Photoshop Actions
Color Pop in Photoshop: Achieving that Ultra Colorful Look
Want to color pop your images in Photoshop? This week’s Blueprint shows one way to achieve rich, super powerful color. I get asked about this look all the time in reference to a few photographers who pull out these deep hidden colors. This look and style is trendy and fun, and many will love it,…
Photoshop Actions: 16 Ways to Troubleshoot Problematic Actions
If your Photoshop actions stop working, give you error messages, or start acting crazy, here are 16 solutions to your problems. Read this and get back to editing.
What Are Photoshop Actions?
One frequently asked question I get is “what are Photoshop actions and how can they help me as a photographer?” At MCP Actions, we have been designing professional Photoshop actions since 2006. Our actions will help you improve your digital photography and save you time while editing! While there isn’t a universal definition, at MCP,…
Fixing a Blue Sky and Exposure Using Photoshop Actions: A Blueprint
I edited this photo using MCP Photoshop actions for I Heart Faces. This photo was submitted by Caroline of frog-photoblog.blogspot.com. When shooting on a bright day with the sky behind the subject, if you do not have a flash or reflector, it is hard for your camera to balance the exposure properly. Your subject likely…
Blueprint: Simple, Cleaner Edits for Post Processing in Photoshop
This is my niece Kaitlin. She has the sweetest eyes was such a pleasure to photograph. Her images barely needed any editing. Details on the edit and which MCP Photoshop actions were used (straight out of camera shown 1st, then the final image 2nd): I started editing this shot my using Noiseware since I shot…
How To Make Rounded Edge Blog It Boards & Collages Using Photoshop Actions
If you are looking for more ways to be creative on your blog or website, and you own the Magic Blog It Boards and the Finish It Photoshop action set, you will love this fun tip. Normally Blog It Boards are rectangular in shape. But what if you want to change things a bit? What…
Blueprint Fan Share: Sweetest Little Valentine
Thank you for this adorable Valentine themed before and after Blueprint from Carrie Heaps Photography. Details on the edit and which MCP Photoshop actions were used (straight out of camera shown 1st, then the final image 2nd): Started by adjusting the gamma and contrast manually. Ran MCP Studio White Bright Spell from the Bag of…
How Can You Prepare & Display Images on the Web? Like This…
After yesterday’s launch, I wanted to show some of the fabulous ways photographers are using the Finish It Photoshop actions to add borders, frames, color blocks and branding to their photos. Thank you to all those who contributed. Pink Book Photography Julie Wooldridge, Lodi Design House Shellie, Serenity Pictures Sharon Blankenship, Sharon Blankenship Photography Aimee…
Finish It Photoshop Actions Set Now Available ~ Changing the Way You Prepare and Display Images on the Web
If you want to save time and show beautiful web ready images on your Website, Blog, Facebook, and Flickr, the MCP Finish It Photoshop Actions set is an essential tool for photographers. The actions are handcrafted to give you unlimited ways to brand your photos. From a variety of styles, to infinite color changes, this…
Blueprint: Eyes “Wide” Open
Shawnee of Photography by Shawnee sent in this before shot and wanted to see how I would edit it with the Bag of Tricks action set. I used both this set and the Eye Doctor to get to the after image. I started with exposure. I used the Bag of Tricks – Magic Midtone Lifter.…
New MCP Actions Team Member – Focusing on Photoshop Actions for Elements
MCP Actions has hired Erin Peloquin as a consultant and to be part of the MCP team. I kept this top secret for the past 2 months so that I could surprise you. Erin’s specialty is Adobe Photoshop Elements. And as you can guess, she will be working on converting some MCP actions sets for…
MCP is Going to Change the Way You Prepare Images for the Web… Again!
Coming Monday, February 8th, 2010… In 2008, MCP Actions introduced the revolutionary “Blog It Boards.” These photoshop actions changed the way photographers prepared and displayed 2 or more images at a time on the web. As often happens with unique products that fill a need, they were eventually imitated in various forms. I never would…
Blueprint: The Girl Wants a Date…
When I visited Atlanta, my hometown, around New Years, I had a blast taking photos of my nieces and nephew. I also had the opportunity to take a some photos of my sister, who is 26. She is 12 years younger than me… so you do the math. We were having so much fun, and…
Blueprint: Fan Share of a Sweet Newborn in a Basket
This Blueprint was sent in by Gina Neary of Pea Head Prints. I love her photography, post processing, and on top of that her graphics work. She helped me recently with all of my new banner ads, business cards and post cards so that they could match the new MCP Blog and MCP Website.…
Quick Tip: Editing Faster in Photoshop
Have you ever wished you could click a button and have Photoshop do your work for you? If you own Photoshop Actions and a Keyboard, it is almost that easy. You can assign your actions to “F” keys on your keyboard. Most keyboards have 12 F Keys. Some have 15 or more. You can also…
FREE Photoshop Actions Holiday Gift From MCP
FREE Photoshop textures and a FREE texture photoshop action: Thank you to all my loyal Blog readers, friends and fans. I appreciate each and every one of you. To show my appreciation, I love making a FREE Photoshop action to share every year at the holidays. This year my Free action set is called Texture…
Blueprint: Add Drama to Your Edits
Sometimes I like to have a bit of drama in my edits. I would say that I add drama by bringing out details and adding contrast simultaneously. For this Blueprint, I wanted to create a really moody effect. Cropped 1st – yes – often you will hear that you should crop last. But rules are…
Back Up Your Photos & Your Actions Too!
My daughter came home from school the other day and had lost her gloves. Wonder if I can go back to Target and ask them for a new pair? I left a phone charger in a hotel room. Maybe AT&T can “give” me a replacement? A hula hoop got left in the snow and cracked,…
MCP Blueprint: A Cowboy Before and After
Here is another edit I did for my role as a contributor at I Heart Faces. This photo was submitted by Jenna Thomas. She felt the photo was a little bright and needed to be toned down a bit and she wished the colors were more vibrant. She also felt like it might be overexposed.…
Blueprint: Fan Share {Bringing Your Background to Life}
Andrea Lopez is a hobbiest photographer with future aspirations of going pro. She emailed to let me know how much she loves using MCP Photoshop actions and wanted to share this recent image and Blueprint. Blueprint: She edited the photo using the Quickie Collection action set Started with Crackle adjusted the opacity to 25% Then…
Blueprint: Senior Girl in the Fall on the Tracks {Fan Share}
This Blueprint was sent in by April Kuhlmann of Once In Every Life Photography. She wrote: “Fall is gorgeous here in Alabama right now! I took this shot last week late afternoon, out on a rural railroad track while during a Senior Portrait session. A reflector was used in this shot too for light bounce.…
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