February 5, 2008

There’s quite a few of you using Hollywood Effects Photogshop actions. Though a growing number of people these days are using my Power Workflow Lightroom presets, but sometimes I feel it’s easy to get lazy on the Photoshop effects we use because Lightroom is so easy, and can do so much.

While I’m not downplaying Lightroom I think we need to remember that the effects we can do in Photoshop like glows, and advanced special effects simply cannot be done in Lightroom and we don’t want to forget about PS.

In using Hollywood Effects lately I felt that it was time for a few more tools so soon I’ll be launching a free update for Hollywood Effects owners, as well as doing a brand new demo video. Their will be at least two brand new effects that I think you’ll really get some use out of so stay tuned.

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January 10, 2008

kids-vr-ii.jpgSome time back made an action that I posted on Pro Photo Show called Visual Razor. In using it today I felt it could be better, so I do what I often do when something can be better. I made the brand new one. It’s Visual Razor II, and you can get FREE.

It’s a basic action to sharpening and enhance an image, and adding a bit of POP. The layers are masks so they can easily be adjusted, but it looks good out of the box so it works good in batches.

It may not be wild and different like some of my Hollywood Effects actions, but it’s a good everyday tool, and hey, It’s Free! Should work on CS2 and CS3. If you have an older version of PS try Visual Razor Original.

~ Download Visual Razor II sharpen/enhance action ~

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