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Add Dramatic Color to an Urban Photo Using Session Photoshop Actions
Learn how to quickly enhance your urban photos and add color pop and contrast using MCP’s Photoshop actions in this Friday Blueprint.
MCP Project 52 – Week 10 review – Launch Week 11
Welcome to our regular MCP Project 52 blog post where we’ll be looking back over week 10 and giving a little sneak preview of the new week 11 theme. I knew this was going to be a fun and memorable week with the theme “Childhood Toys” . Really made me walk down memory lane and…
MCP Project 52 – Features from Week 6 + Theme for Week 7
Welcome to our look back at week 6 of MCP Project 52, and the launch of the theme for the upcoming week! It’s been a great week for MCP Project 52, we’re almost to 3,000 members and we’ve had a ton of beautiful work submitted for the Words theme. We’d love to have more members,…
NEW Photoshop Elements Retouching Actions: Fix Skin, Sky, Color, Exposure, and More
Photoshop Elements Users: TODAY IS YOUR DAY! MCP Actions is excited to announce Elements versions of: BAG OF TRICKS: for Exposure and Color Cast Removal, and so much more… MAGIC SKIN: Portrait Retouching and Skin Smoothing Plus we now have Package Sets for Elements users too (not valid on past purchases): INCREDIBLE RETOUCHING ACTIONS: Bag…
MCP Actions Annual Blog Survey: The Results and Winners
The MCP Actions Annual Blog Survey is complete. I will leave the questions up, in case you missed it, but the results are in. And while my “Back to School” Multiple Choice Test was far from scientific, it did help me understand what you like, what you want more of, and what changes I can…
Photoshop Actions: Glossary of Offerings by MCP Actions
Photoshop Actions: Glossary of Offerings by MCP Actions Yesterday, I provided 10 tips for deciding which actions to buy, download and use on your photos. Today, I will explain to you a little more about each specific MCP Action set. I get asked about the differences so often. I thought this breakdown would help. If…
Embrace Competition in the World of Photography
Competition… Is it a good or bad thing? Does it help or hurt your business as a photographer? I would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below. Does competition frustrate you? Or do you embrace it? Here are some of my thoughts on competition as it pertains to my actions and training…
Installing Photoshop Actions in Elements: Video Tutorials
Installing Photoshop actions in Elements is not an easy task. It is more complex installing and using them in Elements because historically they only worked in the full versions of Photoshop. In the most recent versions of Elements, 7 and 8, there is a guided actions palette. This method is relatively easy but not all…
Portrait Photography Trends & Fads: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Learn some of the latest photography crazes – also known as fads. You will love some. You will hate some. Props, poses, and anything that is very popular for a short period of time is defined as a fad. See what photographers are shooting now.
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…
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…
10 Reasons You NEED to use Adjustment Layers in Photoshop
10 reasons you need to use adjustment layers instead of duplicate layers when editing in Photoshop 1. Duplicating the background doubles file size. Using an adjustment layer does not. This makes for smaller files and uses less computer memory. 2. When you duplicate the background layer, you create pixels that can cover other layers. When…
10 Reasons You NEED to use Adjustment Layers in Photoshop
10 reasons you need to use adjustment layers instead of duplicate layers when editing in Photoshop 1. Duplicating the background doubles file size. Using an adjustment layer does not. This makes for smaller files and uses less computer memory. 2. When you duplicate the background layer, you create pixels that can cover other layers. When…
10 Reasons You NEED to use Adjustment Layers in Photoshop
10 reasons you need to use adjustment layers instead of duplicate layers when editing in Photoshop 1. Duplicating the background doubles file size. Using an adjustment layer does not. This makes for smaller files and uses less computer memory. 2. When you duplicate the background layer, you create pixels that can cover other layers. When…
10 Reasons You NEED to use Adjustment Layers in Photoshop
10 reasons you need to use adjustment layers instead of duplicate layers when editing in Photoshop 1. Duplicating the background doubles file size. Using an adjustment layer does not. This makes for smaller files and uses less computer memory. 2. When you duplicate the background layer, you create pixels that can cover other layers. When…
MCP’s Answers to the December FAQs
A while back, when my email box was overrun and I was unsure how to answer every question, I decided I would do monthly FAQ posts. I have spent the last few months compiling a comprehensive list of FAQs for my new website so I thought I would share these with you first. These are…
Introducing MCP’s New Website
MCP Actions is proud to announce our NEW Website. Our new blog should be here in the next few days to two weeks too. YAY! New MCP Website features include: * Instant downloads of actions and workshop information (on purchases made after Dec. 17, 2009) * Easy-to-navigate site design * Wish list and compare product…
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…
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: 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.…
Blueprint: A Mom or a Model? Some Fan Shares
Thank you to Camilla Binks of Camilla Photography for this week’s Blurprints. I asked her the story about the model and these beautiful pictures and here is what she said, “This is my beloved sister, Noel. Isn’t she gorgeous!?!? She is a mother of two with her youngest being just 5 months old. I was…
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