Here is a Photoshop action that will give a photo a watercolour painting effect.
When using this action, if the effect is too much and is knocking out all the details, reduce the opacity of Layer 1 and/or Layer 1 copy 2
I hope you like this action, can use it and enjoy it!
Today I have created a psd colouring file that gives a dark, grainy effect for portrait photographs.
There is a texture included with this file. If the texture is too small for your image, simply use the Transform tool to resize it to cover the canvas.
I hope you have a use for this and enjoy it!
Click on the image to download the file.
Autumn - the season that brings us the richest of nature's colors - is upon us in the Northern Hemisphere!
Whether you are photo manipulator, digital artist or a designer, there are times when the perfect image may not have been taken in the perfect season... that's where a selection of free PS Actions and PSD coloring files can save you so much time as well as being a great learning curve towards your mastery of Photoshop.
Here we have collected a selection of autumn actions and .psd coloring files for Photoshop that will enhance your images to any shade of autumn colors you require.
PSD colouring files really have two clear uses - the first of which is time-saving. If you can achieve the required adjustments to your image just by inserting a pre-made group of adjustment layers, the time-saving factor can be enormous - especially if you are working with a lot of images requiring a similar effect.
The second use of PSD colouring files is to learn from them. Whatever your Photoshop skill level, there are always more tricks, tips and techniques to learn! PSD files are a great way of learning how to achieve photo effects, and it is easier to see the process than with actions.
Whatever your reason for using PSD colouring files, it is useful to have some in your PS resources library.
For this showcase I have applied the files to different images - just to show they can work on other images as the photograph the author shows is usually the one the file was built around.
Today I am sharing with you a new action for Photoshop. This action will turn a light image to dusk/nightfall.
After running the action you will have all the adjustment layers in the layers palette so you can further adjust them to your liking or for the particular image you are working on.
I hope you like it and have fun with it!
Click on the image to directly download the .atn file.
I know that some artists don't like to use actions, preferring to create all effects through Photoshop themselves. However, actions definitely have a place in digital art. They can be both time saving and educational. For those learning Photoshop, actions provide ways of implementing effects that the learner may not know how to. Looking back through the history palette will give some clues as to how the effect was achieved.
If time is of the essence, having some good actions in your arsenal can be very useful.
Here is a list of some very effective actions - photo manipulators should have many of these on their hard drives!
Skin enhancement is a technique often required for both photograph improvement and photo manipulation.
Here is a Photoshop action that gives a fairly dramatic improvement to the skin, but the layers are not merged during the action, so you can make alterations to the adjustment layers used to your liking. Also consider reducing the opacity of the final image over the top of the original so the effect is not so drastic. It is an action to be experimented with according to which photograph you are working on and the final result required.
Click on the image to download the action.
Enjoy!
PanosFX create wonderful actions, and they have just added two more to their collection.
The two new actions are Stickers and Discrete - additions to the classic Border and Bends Actions.
Here I will show you the results of using these actions in Photoshop.
