70 Of The Best Photoshop Actions For Enhancing Photos

BANNER-PREVIEW The compilation consist of 70 of the best Photoshop actions collected from all around the web from photo effects to actions for even creating photo borders, An essential design resource for all designers weather your an expert or an beginner.

Photoshop actions consist of a series of menu commands such as i.e. filters, image adjustments etc which can be recorded and played back this process is called a Photoshop action. Photoshop actions are perfect for novices to Photoshop simply because it allows you to apply multiple different photo effects to an image within a few seconds without having knowledge about the ins and outs of Photoshop.

Photo Effect Actions

1) Double sketch effect action for Photoshop

This action offers a “double” sketch effect, just like if you painted the sketch twice, once from left to right, and once from right to left.sketched-photshop-actions

2) Photoshop Action – Bright Eyes

A Photoshop action to enhance the appearance of the eye but only works with blue eyes.

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3) Pencil Draw Photoshop Action

This action will allow you to get easy steps in the outline of an image with a style similar to drawing in pencil.

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4) Cool photo effect action

A cool Photoshop action which really sharpens the appearance of the image.cool-photo-effect-action

5) PhotoShop action 03

A great action which focuses on the detail within the image and darkens the photo.cat-photo-effect-action

6) Photoshop Color Actions 2

A nice splay of photoshop actions that I’ve created…THESE ARE ACTIONS MADE IN PHOTOSHOP CS2. Anyway, there are 12 actions all together. The photo outlined in red is the original – stock photo by belami

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7) Old Photo Action

This Photoshop action gives photos an old and vintage appearance.old-photo-action

8) Split toning

A simple black and white photo effect action.spli-toning

9) Comics Photoshop action

This action will turn your images into comic looking pictures. Will run smooth on CS2,CS3 and CS4  , I am not sure about the other version… Would be nice if you let me know!

comic-photshop-actions

10) Photoshop Action: Diabolic

I really like this one, this action gives photos a movie effect which look great when you apply the action to photos of people.

movie-photo-effect

11) Red Action

This is Unrestricted. Use it anywhere, for anything, but let me see. Just give me a link.

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12) photo-coloring

This enhances the brightness and contrast of colours within a photo.photo-coloring-action

13) Amatorka Action 2

Makes the photo darker and adds more shadow.

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14) photshop Action 5

Changes the colour of a photo to a misty green.green

15) photshop Action 4photshop-action-4

16) Fallen Action

A Photoshop action which gives photos a horror movie effect which looks pretty awesome when applied to a good photo.

horror-effect

17) Old Photo Effect Action

An old Polaroid photo effect action.polaroid

18) Soften skin effect

Softens skin a produces a natural ‘clean’ appearance whilst retaining important skin textures.

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19) 300 action

For those who like of dressing loincloth and take photos. This they will be able to save work to the moment to want to transform them into a style as that of the movie.
Also it work for other photos.movie

20) photoshop actions

A dark grungey photo effect old-vintage

21) NoiseLess RetroFit Actions

Some actions I made. Preferably used for photos with already decent contrast to change colors and moods of the photograph/image. I would love if people noticed and used these. This pack contains three actions.

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22) Vivid Blur

Adds vivid blur to an photo which looks great.vivid-blur

23) Action 003

An amazing retro 80s photo effect which makes any photo look very cool.retro80s-effect

24) Old style sepia effect

Make any colour image look just like an old style sepia photograph.serpia-effect

25) Photo Coloring IIphoto-coloring

26) Cross-Processing ATNmulti-coloured

27) Actions Clyck 003

make-up

28) Stylish Sepia

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29) rather large set of actionslarge-set-of-actions

30) Photoshop Action: Dim and Jadedim-jade-photshop-action

31) Photoshop Action 2good-photoshop-action

32) Sharp Photoshop Actionsharpen

33) Infection

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34) H.D.A.-soft elegance blury-glow

35) IR effect look

ir-effect

36) Action Set 1

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37) Photoshop CS3 Action – High Kephoto-coloring-2

38) Pack Actions 01

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39) colors Actions

coloured-actions

40) caitlins actions.

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41) Black And White

black-and-white

42) Action Pack 1

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43) HDR Fantasticalizershdr-effect

44) Oscar Pilch Photoshop Action 1sea-star

45) photoshop actions – 41psactions

46) Photoshop Action 16water-action

47) Photoshop Action 25 Untitled-1

48) Photoshop Action 22photoshop-action-flower

49) sa-cool actions 2.06sa-cool

50) action 1

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51) photoshop actions – 68photshop-action-86

52) sa-cool actions 2.08 colorssa-cool-2.8

53) Photoshop Action Set o1photo-action-01

54) guteCharlotte color o2gute-charlotte

55) Cross-processing action1cross-proccestion

56) PhotoShop action 05flower

57) Photoshop Action 02photoshop-action-actions-2

58) sa-cool actions 1.05sa-cool-actions1-05

59) Gradient action

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Photo Borders And Actions

60) Polaroid GENERATOR V2polaroid-border

61) Hand-colored Vintage Photo ATNvintage-border

62) Vintage Photovintage-photo

63) Page Curl

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64) Page Curl

puzzle-photoshop-action

65) FilmStrip Action!film-strip-icon

66) Old Parchmentold-parchement

67) TackIt! Minitrack-it

68) Photo Ageing border

69) Photographers Toolkit 1tool-kit

70) Photographers Toolkit 1polariod-generator