Actions

1: simple adjustment, 70% layer opacity shown.
2: tritone
3: quadtone


NOTE: if actions 2 and 3 in the color set don’t work because the duotone preset can’t be found, let me know and I can either try to upload those or email them.

Color action 1:
After clicking ‘stop’ in the dialog box and adjusting the layer opacity, click the play button again or simply flatten the image yourself after any additional adjustments.




Some tips:

Use actions 1 and 2 in the exposure action set after color action 2 to provide more contrast.

In fact, you can use exposure actions 1 and 2 together to add contrast to most images, without overexposed highlights.

After color action 3, you may want to brighten it up a bit using action 1 from the exposure set.

You can also use action 4 (contrast) from the exposure set after actions 2/3 from the color set to make an interesting duotone.


exposure: [link]


Please let me know if you use these; I'd like to see what you do with them.