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I just wanted to send a shout out to Freebies that are available in the store! I ran this action straight out of a studio shoot. I thought I was going to faint, it’s so purdy. However, I did not write in the action Mode>Convert to 8 bit. I’ll rewrite it a little tonight. You can download now, but just remember…convert to 8 bit if it doesn’t go all the way through. You do that by going to Image>Mode>8 Bit Channel.
I’m giggling in my rockety computer chair pretty darn hard….Let me show you why.
Ok, here’s a shot I did from my 365 day Project. I had done some pictures earlier in the evening but I wasn’t happy with them so I decided to do a shot of this deer skull that my daughter, who was seven at the time, was particularly insistent that we bring home from a trip in central Utah. Lora, one my dearest friends, of course wholeheartedly supported the idea of hauling a dried up carcass in the back of my car (not hers). And Hot Pants, my hubby, agreed. I can’t remember if finding the skull was before Lora shot the rattlesnake or after but it certainly was before one of my most memorable “Ambien” moments around the campfire that evening. Lora later remarked to her son, “Let that be lesson to never get high, especially in front of your friends.” Really, the comment was entirely unnecessary. Tyler, Lora’s son (now sixteen) will still to this day shake his head with a smile and ask, “Remember that time you got high?” Prescription RX sometimes don’t kick in like you think they will and I think the fact I took another one (we were camping, the ground was hard, it was cold) but still stayed awake added to…let’s just say a fun filled night that fortunately both my children were asleep for. Lora does occasionally remark, “Oh, you’d be such a fun drunk. ” I think my Ambien moments more than compensate for the fact that I don’t drink. Anyway, we brought the deer skull home and for the last four years I’ve been wanting to snap some type of picture of it. So I did last night…before the Ambien. Here’s a before, notice the crinkle of the paper in the back…
Here’s what so funny (at least to me). All I did is one run one of my fancy actions, Powder Puff (named for all those football games just for girls) and wow-ie-wow! Look how freakin’ hot it looks, I LOVE it! Actions like these are designed to run in Elements and Photoshop and are perfect those who do blogging of any type. Check out my store for more like it! http://www.myphotographica.com/blog/store/
Holy Crudola! I love this action! This action is Honey Daze and it’s available in my Classic Action Pack or in the Whole Combo Action Pack in the store.
Holy Buddha! This makes me want to go create more actions! And that brings me to my great topic of the day, Freebie Friday. Right, now there are two free actions available in the store and today…I’m adding a third, Size for Web and Border! If you are a blogger this action is a must have. It will size your actions to a max width of 400 px and add a thin border. So with one click, your image will end up just like this.
The border is a semi-transparent black so that it will go with any type of shot. You can find this action, along with other freebies and actions to purchase here.. The advantages to using actions is speed and you can use actions when you batch process (lots of images at once). But you don’t need an action to do this. You can do it yourself by going to the top left of Photoshop and do the following:
Good luck and Happy Photoshop Editing!
This is Auntie Spiffy. Or at least that’s what kids have always always called her. She’s my hubby’s baby sister. Isn’t she beautiful? She is single and well qualified applicants may inquire. Today I’ve got a lovely little freebie, it’s a nice soft focus action with a layer that allows you to erase through to keep your eyes sharp. So in the shot above, I ran it just once to soften the skin and hair. You can run the action again to get a more ethereal feel (remember to flatten your image before running tha action again). I do only leave my freebies up for a limited time so grab it while you can!
Congratulations to Dana Ohlsen for winning our Hot Shot Challenge. The theme was gratitude and she did alovely job conveying that concept. A nice action pack for you chicka! And it’s because of Dana (ALL RESPONSIBILITY ON HER) that I’m going to be doing a Shot Out Boot Camp December 28 in Salt Lake City. One full day of in class instruction and hands opportunities to develop your skills, shooting and editing. Models will be provided with a catered lunch. It will be fast paced, no hand holding, push yourself till you drop, and the chance for you to take your photography to a new level. It will be everything I wish I had known when I was starting off. Participants will need to be know how to work their camera in manual and bring a laptop with CS3 or CS4 (free trial download available). Class size will be limited! More information soon! BLACK FRIDAY!!! 50% OFF FOR 1 DAY ONLY! And with Freebie Friday, not 1 but 2 free actions with the Whole Combo Pack, Soft Focus and Antiqued (actions delievered after purchase). Monday I’ll be back with a great post on how to do outdoor portraits! BLACK FRIDAY HERE ON MY PHOTOGRAPHICA! 50% OFF EVERTHING IN THE STORE! TWO BONUS ACTIONS INCLUDED IN WHOLE COMBO PACK, SOFT FOCUS AND ANTIQUED! FRIDAY 12AM-12PM 12 FULL HOURS! 1 CLICK SOLUTIONS FOR BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS! THIS IS MY FIRST BLACK FRIDAY AND TO CELEBRATE IT WILL BE THE ONLY TIME I WILL EVER HAVE 50% OFF EVERYTHING!!!
This is the finished product with this texture added. From Monday and Wednesday posts you can see how a picture evolves and develops.
Carissa Rogers from GoodNCrazy http://goodandcrazypeople.blogspot.com/ posted some fabulous rose pictures last week but when were chatting about them she said she felt she didn’t quite get get the mood she wanted so she let me have a crack a few. Actions can be used together to create a fabulous effect.
1. Hawaiian Vintage Postcard + Reveal + Reveal 65% The Original one more time and then my own personal quick edit.
I hope this inspires you to invest some time in Photoshop and see how incredible your photos can be become with a little work. Ansel Adams wasn’t just a great shooter, he was a master in the darkroom as well. Consider Photoshop your own personal darkroom and have fun!
I ran this shot on Monday and just wanted to show you what it looked like with a good black and white conversion action. Black and conversion can leave your pictures looking flat and dull if not done the right way. This week’s featured action is Dreamy Black and White is a beautiful simple action. It’s a black and white conversion that gives your photos a soft ethereal fee. It has a top blur layer that you can erase through so you can use selective focus. This action is available in the Classic Action Pack and The whole Combo Action Pack. The Whole Combo Pack is on sale through November. You can review them on the product page or in the store or click here.
This is one of favorite babies ever, except he’s not a baby anymore. Jenny you really to come visit so I can see him. In fact, I got a tweet yesterday from him asking about doing some more pictures;) This is how the action looks on skin tones, beautiful! Simple easy to use with one click results! I’m posting Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (and sometimes a little more:)
OK, so I was really feeling crapola yesterday (I’m so glad my mom never reads my blog, she would HATE to hear me say that) and I felt my post was pretty crapola as well so I wanted to make it up to you. Have you ever thought, “Wow, I wish I was in Hawaii today”? I think that pretty much everyday from December 31 to March 31, sometimes even 10-12 times a day. Well, now you can be in Hawaii with just one click. Introducing my Hawaiian Vintage Postcard action. The shot below is what it looked like before.
So if you want to make it on your own, follow along with me. Two things to remember actions don’t generally work well on images shot with flash and this action does have a texture as well so you will want to run this on a larger image if possible or use the opacity to bring down the texture if desired. 1. Layer>Duplicate Layer Here’s the link for the FREE action here. It’s also the link to my store, so if you like your action, you know where to get more. If you’ve never used actions but would like to, I have directions on how to install them. Actions are 1 step recipes that transform your photos that you can download to use in Adobe Elements or Photoshop. Let me warn you, it’s somewhat of a pain in the wazoo to install them the first time if you have Elements. On behalf of Adobe, I would like to apologize. Actually, I believe Adobe doesn’t even really care. They are perfectly content to think that if you want to use actions, you have to have the full CS program. That is not true. If you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about just know this ACTION=EASY (YOU CAN DO ACTIONS IN ELEMENTS TOO). If you don’t know what version of Photoshop you have, I’m gonna bet 10 to 1 you have Elements, which is all you need here. Good luck! I’m generally here Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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