Photo Editing with Photoshop Actions – Before & After

by Agnieszka on August 20, 2009



Last night I had the not so brilliant idea of re-editing every single image on my website. I picked up a few new Photoshop actions in the last month, and after playing around with them for a bit decided that almost every single image that I had previously post-processed was no longer satisfactory. Even though using Photoshop actions in post-processing saves a lot of time, I only managed to get through a few photos before losing my patience and going to bed. Re-editing a million images – especially when you have an almost equal amount of actions to choose from, is tiring. It also doesn’t help that I’m picky, a perfectionist, and can never make up my mind. Anyway, here are a few photos that I did manage to edit. I’m also including the SOOC (straight out of camera) shots as a comparison. One of my favorite Photoshop actions is “PW B&W” by Pioneer Woman, which I’ve used here.

Image #1 – SOOC:

I ran the “PW B&W” action from Pioneer Woman and did a slight unsharp mask:

Image #2 – SOOC:

Again, the “PW B&W” action and unsharp mask:

Image #3 – SOOC:

“PW B&W” action, a slight tint, and unsharp mask:

Image #4 – SOOC:

“PW B&W” action and unsharp mask:

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