Because efficiency is important, we have made a complete photography workflow for Photoshop containing more than 30 individual actions to improve and speed up the post processing work on your images.
The workflow are the steps and actions you take to edit your images until you are 100% satisfied with the result. Start with your image and use an ordered sequence to put things together and make it just perfect.
With this workflow you will be able to do exactly that, but also (for those that are just starting with photography) play only the actions you think are needed to improve your image. If you are starting in photography this workflow will help you to develop good habits at an early stage, and if you have been shooting for many years, this is a great workflow to improve your process.
The Workflow:
- Exposure
- - Correct Underexposure
- - Correct Overexposure
- Highlights
- - Lighten Highlights
- - Darken Highlights
- Midtones
- - Lighten Midtones
- - Darken Midtones
- Shadows
- - Lighten Shadows
- - Darken Shadows
- Contrast
- - Increase Contrast
- - Decrease Contrast
- Saturation
- - Increase Saturation
- - Decrease Saturation
- Vibrance
- - Increase Vibrance
- - Decrease Vibrance
- Whites
- - Brighten Whites
- - Darken Whites
- Blacks
- - Brighten Blacks
- - Darken Blacks
- Neutrals
- - Brighten Neutrals
- - Darken Neutrals
- Warm/Cool Highlights/Shadows
- - Warm Highlights
- - Warm Shadows
- - Cooler Highlights
- - Cooler Shadows
- Sharpen
- - Sharpen 1
- - Sharpen 2
- - Sharpen 3
- Soften
- - Soften 1
- - Soften 2
- - Soften 3
- Sun Glows
- - Sun Glow 1
- - Sun Glow 2
- - Sun Glow 3
This workflow will improve your portrait, landscape, products or any other photo subject no matter the size and resolution of your image.
How to install
- Open Photoshop.
- In the Actions Panel click on the top right icon and from the dropdown menu select "Load Actions".
- Locate the "Medialoot - Photography Workflow.atn" file and click on Load.
How to use
- Open your image. Be sure that is set as the background (if not, go to Layer > New > Background from Layer).
- In the Actions Panel expand the "Medialoot - Photography Workflow" action container.
- Select the "Run me first" action and click on the Play button (this step is mandatory)
- Select any other action and click the Play button.
- After an action finish, you can simply adjust the layer opacity to fine-tune the effect.
