I realized that I don't really have a "tool box/fix it" action on my site yet, so I decided to start working on one. I want to write an action that you can use on any image, whether it is a "bad" SOOC shot to a perfect image that just needs a few tweaks. In other words, just a basic "clean edit" type of action that doesn't do anything arty but makes your image as pretty as it could be without any bells and whistles.
I want this action to be useful to you, so I wanted to list what I have in it so far and see if you wanted anything else added. Right now I have a levels adjustment layer for basic contrast adjustment, bright color pop, skin smoothing, express eye pop, vivid color pop, darken darks, brighten whites, Define, Warm it up, Cool it down, Brighten, Darken, B&W conversion, and Vignette. This was supposed to be a simple action but as you can see I keep on adding to it. :-)
Is there anything else you would like to see in this action? It runs pretty quickly and I was able to edit this beautiful image from Amy Mize Photography in just a minute or two by turning on some of the layers and using layer masks.
Let me know in the comments what you think. And I am stuck on a name for this basic action, so if you have any suggestions please make a note! I love to hear what you want (and don't want) and please make any suggestions you want of freebies you would like to see posted here on my blog. This blog is for you and I want to post things that make your life easier and more fun. :-)
I have some more actions and vintage papers coming out in the next week and two, so please come back!
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