Remember that time I said I had a free photoshop action for you?
And do you remember that it took me, like, 3 months to actually post it?
And do you remember how kind and forgiving you were of my procrastination?

So here is a sample of my Touch of  Sun warming action for photoshop…
(This free action is compatible with all CS versions of photoshop.)

(for this particular image I ran my warming action twice, with the second time at 30% opacity)

:: Download Touch of Sun warming action ::

ENJOY!
Ginnie

I’m thinking today is feeling like a photoshop before & after kind of day, don’t you think?

I’ve always loved seeing other photographers before’s & after’s. I love looking at where the creative process in photoshop takes them and seeing the end result. Hopefully, you enjoy it as much as I do

The one on the left is straight out of the camera or SOOC and the right is the edited image.

Whenever I edit a picture I usually start with the same basic actions from my set of actions:
- Lighten
- Color Boost
- Make it Pop (and adjust the opacity to my liking)

Depending on the picture I will make a few adjustments to the color and contrast using curves.
I also like to use portaiture on some of my images.
FYI-curves is my most used tool in photoshop.

Some of my other favorite actions to use are:
- My Feeling Blue
- Totally Rad’s Pool Party
- Pioneer Woman’s Seventies (I used this on the first  image with the opacity turned down to about 30%)
- My Vintage Gold
- Totally Rad’s Yin/Yang (love this one)
- Totally Rad’s Claire-ify

For black & whites:
- Totally Rad’s BAMF 16-bit
- My Delicious B&W

Sometimes I like to make a duplicate copy of one image. I will run the BAMF 16-bit action on one and my delicious B&W on the other. Then I will merge the two images and adjust the opacity of the layers until I get the desire B&W look I’m going for. Did that make any sense? Clear as mud, right?

Until next time……