Photoshop / Using Actions to edit pictures
Photoshop Actions are basically shortcuts that allow photographers, at the click
of a button, to enhance and enrich their photos in a fast and efficient way.
Today we’re going to apply some Actions to an image.
I’ll be using this as an example (feel free to use any other):
1. First, choose a picture and save it on
the desktop.
2. Then, open Photoshop.
3. Drag the photo from your desktop to Photoshop.
Your image should appear.
4. We now have to make sure your Action window is
open.
Go to
Window
and make
sure Action
is Selected.
These are all of our
available actions.
4. To apply the effects: Click the one you want to choose
(the first one), and hit play on the bottom part of the
action window.
This window will appear, just
click continue.
Your image will look like a
pencil drawing.
Let’s try another effect. To disable the one you just
applied, click on the eye of the Layer you want to hide.
Then just select another one you’d like to try and hit
play.
“Bleached” is a good example:
To apply another effect just follow the same process.
Disable the layer that you just created by applying the
effect and choose another action.
To apply the Spotify Duotone Effect:
Select the Spotify Duotone Effect
and click play.
On your layer section
you’ll have these two new
layers on top:
Brightness/Contrast and
Color Combinations
(Remember, Bleached and
Background Copy are the
previous effects applied).
Now expand the Color
Combinations folder.
You’ll see a couple of Color
Combinations, and the one at the
very bottom (Blue/Red) is
predetermined.
To use other colors, disable that
layer and activate other colors by
clicking on the visibility layer
square.
Blue/Red
Mauve/Green
TO SAVE AND EXPORT YOUR PICTURE
Click on “Save As”
Choose Desktop as your
destination – and JPEG as
your format.
If JPEG options appear, Choose the Quality you want, (I’d
recommend Maximum) then just click okay.
Your picture will be saved on your
Desktop.
Photoshop / Using Actions to edit
pictures