http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com Easily Distinguish Your Photos Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:45:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Comes with 3 styles: Comix (plain), Halftone, and Hue. Use the plain comix action and a paintbrush to easily add custom color fills. Image size effects details so it works best on images of 1000 to 2000 pixels across.   Download Action Pros: Awesome to have three variations of the action, result is ... http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/08/20/comix-action/ If you haven't signed up to use Adobe Photoshop Express, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! As long as your computer can handle the weight, this is a great FREE resource to modify/fix/enhance/play with your pictures. All that, and it's fun and easy to use. I myself give this "application" five stars, ... http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/08/12/photoshop-express-sketch/ For better results use a picture with light colors in the background. Download Action Pros: Great effect, very realistic coloring Cons: Doesn't result with all photos, must choose a few before ending up with the desired effect http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/08/04/paint/   Here's a great trick for creating a floating border from within your digital photograph. This technique will also be great practice for desaturating, selecting, and linking layers. Watch Tutorial Pros: This is a great way to distinguish areas or people in a busy or even a "large" photo. Cons: None in my experience.   http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/08/02/floating-frame/ Old Film v1.0 gives any image that old-time film look and feel -- you know, scratchy, hairy, dusty! Looks great on sepia tone images, but works on all. Each time is random as well. Created by J.Wilker. www.moonpost.com Download Action Pros: Great effect with a vintage photo, very realistic, looks good with ... http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/07/21/old-film/ Apply a rather impressive photo-realistic 3D photo cube effect to any image. Download Action Pros: Realistic shadow to compliment the photo box, nice clean background in final effect Cons: None found   http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/07/10/photo-box/ Holga is a cult toy camera with plastic lens and case. This cheap camera use 120 film and made marvelous ;-) fuzzy photos with drop-off around the edges, light leaks... This action try to simulate the strange characteristic look of photo shooted with Holga. Download Action Pros: Does what it says, nice ... http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/07/09/holga-simulator/ The B&Big Picture combines two of my popular actions: the versatile "Big Picture" action with the eye-catching B&B techniques. At the end your image is turned to a very impressive collage made up by 25 different photos.  Download Action Pros: Very realistic effects like bends and shadows, many options once initial effect is run, ... http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/07/08/panosfx-big-picture/ This is my first action and a nice artistic one giving the illusion that your photo is half-real, half-drawn. Don't be fooled by cheap immitations! Download Action Pros: Nice sketch effect, great option to brush out the sketched areas you would like to show. Cons: None noticed. http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/07/08/real-sketch/ PanosFX has some amazing free and commercial plugins and actions. Here is one called Discrete 1. Discrete 1    http://photoshopedits.plastergraphics.com/2008/07/06/panosfx-discrete-1-2/