… Action!
Ever wonder about Photoshop actions? I remember when I first started digi … I had no idea what people were talking about, lol! But now I know that actions are a series of recorded steps that perform specific steps. Like turning a photo black & white. Or saving your .psd layered file in a printable .jpg format as well as in a web-friendly version. I use actions every day in my designing — and quite often in my scrapbooking too. Some are absolute time-savers … and others create super cool effects.
So, if you want to learn more about actions, I can recommend two great articles:
Actions in Photoshop (TaylorMade Designs)
Lights, Camera … Actions! (The Daily Digi)
Honestly, I’m behind the times when it comes to all the cool actions that are out there. But I have used actions from these sources in the past:
Pioneer Woman
CoffeeShop
And I hear My Four Hens also has some great ones … I confess, I’ve downloaded her free actions but haven’t had a chance to try them out just yet.
Atomic Cupcake has some neat ones for designers (and maybe for scrapbookers too, but I’ve only used her as a design resource) … I use her puffy felt action.
What actions have you tried?
I haven’t tried any actions yet but I had to purchase some from Four Hens when they were 50% off a few months back. Looking forward to using them!
I haven’t tried any actions. Didn’t know they were out there. lol
i’ve used actions in PSE mostly to enhance the photos
THANK YOU!!!! I went nuts downloading actions from Coffee Shop. Once I got over the hump of the installation process I was like a mad woman! Then, I couldn’t stop playing with them. Again, thank you for pointing these sites out to me. I will be checking the others out soon!
You’re welcome, Helen! So glad it was helpful!
I’ve got quite alot of Atomic Cupcake actions, as well as the Coffee Shop and PW freebies. For my photos, I also use vizro’s Virtual Photographer…I can’t afford Lightroom at the moment and this free program has worked very well for me.