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Photoshop actions – the secret sauce to make your images pop

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Photoshop fairy dust / Neil's secret sauce

As much as I believe in the "get it right in camera" ethos, it is near inescapable that most images can use some sweetening in Photoshop. My own preference is for fairly subtle retouching of photographs. The photograph above is one I've shown a few times as a great example of how good on-camera bounce flash can look. I did have to adjust the WB and exposure as part of my usual RAW post-processing workflow. And for the image on the left, I also removed some skin blemishes with the Healing Tool. So it does look pretty good .. but it can be  Read more inside...

Photoshop actions to help with Post Processing after RAW conversion

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Adrian, a regular follower of the Tangents blog, (better known as the ever-helpful Trev in the Tangents forum), has the guest spot this week. Adrian has expanded on his explanation of the actions that he mentioned in the comments section of the recent article on Selective Sharpening in Photoshop. Even better, he has made it available as two downloadable actions as well.

Photoshop actions to help with Post Processing (free download)

guest post by Adrian, at Five Star Studios wedding photographer, Mackay, Queensland in Australia The following downloadable  Read more inside...