A quick tutorial about recording actions using Photoshops Action Window. If youve ever needed to perform the same steps on more than one file at a time, this tutorial will save you a lot of time.
Recording Photoshop Actions
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Photoshop Actions Basics
paintthemoon.net A short overview of how to apply and tweak an action in Photoshop. By Paint the Moon actions.
"Matrix Collages" Photoshop actions from PanosFX.com
The "Matrix Collages" actions are a part of the "Big Pictures" actions. This video from www.panosfx.com shows you how to use the Matrix Collages with the Big Pictures in Photoshop
Paint the Moon Textures Photoshop Actions Tutorial
paintthemoon.net A tutorial by Paint the Moon Photography showing the basics of texture application in Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements). Please excuse the pause in the middle (right around where I create the layer mask) and the little girl coughing in the background … I have a very sick little angel right now and I think this version was about take twelve, trying to get through it with no interruptions or background kiddie noises. In addition, being about 8 months pregnant, I tend to get out of breath easily and by the end I was practically gasping for air. LOL! Im a mommy before all else, so hopefully youll accept my little tutorial here with the hiccups and all. 
Outdoor Image Fixed in Photoshop: Better Sky ~ Better Lighting
Thanks to Karen Gunton of Smile, Play, Love Photography in Australia, for sending in this Blueprint.
Karen wrote: The sun was behind this family. The camera could not handle the dynamic range and I did not have fill flash or a reflector. The sky was blown and their faces were quite dark. I actually have the same shot from the other side of the family, as they were looking at the ocean, and it includes a gorgeous blue sky, so I wanted to try to save this photo so that I could give both shots to the family.
The first thing I had to do was fix mom’s eyes – it looks like she was just about to blink! So I cloned better eyes from another shot (one where the baby was hiding her face!). To do this, I used the clone tool. At the same time I decided the dead treetops were distracting so I cloned those out too. Then I went on to my regular editing steps.
- Ran Imagnomic’s Noiseware at default settings
- Used MCP actions “powder your nose” from the Magic Skin Photoshop action set to remove the bruise from the baby’s forhead – set at default opacity.
- Bumped the midtones in Curves
- Added contrast with light s-curve using Curves
- Used MCP actions “touch of light” free photoshop action to reduce the shadows on all of their faces – set at 60% opacity
- Used the Magic See-Saw action from the Bag of Tricks action set to adjust the skin tones and color – added red/reduced cyan, added yellow/reduced blue.
- Flattened the image and used MCP actions “fake blue sky” action from the Bag of Tricks set and left it at the default opacity. This action worked like a charm! It looks so real and identical to the sky in another image taken in a different direction where I did not have a blown sky.
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Photoshop Action Scripts
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Photoshop CS4 Tutorial – How to Download & use Photoshop Actions
here is a tutorial video on how to download and use photoshop actions (ITS FREE). SONG – Vanessa Amorosi – This Is Who I Am i use actions all the time when i use photosho they give a really cool effect to the pictures. here is the link to the Action i used. peaceelovee.deviantart.com Thanx to peaceelovee on deviantart.com for making and posting the Action. click on this link to see more actions you can download. browse.deviantart.com HERE IS MY deviantart.com PAGE hilaryduff4ever12.deviantart.com MY TWITTER. twitter.com MY FACEBOOK (FAN PAGE ONLY) www.facebook.com MY deviantART. hilaryduff4ever12.deviantart.com I ONLY OWN THE EDITING AND EFFECTS OF THIS VIDEO ALL COPYRIGHT BELONG TO THERE RIGHTFULL OWNERS
Photoshop – Action for Batch Resize and Emboss
This tutorial will teach you to take a directory of images and automatically resize and put text anywhere you want to. This is great for any skill set of photgraphers and it beats doing it to images one-by-one.
Photoshop Actions-Part 1
In this tutorial Digital Photo Guru shows you a technique used on wedding photos. The technique creates an image within an image. The guru shows you how to convert all the steps into an action. This tutorial was created using Photoshop CS3, but works in CS4 and older versions.
PhotoShop Actions: Explored and Explained
I have had some requests for more information on Actions — what do they do, how do you use them, where do you get more of them, etc. Hopefully this will answer some of your questions.