I was in downtown LA on Friday. I was struck by the wonderful colors in the garment district and the sign advertising the LA County Museum. I used buzz water color stack and then a layer above that set to linear burn that I painted back in the colors lost in the watercolor stack. I also increased the saturation. :)

Cricket

Can you use a 3rd party plug in for an action? I have never tried it. I could write a sweet little action if it allows that.

Cricket

Cricket,
Love the colors and the way it all falls togeather. Makes me think of some of the old movie posters.

bubba

Cricket:

As a former L.A. resident, I appreciated this one perhaps more than others not having had the opportunity (challenge?) of living in this area.

RE: Using plugins in actions
Depending on the plugin, some permit uninterrupted execution via an action; others invoke the plugin dialog no matter what.

Cases in point:
* Buzz: You get the dialog, even if a preset (stack) was specified when the action was recorded. As long as you don't mind having to click OK, it's doable.
* Virtual painter: Once the steps are recorded into the action, the action can run uninterrupted.

RE: Hollywood Bowl action
It generates some interesting colors, but doesn't simplfy like Buzz does.

~Danny~