ACTIONS, Photo-Art Photoshop ACTIONS: The Mother of all Collections

[gholmes1936]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Here's an example using the base image from Mini-challenge #9, "Last Chance."

The degree of graininess within the image and how much "non-colored border" is controlled by user applied brushstrokes once the action completes.

I have just recently joined this great forum. I'd like to show you what I have done with the "Last Chance" image and instructions that I followed---and then deviated from. Wish I would, wish I could say that I remember all of them. However without the basic instructions I never would have gotten the fional result, which pleases me no end. I only hope that the image that I finished and attach here shows up.

Thanks Danny,
gholmes1936@gmail.com
Austin, Texas

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by gholmes1936

I have just recently joined this great forum. I'd like to show you what I have done with the "Last Chance" image and instructions that I followed---and then deviated from. Wish I would, wish I could say that I remember all of them. However without the basic instructions I never would have gotten the fional result, which pleases me no end. I only hope that the image that I finished and attach here shows up.

Thanks Danny,
gholmes1936@gmail.com
Austin, Texas

George:

Your pic uploaded just fine and I can see why you were pleased with it. Congrats on your results and for having posted your first image at RetouchPRO. I hope there will be many more.

~Danny~

[GillyH]

That's a beautiful effect, Danny! Thanks for sharing

[Mistral]

I'm a newbie so if you've seen this action before please excuse the ring. It's called the "Lomo" because it simulates the colorfully intense and retro coolness of the Russian Lomo camera. I've produced some fantastic pix with it and in combination with other actions. Hope this is interesting to you because I've had a blast with it, but then I think fireflies are interesting so good luck. Whoever came up with this one also did us a great service, because it's abso-freaking-cool.

[DannyRaphael]

Some of these are really cool.

http://www.chainstyle.com/freebies.html

~Danny~

[DannyRaphael]

Mike: THANKS for the inspiration!

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It's been awhile since I was inspired to write an action, but when I saw the results of one written by Mike Warren recently (see this thread at DPReview), I had to give it a go.

My action, written using PS7 (I don't think it work work with PS6), will take an image of any size and create a 3x3 matrix, with each pane on a separate layer for a lot of creative flexibility.

Check out the attachments for a better idea of what I mean. If someone has CS or CS2, I'd like to know if it works with either.

Have fun...

~Danny~

[mikew714]

Danny,

You're Welcome and thanks for taking this to the next level! I wouldn't have had the drive and energy to make complex modifications to the Action (lost enough sleep on this as it was). I haven't tried your Action yet, but I'm sure it is well thought out and will run flawlessly as do all your Actions! Great idea, I can't wait to try it!


Mike

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Mike: THANKS for the inspiration!

- - - - - -

It's been awhile since I was inspired to write an action, but when I saw the results of one written by Mike Warren recently (see this thread at DPReview), I had to give it a go.

My action, written using PS7 (I don't think it work work with PS6), will take an image of any size and create a 3x3 matrix, with each pane on a separate layer for a lot of creative flexibility.

Check out the attachments for a better idea of what I mean. If someone has CS or CS2, I'd like to know if it works with either.

Have fun...

~Danny~

[mikew714]

Danny,

I ran your Action and I was right. It was well thought out and ran flawlessly!

Thanks again!

Mike


[QUOTE=mikew714]Danny,

You're Welcome and thanks for taking this to the next level! I wouldn't have had the drive and energy to make complex modifications to the Action (lost enough sleep on this as it was). I haven't tried your Action yet, but I'm sure it is well thought out and will run flawlessly as do all your Actions! Great idea, I can't wait to try it!

[ydelle]

What is the difference between the 7-7a and 7b action set found on this site. I downloaded all of them and would like to know if they are the same.
I also have v6.
thank you

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by ydelle

What is the difference between the 7-7a and 7b action set found on this site. I downloaded all of them and would like to know if they are the same.
I also have v6.
thank you

7a and b are minor revisions (corrections, mostly) to 7. 7b is the most current.

[patriciakay]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Mike: THANKS for the inspiration!

- - - - - -

It's been awhile since I was inspired to write an action, but when I saw the results of one written by Mike Warren recently (see this thread at DPReview), I had to give it a go.

My action, written using PS7 (I don't think it work work with PS6), will take an image of any size and create a 3x3 matrix, with each pane on a separate layer for a lot of creative flexibility.

Check out the attachments for a better idea of what I mean. If someone has CS or CS2, I'd like to know if it works with either.

Have fun...

~Danny~

Hi Danny,
Now i have worked out how to reply to you and send, even put some pics in the gallery....takes a while but i get there eventually!!!

Love this action...do you have a tutorial for it as i like to change the hues and sats to my liking...can do it manually now but would like an action with it already done...if possible!!!

Will try send you an example of what i did to your action...hope you aprove!!!

Kind regards Patricia Kay

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by patriciakay

Love this action...do you have a tutorial for it as i like to change the hues and sats to my liking...can do it manually now but would like an action with it already done...if possible!!!

Will try send you an example of what i did to your action...hope you approve!!!

Glad you like it. It was fun to write.

There is no tutorial; it's pretty much "experiment" and see what you can do.

Some may not realize that one can customize any of the rectangles by opening (double-clicking on) any of the corresponding adjustment layers and changing the settings.

One can also modify the action to apply one's favorite default colors and/or adjustment layer settings.

Does this help or did I not understand your question?

~Danny~

[patriciakay]

Hello Danny,
Thanks for the reply. i went into all the boxes, took off the frame first and then the middle one,then i just went down the list changing the levels first and then looking into each and tweaking a bit to see what i could do, its fun and i was happy with the result, thanks again for that...soon when i do a good action i will post it to you...so little time so much to with my photos!!!! I am on a learning curve every day and as i have only had photoshop a month theres a way to go...but i have had paintshop pro 9 for about a year so can do more in that program...
Enjoying retouchPro very much..

Kind regards Patricia Kay

[raniday]

Patricia Kay, I'm glad you bumped this thread up. I had missed it, and Mike & Danny are two of my "Action Heroes" Can hardly wait to try these!

[patriciakay]

Hi to all,
Its a really great Action that danny did, Cathrine and so much fun to do...i am sending yet another example from it...hope ya all like!!!

Kind regards Patricia Kay.

[raniday]

I missed your post, Pat. That's really cool, and it glows!

[patriciakay]

Thanks Cat...think its time to post another one.....its a fun action....
sending two, roses in one and Alex and Eden in the other....have many to send as and when.....
Kind regards
patricia kay

[DannyRaphael]

http://www.panosfx.com/

Check out the Downloads link. Film strip, mosaic, edge effects and many, many more.

Just amazing...

Some free PS brushes, too.

Have fun.

~Danny~

[mikew714]

Thanks for the head's up!

http://www.mikedubu.com/panos_4_images.jpg

[patriciakay]

Hi Danny,
Thanks for the link to panosfx, Palms1 also sent me it...the actions look great...have already downloaded a few and will try later...just love new actions and plugins...cheers...
Just want to wish you and all at Retouch...

A very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year!!!!

Kind regards Patricia Kay

Ps cool filmstrip mike

[patriciakay]

lillies for you this time....

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!!!

Patricia Kay

[DannyRaphael]

Here's an action that creates a neat oil painting-like effect. The secret is Photoshop's Craquelure filter with settings of 2,0,0.

It works especially well on images rendered with the Impressionist plugin.

In the attached before/after example the action was played 2 times to double the effect.

IMPORTANT: Bug identified and fixed. Thanks. Mike Warren. for your help.

Have fun!

~Danny~

[raniday]

Thanks, Danny. I'll give it a try.

[Russell]

Hello graphic pros:

I am not as experienced with Photoshop as I am Illustrator, but I'm learning
I saw this cool action for the "wooden frames" and thought they would look good around our band pics. However, when trying to apply a frame, I get the error message: "could not complete the command because the selected area is empty." Again, I'm just learning this complex program and am lost! Could/would any of you nice people lend your assistance here?!? Thank you for your patience.

-russell

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Russell

Hello graphic pros:

I am not as experienced with Photoshop as I am Illustrator, but I'm learning
I saw this cool action for the "wooden frames" and thought they would look good around our band pics. However, when trying to apply a frame, I get the error message: "could not complete the command because the selected area is empty." Again, I'm just learning this complex program and am lost! Could/would any of you nice people lend your assistance here?!? Thank you for your patience.

-russell

Hi Russell, and welcome to RetouchPRO...

re: Just getting started with PS
Believe me, we've all been in your shoes. You have many fun days ahead.

A couple things to try...
* If the image you're working on has multiple layers, duplicate the original, flatten the duplicate and apply the action to the flattened duplicate.
* If that doesn't fly, try using the rectangular selection tool and make a selection of the portion of the image you want framed, including ctrl + A (for select all) prior to launching the action.

If neither of these work, click my name above and send me an e-mail (not PM) and I'll help you debug it.

~Danny~

[gina]

Hi everyone,

especially Danny, long time no see
I see you're still the fountain of wisdom for all of us LOL

I'm cleaning up and doing long overdue back-ups on the puter and as I'm sure everyone of you has, I have collected a mass of actions and brushes from different sources. Recently I have found a brushes viewer - you see the picture of the brush - without launching photoshop - and it's much easier to go through. Does anybody know if something like that exists for actions. I have opened some actions with notepad and there is a great amount of text visible. It is very difficult to read and I know about the ctrl-alt-save feature to save an action in text. It helps off course butI still have to load all the actions in PS and save etc. I'm lazy that's it! LOL
It might even be illegal to try this, I don't know?

I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in something like this.
Maybe someone clever can even make it?

thanks a bunch for reading, listening and perhaps even thinking about a solution for this


gina

[sylvia1065]

Hi Gina,
I don't know of a program that does that, but ActionDex is another program that makes thumbnails of what a picture would look like after being processed.
You can download a trial version on that site.
Good luck,
Sylvia

[DannyRaphael]

Hi Gina...

Sylvia made the same suggestion I would have made. ActionDex is a very useful add-on for managing actions (folders within folders, for example).

Hope all is well with you. Stop in anytime.

~Danny~

[gina]

Hi girls and guys,

thx for the actiondex suggestion. I have downloaded the trial and I will check it out when I have the time LOL.
Hope everything is well with you all too.
Since I changed from working 50% to 80% I'm more stretched for time than before. A day needs at least 48 hours t do the things I want to do

greets to everyone
enjoy

gina

[Mohammed]

Hi all

This is my first message here, I used to visit this forum to learn from some worthy posters... and now decided to take the step

I've just made a little action that gives an impressionist paint look and would appreciate any feedback either positive or negative, just to let me know what you think, no plugin is needed, only photoshop

Here it is Impressionist action or download the .zip attachment below. It contains the .atn file as well.

here is an exemple before/after images (attachments)

Kind Regards to you all