Best Photoshop Actions

I wanted to share the best photoshop actions, at least from my perspective. Below are the actions that  I use on 95% of my pictures. Some of them are free or cheap, but the florabella set is kind of pricey but comes with a lot of awesome actions.

Here is a before and after of Dustyn using the Classic Bright from Florabella. I put the opacity on the classic bright at 80%. Then clicked CTRL+SHIFT+E to flatten the image. Then the Haze option pops up. I usually put the opacity down to 50% or less. On this one I did 20%. I then used Pioneer Woman Define and Sharpen Action. I did the same thing on all the photos I shared on Wednesday.

My settings : f/2.2 | 1/250sec | ISO 640

I used my Nikon D600 and 50mm f/1.4 Lens. I had my backdrop paper on my photography backdrop stand facing my double glass back door. Awesome light. I believe you definitely need to get it as good as you can in the camera but actions do help.

Best Photoshop Actions

1. Florabella Classic Bright is part of their Classic Workflow Action Set $129
2. Pioneer Woman Define & Sharpen is part of their Action Sets FREE
3. Pure Haze A Touch of Hazy BW is part of their  Pure Haze Action Set $50
4. Addy Lane Goodbye Red Skin is part of their Simple Fixes Action Set $12 
5. Sarah Halstead Facebook Resize FREE

I like using the Classic Bright on all of my photos as a good base. The Define & Sharpen is good to use to just sharpen the photo a tad for printing. A Touch of Hazy BW is just perfect to turn color photos to Black & White. The Goodbye Red Skin is awesome to use on newborn’s red skin. Of course I do the facebook resize on all of my photos before posting them on my blog or facebook.

UPDATE: I just shared my favorite actions for editing Winter Photos and shared some freebies!

What are your favorite photoshop actions?