this action that generates a "batik" effect.
hello, Danny

Thanks a lot!
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My favourite site , especially for the garphic examples is http://atncentral.com/
DebT
Photoshop Excellent idea to consolidate information