Action Of The Week: Dusty Black and White

This week we have a classic action for you. Dusty Black and White. A rich, gorgeous black and white action that is super diverse! Here it is on a stunning pic by Lisa from Fran and Jeff's wedding...

Click on the image to see more pics from Fran and Jeff's wedding.

Categories: Action Of The Week, Black and White Action, Cheap Actions, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Dusty Black and White

Featured Actions: Vanilla Milkshake & Dusty Black and White

Lately I've been mixing up my processing and revisiting actions from Set I & II and Set III. I'd forgotten how much I LOVE Dusty Black and White from Set I & II and I think you all know how much I love Vanilla Milkshake from Set III! These are the 2 actions I used on the lovely Fran and Jeff's wedding, the day wasn't heavily themed so I decided to knock my processing back a bit and use Vanilla Milkshake at 50% (I like to call it half fat!).

Here's a couple of pics from their day...

 (Vanilla Milkshake @ 50%)

(Dusty Black and White)
Click on the pics to view more from Fran and Jeff's English Village wedding.

Categories: Black and White Action, Classic Actions, Creamy Action, Devlin Photos, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Devlin's Actions Set III, Photoshop Actions, Vanilla Milkshake Action

Thursday Tip: Best Actions for Dark Pics

Last week I was talking about which actions I think are best for very bright photos, so today I thought I'd talk about which ones are best for dark pics. Now when I say dark obviously I don't mean under-exposed photographs but rather pics like this one below where there's no white dress and no sky and quite dark tones in the background.

Now the great thing about pics like this is that they can actually take the strong actions on better than bright photos and you're less likely to lose any content. I found that most of our actions worked on this particular photo but settled on these 8 as the best of the bunch!

Actions used:

From Set I & II - Basic Pop, Vintage Rose and Pistachio Haze

From Set III - Vanilla Milkshake and Petal

From Set IIII - Silver Plate, Super 8 and Malibu

Categories: Actions Advice, Actions for Dark Photos, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Devlin's Actions Set III, Devlins Actions Set 4

Thursday Tip: Best Actions for Bright Pics

I'm sure like us here at Devlin Photos Photoshop Actions you all have your favourites to use on specific types of photos, some are better at brightening a pic, others work best at knocking back warm tones, some are particularly flattering on skin tone etc etc. 

This week I've been experimenting with which of our actions are top for using on photographs that are already very bright (have lots of highlights or are shot into the light) and below is what I found! I think all these actions work really well on this photograph that Lisa shot of Claire into the low evening sun, 

Let me know what you think,

Actions used:

From Set I & II - Dusty Black & White and Chocolate Wash

From Set III - Mint Julep and Toffee Apple

From Set IIII - Stardust, Venice Beach and California

Categories: Actions for Bright Photos, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Devlin's Actions Set III, Devlins Actions Set 4, Shooting into the light

Landscape Processing

A couple of weeks ago, during a holiday in Palm Springs, me and the fella decided to avoid sitting by the pool during a wind storm and took a little trip up to Joshua Tree National Park instead. 

It was out of this world! Truly like being inside a Dali painting! 

I couldn't wait to get home and process my pics. I decided to keep it simple but dramatic with Heavy Black and White from Set I & II... I think it works quite nicely...

ORIGINAL:

 

with HEAVY BLACK & WHITE:

Categories: Black and White Actions, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Heavy Black and White, Photoshop Actions

Thursday's Tip: Opacity Is Your Friend

Firstly a heads up, pro-photoshoppers this ain't for you! But not everyone's a pro right? So...

Today I wanted to chat about what we here at Devlin Photo's Photoshop Actions consider one of THE most important tools when it comes to using actions. And that is opacity.  Here it is look...

If you mess about with your opacity tool you can hugely diversify your set of actions, 10 can become 30!

Below is a couple of examples of what I consider to be 2 of our heaviest actions and how to use them to their maximum potential.

Get creative guys, opacity is your friend ;)

 

Pistachio and Cookies + Cream are both part of Set I & II which you can buy here.

Categories: Cookies and Cream Action, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Opacity, Photoshop Actions, Pistachio Action

Freebie Friday

 

Welcome to Freebie Friday!  We've decided we're going to treat you lovely followers of Devlin Photo's Actions to a free action every week.

To kick off we are giving away "Basic Pop" - one of the first actions we ever made. It's a nice and simple lightening tool, great for brightening dark pictures or just for adding that extra little kick!

Categories: Basic Pop Action, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Free Action