I got to noodling around again with some of the actions I've got loaded into my Photoshop Elements 6, and arrived at an interesting multi-effect in just four steps.
technique I found while surfing around, trying to find new ways of sprucing up some of my vacation photos from this summer.
This one is a snap of an old church in Boston (right around the corner from the original Cheers, if you're interested) and the hazy sky didn't really do much for it. The technique here really makes the blue pop out of the haze, and adds a bit of depth and contrast to the shadow areas.
*Note that it requires Handy Actions 3, or an action that will select just the highlights of your image and place them on a new layer.
The image to the right is split, with the original photo showing on the left and the effect showing to the right. Check out those rich blue Boston skies!
This simple one-layer technique will really make your images pop. It takes longer to show you how to do it than it does to actually do it - enjoy the video!
The photo to the left is a split, with the effect on the left side and the original photo showing through on the right.
folks have written and asked me how to change the menu names for Layer Styles added using their Add-O-Matic, so I figured I'd put the info in one place rather than typing it out each time - so here ya go:
