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Freaky Detail – Free Sharpening Action
Ok, so here’s a great free sharpening action for Adobe Photoshop CS5. It’s based on a technique shown by Calvin Hollywood. He’s a BOSS. Many sharpening techniques can totally ruin an image by creating halos, gritty and noisy textures, killing shadow detail, and making little kittens cry (this can totally happen). This is an example [...]
Boost color without hi-jacking your image – free action
Another 5 Minute Photoshop tutorial. Having striking color is important when editing photos photos, but the urge to crank those saturation and vibrance adjustment sliders in LightRoom, Photoshop, or AdobeCameraRAW should be avoided! Or very bad things will happen. Editing in the LAB color mode allows you to make adjustments to color without disrupting [...]
Action – Midtone Contrast for B&W
The clarity slider is so January 2011. This action gives you some great control over midtone contrast of black and white images and it’s really the midtones that makes a black and white image pop. Download the action HERE Here’s a walk-through of how to use it (best viewed in 720p, fullscreen):
