Velvia Action - DPChallenge Forums

07/28/2004 06:31:32 PM · #26

Originally posted by laurielblack:

Stupid question of the hour...I have PS 6... I downloaded the action...put it in the PS folder (made a new folder for actions and put it there, actually, in the PS program)...opened the actions pallette, and can't find any way to "load" actions...it just has several default ones. Can someone enlighten me??? Thanks! ;o)

Download the file to this folder Photoshop 6.0\presets\photoshop actions. Then in Photoshop go to the little actions window and hit the little button with the arrowhead on it. This will give you an option to load actions. Hope this helps!

jenesis

07/28/2004 06:31:59 PM · #27

Originally posted by laurielblack:

Laurie,
I have PS 7, but they should be the same I think.... next to the Tool Presets tab, which is located next to the actions tab, is a little arrow. If you click on that, it should produce a drop down list and one of the options should be to "Load Action". As long as you place the action in the Adobe>Presets>Photoshop Actions folder it should show up on the the list. I'm not sure if that was what you were asking how to do, but I hope it helps if it is. :-)
Jen

Edit: Oops, typed too slow, Toocool beat me to it....

Message edited by author 2004-07-28 18:33:03.

TooCool

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

07/28/2004 06:34:21 PM · #28

Originally posted by jenesis:

Edit: Oops, typed too slow, Toocool beat me to it....

They don't call me Too Slow :-P

dacrazyrn

Nikon D300

07/28/2004 06:43:14 PM · #29

Originally posted by emorgan49:

Anyone get the link tp work on Safari? all i get is odd text

As before..you either need to right click or control click and then select download linked file and save it (usually asks if you want the .txt extension added-say NO). I download everything into a special download folder.
after dl, select it, copy it, go to the PS folder (I use a PS third party folder for all actions and other add ons (doesn't get erased when upgrading) that is a mirror image of the PS folder) and put it in the PS actions folder.
Open PS, the actions menu, the little right arrow button (at this point sometimes they show up at the bottom of the menu-lust look), to the Load Actions selection, navigate to your folder, select the action, accept, it loads and goes back to PS, select it in the Actions menu (make sure you have a pic open or nothing happens (C:), go down to the little play arrow, push it, and here comes the magic.

moodville

Nikon D100

07/28/2004 06:59:49 PM · #30

Originally posted by Maverick:

Pedro - have you tried using the velvia custom curve for the D70? If so, how does that compare? I have white wedding installed in mine now, but am thinking of changing it.

Thanks

What do you think of white wedding compared to the norm? I have it downloaded but havent put it into the camera yet.

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

07/28/2004 07:10:59 PM · #31

Thanks, TC and Jenesis...it worked like a charm! Oh no...now I have more "ooh, wonder what this button does" buttons to play with!! LOL

crabappl3

07/28/2004 07:13:07 PM · #32

I shoot almost exclusively with white wedding on my D100. If I need a bit more contrast than the WW curve has I find it easier to bump up the contrast than to try and bring out shadows within PS . I have found at times that it may be a little to flat or harsh for the environment I'm shooting, when I notice this, I just switch back to the factory curve.

-danny

Originally posted by moodville:

Originally posted by Maverick:
Pedro - have you tried using the velvia custom curve for the D70? If so, how does that compare? I have white wedding installed in mine now, but am thinking of changing it.

Thanks

What do you think of white wedding compared to the norm? I have it downloaded but havent put it into the camera yet.

newtune3

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/28/2004 07:46:55 PM · #33

Help. What do I do to make this work n PS Elements 2.0. I found all of the directories as specified and downloaded the file to it. I can even find it in Explorer, however, where is the PS Action comand in Elements? I know Iknow, get PS.

TooCool

07/28/2004 07:49:42 PM · #34

Originally posted by laurielblack:

Thanks, TC and Jenesis...it worked like a charm! Oh no...now I have more "ooh, wonder what this button does" buttons to play with!! LOL

BTW Laurie, are you ever NOT here? :-P

Pedro

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

07/28/2004 08:05:30 PM · #35

Originally posted by Maverick:

Pedro - have you tried using the velvia custom curve for the D70? If so, how does that compare? I have white wedding installed in mine now, but am thinking of changing it.

Thanks

I haven't, but not because I dislike it or anything. My issues are twofold:

1) I love photoshop, so I like my images to be neutral out of the box. I'd rather have maximum flexibility later on, even though this usually amounts to more Post Processing time; and,

b) I'm a bit of an idiot at times, and I'd hate to accidentally leave the Velvia curve on when shooting people or something. I can barely remember to set my white balance and ISO cprrectly most of the time.

White wedding seems a bit more neutral, and I'm tempted to use it for a while to try it out. Besides, if I ever grow up I wanna be like Crabby, so I'll do whatever he does.

P

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

07/28/2004 08:09:23 PM · #36

Originally posted by TooCool:

Originally posted by laurielblack:
Thanks, TC and Jenesis...it worked like a charm! Oh no...now I have more "ooh, wonder what this button does" buttons to play with!! LOL

BTW Laurie, are you ever NOT here? :-P

didn't you read scalvert's post yesterday? There are 14 of me... LOL ;o)

Dyslexic

Canon EOS-40D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/28/2004 08:44:51 PM · #37

OK, I'll be the village idiot. Couldn't you do the same thing fairly effortlessly by adjusting levels/curves and saturation, which would also give you greater control?

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

07/28/2004 08:50:38 PM · #38

Originally posted by Dyslexic:

OK, I'll be the village idiot.

...sorry, that spot's already taken. You could be put on the waiting list, if you like. LOL ;o)

Maverick

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon

07/28/2004 10:59:50 PM · #39

Actually, I feel like the idiot...Checking my curves, I should have said "provia", not velvia. = P

ElGordo

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon

07/28/2004 11:09:21 PM · #40

An almost identical effect can be achieved by using unsharp mask with these settings:
Amount: 20%
Radius: 80 pixels

Vary amount and radius to fine tune the effect.

Pedro

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

07/29/2004 02:05:24 AM · #41

Originally posted by Dyslexic:

OK, I'll be the village idiot. Couldn't you do the same thing fairly effortlessly by adjusting levels/curves and saturation, which would also give you greater control?

Not really. if you look at the steps involved, there's a lot more to it than that. it's not just an oversaturated photo. Those look...well...oversaturated. The intent here is to look deeply saturated, and that takes a lot more than a little bump in saturation.

i should probably make the point that for web applications, a simple contrast/saturation boost may succeed, but if you make prints, you'll see a monsterous difference.

P

Pedro