Sneak Peek
The last couple months I’ve been working on some actions that I’ll hopefully be releasing sooner than later. I’ve just wrapped up a set of monochrome recipes– most of which I use on a regular basis.
Click on the sampler to view a larger version.
Here’s a run-down of what each action in this set is like:
Blanco Y Negro: My go-to B&W conversion. Adds contrast and a slightly warm tone.
Attic: Flatter, less contrasty, with a warm tone.
Old News: Very low contrast with an adjustable “fade” layer.
Black Lemon: Deep shadows and soft highlights with a strong yellow tone.
Confessor: Cooler tones, slight red cast to the shadows, with a zooming effect around the edges. Works best on photos that don’t have a super shallow DoF.
Frontier: Old world style, with added noise (hard to tell in the sampler, but I used the same action on this week’s 52 weeks photo).
Copper Kings: Slight added contrast with a coppery/lavender tone.
Even though almost all of these are already color toned, I’ve been compiling a stack of tones to use on b&w or color photos. And then there’s about 10-15 regular actions, ranging from subtle changes to a “fauxlaroid” simulation.
I’ll be posting more samplers and previews of before/after processing in the coming weeks.
Stay tuned!
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I love actions, I reckon yours will be quite popular!
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Ooh, I’m hoping these will be ACR for CS4, since you’re a RAW snob like me? I usually love tinkering with actions but usually they’re only for JPEG, and thus in the end I end up going without.
These are fantastic. I’m very excited!
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February 7th, 2010 @ 9:05 am
Hah! Yes, presets are for RAW and I won’t be including any of those, since I mostly use RAW to make basic adjustments to things like exposure, white balance and contrast. I don’t start getting creative until I open it up as a JPG… Guess that makes you QUEEN RAW snob :P
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Cool! Actions rock :)
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