Introduced in Photoshop version 4, actions can save time and increase productivity by automating repetitive tasks. They can also be used for reproducing techniques and creating special effects that can be shared with other Photoshop users. Here you'll find links to free actions to download as well as searchable action archives online. Also included here are various scripts for automating tasks in Photoshop CS and higher.
Download a free red eye removal action for Adobe Photoshop. This action was created by site reader "Lonely Walker" an contributed for anyone to download and use.
Use this action in Photoshop to quickly transform double-paged layouts into two single-paged layers in order to print, while preserving your original double-paged layouts. This is a time saver if you create your layouts in double-paged spreads.
Some Photoshop Actions can be used in Photoshop Elements, but they are accessed in a different way depending on the version of Photoshop Elements. Here you'll find tools to help you use Photoshop actions within Photoshop Elements, links to help you find Elements-compatible actions, and tips for Photoshop users who want to create actions that will work in Photoshop Elements.
A random assortment of image effect actions: Exploding text, bumpy text, shiny text, grungy text, watermark, lightning, and rock wall.
Turn your photos into cartoons with these six free actions for comic book and cartoon effects.
Add artistic effects to your photos with these free actions: Paint by Number, Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Color Sketch, Old Time Color, Distant Dreams.
The free symmetry action enlarges the canvas and then duplicates and mirrors the original image vertically and horizontally to create symmetry. Compatible with Photoshop 6.0 and up.
Free text effect actions including electra, gaseous, terminal, plastika, concrete decay, phaser, electron, Xlight, and more. A few of the sets must be purchased on CD.
Many free actions, plus advanced actions, tutorials, and other Photoshop and Photoshop Elements goodies available for a membership fee.
Some useful actions including: Density and Color Variations, Nine Different Effects, Saving out Snapshots, Saving out Layers, Stippled Effect.
Three free actions for modifying portraits: Waterized, Comicized, and Halflit.
Jeff Tranberry provides several Photoshop scripts such as: Layers to PNG, Converting to sRGB for Save For Web, Create New Document, Create Frames from Layers, Reveal All, Close all open docs without saving, Turn off the preference for "Resize Image During Paste/Place", Turn on the preference for "Resize Image During Paste/Place", Create a .log file, and more.
"Two Photoshop actions for assembling panoramas from two or three images on a new canvas ready for blending."
"This collection focuses on a few aspects of light and color in Photoshop, including six adjustable image effects and one utilitarian action."
"18 actions for creating borders in Adobe Photoshop... ragged edges, soft vignettes and other effects, all of which are editable, so you can modify them to your liking."
This action set for Adobe Photoshop 6.x is intended for use with digital photography, to aid and assist the photographer in achieving better images.
Fool's gold, chrome car emblem, rocky type, bumpy rock, neon text, metal ball.
Several actions for improving digital camera images: Digital Infrared, Digital Velvia, Dynamic Range Increase, and Noise Reducer. Specific actions for Canon D30 and Olympus E-10/20 cameras. Also actions for improved upsampling and sharpening.
11 free actions for creating various effects in Adobe Photoshop 4 and up. Includes Drop Shadow from Selection, 5 Border Effects, Mist, Smog, Fog, Evening Sky, and Fire Inferno.
"Create cool automatic effects in Photoshop. These are original actions available only through this web site."
These Photoshop actions are designed to reduce high-ISO color noise artifacts and reduce high-ISO grain.c
Two actions: one for advanced monochrome conversions (color to black and white) and one for a pseudo-infrared effect.
"Easily replace overexposed skies with a picture perfect sky, complete with randomly generated light clouds."
"This action simply creates a page curl in any of the four corners of an image."
A collection of time saving actions that provide basic control over selections and allow you to quickly add gaussian blurs and flip layers. You just may find yourself using these every day. This site is not compatible with Netscape 4.
"56 Actions that allow you to control all of Photoshop's functions. In addition, the Action Pack includes special filter operations that let you sort images based on various criteria including EXIF and IPTC tags, color mode, size, orientation and aspect ratio. With the Automator Action Pack, you can execute complex batch operations that are impossible with Photoshop's internal Actions."
Six galleries of border actions, two galleries of special effects actions, two galleries of text actions, plus tutorials on how to use them. Actions are for Photoshop 5.0 and up.
Photoshop 6 and higher actions that turn photos into paintings. US$12.50.
Richard Lynch, author of "The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2" has provided this free download which allows users to play Photoshop Actions in Elements. Also includes demos of the Hidden Power tools available in the book.
"Siva's Photoshop Conditional Action allows you to execute your Actions based on Conditions. No programming needed. Just click and define your conditions."
"Discussion and tutorial on applying soft focus to landscape images. Photoshop actions for soft focus effects are available for downloading."
Mayhem Studios offers several free Photoshop actions including red eye removal, a brushed metal effect, sharpening, and one for finding the center of an image.
Free original actions for text effects, image creation, weird effects, and more.
Two free actions, one creates a seamless marble design and the other creates a button.
