Actions, brushes, swatches, styles, textures etc.

[DannyRaphael]

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

[DannyRaphael]

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~

[Stephen M]

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.

[john_opitz]

<<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'

[TwinbNJ]

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/

[feivel]

Can anyone make an action for flash-fill from Leah's post of Eismann's technique shown here: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sho...4997#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

[john_opitz]

Digitial Deluxe

Pretty good for a free action.

[DannyRaphael]

This action was written by Dave Jaseck.

PS6 and above.

[Stephen M]

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/~binar...volcorner.html

Enjoy,

Stephen Marsh.

[john_opitz]

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

Banding Blender

[john_opitz]

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

[DannyRaphael]

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

[Stephen M]

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.

[gyrgrls]

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.

[DannyRaphael]

gyrgrls:

Definitely useful. Thanks for sharing your handiwork.

~Danny~