These actions are part of my overall workflow and, as such, require certain folders to be present on your hard drive. The first 2 actions in the set will actually assist you in setting these up, and the next five (not listed here, but included) include all the save steps for those various folders.

16 Bit Flatten
This is a cool action. I got the idea from Kevin Kubota who showed that it’s possible to work in
8 bit files and still retain many of the advantages of a 16 bit file by converting it to 16 bit only for
the flattening stage and then back to 8 bit. Try it - you’ll be amazed how much better your
histograms look!

Add Logo:
Adds studio logo (text) in the lower right hand corner. Position and size can be changed before
committing. You must set this action up the first time by double-clicking the “Make Text Layer” step in
the action to change it from the default “Studio” to your studio name.

Add Retouching Layer:
A simple, but time-saving shortcut, it adds a new, blank layer above the current layer, renames is
“Retouching” and zooms your document to 100%.

B&W Creative:
Runs a multi-step action that converts an image into a dreamy, grainy black & white. You can also
leaves some pastel color in the center of the image (great for close-ups of a wedding bouquet!)

Blur Edges:
Runs an action which blurs an image the further you get from normal head position by blurring a copy
layer, adding a layer mask and then drawing a radial gradient from 25% down from the top and 50% in
from the left of an image down to the lower corners.

Channel Mixer B&W:
Brings up the Channel Mixer adjustment layer with a default setting of 30% Red, 70% Green and 0%
Blue

Create Eye Layer:
Run this shortcut after making a loose selection around the eyes. Regardless of how many layers you
have it will put everything that’s inside your selection on its own layer and rename it “Eyes”.

Create Liquify Layer:
Run this shortcut after making an active selection around an area that needs “Liquified”. Regardless of
how many layers you have it will put everything that’s inside your selection on its own layer, then opens
that layer in the Liquify filter.

Create Sales Files:
Creates somewhat low-res JPG copies of your file(s) and places them in the “Presentation” Hot Folder.
Leaves your original untouched, but closes it when done.

Create Web Files w/Watermark
Runs the action called “Create Web Files w/Watermark”. Creates two copies of the open file(s) -
or you can run it as a batch action. One copy is 800 pixels along the longest edge and includes a
semitransparent watermark (must be set up with your studio name prior to running the 1st time), and the
other is a smaller, roughly 120 pixel image with no watermark to be used as a thumbnail. All files are
placed into the “images” and “thumbnails” Hot Folders.

NOTE: The two wallet cropping actions and two 5x7 cropping actions are designed to be run on
files that have already been cropped using one of the other cropping actions, while the two 4x5 are
designed to be run on uncropped digital camera files that are in the 4x6 aspect ratio. Running these
shortcuts on files that have already been cropped (in the latter case) or on uncropped images (in the
former) will result in unexpected results such as compressing or stretching the image!

Crop to Horizontal Wallet:
Crops an already cropped horizontal image to 3.5 x 2.5 @ 240 ppi

Crop to Vertical Wallet:
Crops an already cropped vertical image to 2.5 x 3.5 @ 240 ppi

Crop to Horizontal 4x5:
Crops an uncropped horizontal image to the 5x4 aspect ratio WITHOUT resampling it

Crop to Vertical 4x5:
Crops an uncropped vertical image to the 4x5 aspect ratio WITHOUT resampling it

Crop to Horizontal 5x7:
Crops an uncropped horizontal image to the 7x5 aspect ratio WITHOUT resampling it

Crop to Vertical 5x7:
Crops an uncropped horizontal image to the5x7 aspect ratio WITHOUT resampling it

Crop to Horizontal 5x7 w/vignette:
Crops an already cropped horizontal image to the 7x5 aspect ratio and resizes any vignettes on the image

Crop to Vertical 5x7:
Crops an already cropped vertical image to the 5x7 aspect ratio and resizes any vignettes on the image

Custom Low Key Vignette Actions:
Designed to “burn-in” all areas of in image except for on off-center subject. Requires (and reminds) you
to make an active selection around your image first. The 1st action in this group adds the vignette only.
The second and third add a cropping step while the fourth crops, vignettes and adds either Digital GEM
Airbrush or Portraiture (if you have either of those plug-ins) as well as adds a creative blur.

Dark Square Vignette Actions:
Adds an adjustment layer to the top of your image that fades to black towards the edges. Very nice with
low-key images. The 1st action in this group adds the vignette only. The second and third add a cropping
step while the fourth crops, vignettes and adds either Digital GEM Airbrush or Portraiture (if you have
either of those plug-ins) as well as adds a creative blur.

Kodak Digital GEM Airbrush:
Runs the Airbrush filter by first creating a layer that contains all your document’s data, then running the
filter and renames the layer to “Airbrush”.

Gloss Differential
Reduces the highlight areas to compensate for the “bronzing” effect in inkjet prints.

High Pass Sharpen:
Adds a sharpening layer that sharpens more than possible with unsharp mask is usually capable of, but
without the expected artifacts.

Low Key Vignette Actions:
Adds an adjustment layer to the top of your image that “burns in” the four corners in an oval pattern.
The 1st action in this group adds the vignette only. The second and third add a cropping step while the
fourth crops, vignettes and adds either Digital GEM Airbrush or Portraiture (if you have either of those
plug-ins) as well as adds a creative blur.

LucisArt:
Runs the LucisArt filter by first creating a layer that contains all your document’s data, then allows some
other user input before combining the newly created layers in a layer set called “Lucis”. (Requires the
Lucis Art Plug-In)

Paste Into Collage:
This actions requires at least 2 files to be open/ It will copy the front most document, close it and
paste it into an active selection in the other document (you must make the selection before switching
to the document you want to copy). It then resizes the image using Free Transform, but keeps the
transformation active so you can move the image around or continue to rotate, scale, etc. If you don’t see
your image in the selected area, you should at least see the transformation handles. Drag them to your
previously selected area.

Portraiture:
Similar to the Kodak GEM Airbrush filter, it runs the plug-in by first creating a layer that contains
all your document’s data, then running the filter and renames the layer to “Portraiture”. (Requires the
“Portraiture” Plug-In)

Save PSD & Prints Files:
My favorite time-saving action! When you have completely finished retouching a PSD file, run this
shortcut to Add your logo to the bottom of the image, correct for Gloss Differential (the effect with
many inkjet printers that cause the highlights in an image to not match the darker tones since there is
no white ink), save the PSD file in its current location, convert it to 16-bit to flatten it, convert it back to
8-bit, save it as a printable TIFF file in the “Print” Hot Folder, and close the file! Whew!

Senior Wallet Name:
Adds Senior’s name and graduation year at the bottom right hand corner (can be repositioned during
action). It also allows the user to change the color and layer style.

Sepia:
Adds a Hue/Saturation and Levels adjustment layer to convert an image to Sepia and places the
adjustment layers in a new group named “Sepia”

Soft Focus:
Very dreamy type of Soft Focus layers are created. Some user adjustment is allowed.

White Square Vignette Actions:
Adds an adjustment layer to the top of your image that fades to white towards the edges. Very nice with
high or mid-key images. The 1st action in this group adds the vignette only. The second and third add a
cropping step while the fourth crops, vignettes and adds either Digital GEM Airbrush or Portraiture (if
you have either of those plug-ins) as well as adds a creative blur.

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