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3-D Painter
Mike Warren's new action gives a 3D painted look to an image.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/mike_w_3d_painter_atn.zip

Airbrushing Action set
This will keep you busy for awhile. Ronald Clercx explains: Because I am a graphic designer, not an illustrator, I've marveled at people who could do airbrush effects, which are very hard to achieve manually. So I developed at action set that should make it easier.

The actions are not one-click run-stop actions. They guide an iterative process. Along with the actions, download Ronald's notes and tips.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Airbrushing_by_Ronald_Clercx.zip
http://www.atncentral.com/PDF/About_AirbrushActions.pdf

Alabaster Portrait
Feivel's exciting new action is designed for portraits. The rollover provides a dramatic before and after demonstration. If high tone portraits cause you high anxiety, stay away. But if a distinctive, romantic portrait look is what you're after, you'll find it here.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/AlabasterPortrait.zip

AutoColor
On some images, Photoshop's auto color adjustment does a great job, but on others, it doesn't come close. Shane's action takes a different approach, by separating light, dark, and mid-range tones and applying individual color correction. It doesn't work on all images, but try it on under saturated natures and scenics. The last step in the action allows you to adjust opacity.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/auto-color.zip

Cartoon Action
Maureen stumbled across this technique for turning a photo into a cartoon or comic. Sharon was kind enough to offer to put it into an atn format for her, so it could be submitted here.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Maredas_Cartoon.zip

Comix Actions
Two actions—monochrome and color— that turn photos into comic book images with an outline, shadow and a blank layer to paint in solid colors (or hide to show the photos true colors). The size of the image effects the detail level, larger images will have more details.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Comix_Actions.zip

Custom Vignette 2.0
Galen Evans originally designed this subtle effect designed for Canon RAW images of 2052x3076, but this revision allows you to adjust the action for an image of any size. After inviting you to select an area of interest, it darkens the remaining area, throws it slightly out of focus, and adds contrast to the subject. Here's a technique I saw at Wisconsin Public Television recently: On a portrait, select the eyes and, at the end of the action, reduce opacity to diminish the effect.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Custom_Vignette_v2.0.zip

Dave Beaman's Ethereal Glow
This small action has been getting a lot of action on dpreview recently. The rollover shows what it does with a color photo, but try it with a black and white as well. Thanks to Feivel for sending Dave to this site.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Ethereal_Glow.zip

Dave's IR Actions
Dave Jaseck recreates infrared looks in digital imaging with this set of actions. There's plenty of opportunity for you to tweak the image to get far out ... or way in.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Dave's_IR.zip

Dave's Simplifier v.2
From Dave Jaseck, an updated version one of my favorite actions. Simplifier provides a painted effect by eliminating unimportant color detail. Don't confuse this with posterization. The histogram shows a lot of detail, rather than a staircase effect.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Daves_Simplifier_v2.zip

Dodging and Burning
A straightforward approach to dodging and burning that creates two adjustment layers, one for each effect. You paint on the layer masks in black or white (white adds the effect, while black erases it) ... then adjust the opacity for the degree of dodging or burning you wish. In the example, the burn layer is at 100%, while the dodge layer is 22%.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Dodging_Burning.zip

Dragan Action
Mike Warren created an action to show what can be done using various layers of the original (in Soft Light, Hard Light and Color Burn Mode along with a Curve Adjustment layer) layered over a Tritone conversion. The Tritone creates a grayscale image and adds a colorcast. You can adjust the curve in the Black to control contrast and shadow details-experiment with this on different images. The other two colors affect the overall tone; adjust these colors to taste. Load the Action, open the file named Original Run Action, and use the Burn tool to emphasize wrinkles
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/MW_Dragan_Action.zip

Dragan Monochrome
Mike found that many of you were using his Dragan action for monochrome images. To retain the full dynamic range, he's developed this action that draganizes color images and converts them to mono in one step.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/MW_BW.zip

Draganizer
Sharon has developed an action version of the Dragan effect that has been the subject of much discussion on dpreview.com. Experiment with this approach and with Kent Christiansen's “Grundge Effect” on this site and use the one that gets the closest to the effect you're trying to achieve. Other examples are available at this link.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Draganizer.zip

Edgarian Blur
Howard Owen has produced an attractive blur action for portraits and named it for the man who described the technique, Albert Edgar, PhD., in the January, 2001 issue of PEI . "This effect uses mathematically related Gaussian blurs and fades to produce a misty, dreamlike blur," Howard writes. I concur. Instructions in the action.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Edgarian_Blur_2.0.zip

Emboss Glow
Mike Warren's action does what it claims, embossing the detail and embellishing it with a wonderful glow. Use it as-is or apply it to a background copy on which you reduce opacity. If you do that, you can also play with blending modes to achieve a different effect.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/MikeW_emboss_glow.zip

Glamor Blur
Glamor Blur does what its name suggests. After flattening the image, it blurs skin tone but, by finding edges, keeps details such as hair in place. As a variation with a complex background to which you don't want the blur applied, select the face with a slight feather, select inverse, cut, rename this as a new document, run the action on it, then copy it into the original document as a new layer, and apply darken mode.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/glamblur.zip

Gothic Glow
Gothic Glow gives a glowing and feathering effect to an image. It can be applied to either the entire image or to just a selection, depending on which version of the action you select.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/gothicglow.zip

Grundge Effect Action
Kent reports that this action is more of a "tutorial" of a way to achieve a grundge type effect on people shots rather than a 'shortcut' to a Dragan style. He suggests that users control click through the action checking out each step. Begin with a well exposed image in which none of the channels are blown out. The action allows for several user-chosen modes, yet the defaults should work well on good images.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Kents_Grundge.ZIP

LensBlur
This action mimics the effect of the popular “LensBaby,” which Kent urges you to try because no Photoshop effect can duplicate it entirely. The action has 3 main aspects: A motion and radial blur; a noise and chromatic aberration routine; and a vignette. You can use the first action alone or in any combination. The noise and CA part is written for both CS or earlier versions of PS. It has built in flexibility and is not a 'one click' action, although running just the first action is quick and gets good results. Kent suggests trying the default settings at first, then experimenting. He thanks Danny R for help in crafting the action and Pam R for her insights on the actual effect and the vignette idea.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Kent_slensblur-djr-pr.zip

Midnight Action Collection
Dave Jaseck has pulled his four popular "midnight" actions together into one set--Midnight Blue, Gold, Sepia--and the new Midnight Black. These at last equal and may surpass some commercial filters designed to achieve the same effects. The color tone can be adjusted by putting an action stop at the color balance step.
Also included is an Elements2 version for use with Ling's snapAction interface. The .atn files go into Elements's "Presets/Photoshop Actions" folder. The .xml file goes into Elements's "HTMLPalettes/Recipes/LUI/add" folder. Then run snapActions and you should see "Menu: Dave Jasecks's Midnight actions" on the Left. Move it to the Right and hit Generate.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Midnight_Action_Collection.zip

Midnight Sepia, v.2
I am convinced that Dave Jaseck never sleeps. Lucky thing for us. Dave has updated his favorite action, Midnight Sepia, to overcome issues reported to him in version 1 with certain types of images.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/MidnightSepiav2.zip

Paint with Light
Chip's action creates two layers, Use both layers to bring out this dynamic effect. Grab a white brush (10-15% opacity) to paint Light on the Color Dodge layer. Grab a black brush (10-15% opacity) to add shadows and bring out the drama with the Color Burn Shadow layer. You may need to use higher opacity brushes on some pictures. If using a Wacom tablet, you may also want to adjust flow control.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Paint_with_Light.zip

Paint with Light II
Chip's Paint with Light II will bring out details in shadows and highlights. It is similar to his other PWL action, but does not use the burn modes, leaving a more natural, but equally dramatic look—especially effective for black and white. Run the action, pick a soft black or white brush, and start painting. You can also use it as a gray layer for adding filters such as texturizing. Play with different layer modes to alter effects.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Paint_W_Light_II.zip

Portrait Effect
This action desaturates a portrait and gives you control over degree of saturation, contrast, background blur and soft focus.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/portrait_effect.zip

Sepiatone
Another action from Andy Purviance, this uses a duotone approach to create a sepiatone effect.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sepiatone.zip

Skin Fix v.1
Kent Chrisiansen's "Skin Fix" is a set of actions for smoothing skin.

The first action 'Basic skin fix' is quick and easy and utilizes a method laid out in the dpr retouch forum by *isteve who found it by accident. It involves using the high pass filter, inverted and set to soft light. Kent added a layer mask to reveal details in eyes, lips, and other areas.

The second action also employs the gaussian blur along with the high pass filters which tends to brighten up the effects of the gblur. By putting the original background on top of the layer with those filters, one can 'paint' in the softness and use brush opacity to determine how soft a look one wants to achieve. This and the last action has subsequent layers beyond skin smoothing for contrast, color toning and cloning and healing, although one can stop at any point.

The third action is similar to the first in that it employs the high pass, invert, soft light scheme, where you paint in sharpness instead of softness which the action creates, but like the second action, it adds contrast and color adjustments and clone/healing capabilities.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/KentC_skinfix_v1.ZIP

Soft Focus Action, v.2
Version 2 of Daniel Chui's soft focus action is now a set that provides small and large photo versions for each of several effects—color, monochrome, and cross-toned images. A quick, easy approach to light portrait retouching.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Chuisoftv2.zip

Velvia-Provia v. 2
This suite of actions reproduce the selective color, contrast, and saturation boost of Velvia film and the shadow detail of Provia film. The effects are adjustable from minimal to maximum. All steps are done on a copy of the original photo. It should be used as the last step in your process, before resizing and sharpening. There are two versions here, one for Photoshop, the other for Photoshop Elements 2.0 Photoshop Elements
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/velvia_provia2.zip

Watercolor
This action helps you to create a beautiful watercolor effect from any image. It takes a bit of work on your part, all of which is explained in this tutorial posted on dpreview. The action sets up all the layers automatically so that you select your prefered brush and go to work. Erick has changed all the default layer names, since he works in the French version of PS.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/watercoloraction.zip

B&W Sketch
Sharon Lee Core presents two sketch actions, one requiring little user intervention, the other inviting a bit more playing. The rollover example, taken in an historic Charleston graveyard, uses the simpler interface ... and works just great! (Incidentally, these actions also allow you to add back color.)
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sharons_BW_SKETCH.zip

Caricature Sketch
While reading a thread on dpreview on caricatures, Sharon got the idea for this action. So she wrote it. And it's great.( So how can we get her to read more threads on dpreview? Then we wouldn't have to do any work at all.) The zip file contains both the action and a Word document Sharon prepared that explains how to use Liquefy to create a caricature and offers suggestions for finishing the caricature image after running the action.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Caricature_Sketch.zip

Colored Sketch
Sharon has worked and worked on this action, incorporating advice from Danny Raphael and others. The result is a masterpiece. Just run it on an appropriate image and follow the instructions. I've had great results on scenes of Charleston 's historic district
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sharons_Colored_Sketch.zip

Dave's Sketch
A set of sketch actions from Dave Jaseck in two flavors--a straight line sketch and a version that adds back some color for a Currier and Ives look.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Daves_Sketch.zip

Mitch's Sketch Action
"I was feeling unproductive because it seemed that everyone in this forum had his/her own sketch action except me," Mitchell Weitz said on dpreview.com, "so I decided to do something about it." Here is that something: Mitch's sketch action. Mitch, we hope the spirit moves you again.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Mitch's_Sketch_Action.zip

Pen & Ink
Turns a photograph into a pen and ink drawing.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/pen_inktb.zip

Rough Pastels
Frequent visitors to dpreview.com have seen numerous examples of Isabel Cutler's sketch techniques. Now she and Sharon Lee Core have joined forces to turn her rough pastels technique into an action. See more examples of this action in action at this link.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Isabels_Pastel_Sketch.zip

Sheri's Sketch Action (PS) 2.1
From Sheri Pierce, sketch actions for Photoshop 6 and above. There are three actions in the set: "Sheri's Sketch CS", "Sheri's Sketch 2 Max" and "Sheri's Sketch 2 Lt". The CS version uses a new Photoshop feature called Layer Comps to produce five variations in a single document. It will not work properly on earlier versions.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sheris_Sketch_2.1_For_Photoshop.zip

Sketch
Alex developed this sketch action from a tutorial on wetcanvas.com based on a technique developed by Trimoon, Photoshop artist Stephen LeQuire. (Stephen's own actions are available on his website.) Alex also credits photographer Cathy Sheeter with helping him develop the color steps.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sketch.zip

B&W Selective Color 2.2
Kent 's B&W Selective Color 2.2 is a new version of an action Kent Christiansen developed to provide control in making a monochrome version of a color image. This new version adds stops and a new action using a CMYK channel mixer/Selective Color combo which can give a higher contrast image
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Kent's_B&W_selective_color2_2.zip

Danny's Black and White Actions v.5
Version 5 of Danny Raphael's set of black and white actions that convert color to grayscale. The example shows the third action which creates 11 monochrome versions using RGB, CMYK, and LAB channels and channel mixer variations. Also included is a method developed by John Paul Caponigro and three other approaches. The readme action that begins this set provides an overview.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/MW_BW.zip

Duotone Dreams
This simple action creates a duotone that looks as though you spent a great deal of time on it. It works best on a 4-6 MB file or a 5x7 240 ppi image. The action allows you to choose any Pantone color or opt for the default.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Duotone_Dream_v2.zip

Thomas Niemann's Tones
An entertaining and very useful action developed by Danny Raphael from a description by Portland 's own Thomas Niemann on his site. When the action has run, you can modify it by turning layers on and off and playing with the opacity settings.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Niemann_Tones.zip

TLR B&W Conversation
This is the current version of Glenn Mitchell's black and white action set, with some help Danny Raphael in naming the Quick B&W layers. The zip includes a readme.pdf and his Action Basics .pdf. For more info on how to use this set, go to this tutorial on Glenn's website at The Lights Right Studio.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/TLR_B&W_Conversion.zip

TLR Sepia Tint
The sepia tone effect in Glenn Mitchell's action set uses a twist on a popular method of black and white conversion. The technique is fast and easy, and you have control over the results.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/TLRSepiaTint.zip

3D Product Box
Here's a great little toy from Andy Purviance. It creates a small icon—the example is full size—with your favorite photo packaged in a box against a white background with a shadow.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/3D_Product_Box.zip

Andrea's Borders
Test Frame Example These are not actions, but zipped PDF files, so the files are large. Combine one with your image for a believable negative or Polaroid border. Suite A contains three Polaroid-like borders. Suite B contains a fourth, an Ektachrome border, and two that create the 6x6 edge that you would get from a Hasselblad camera. Suite C provides a Kodak 160 NC transparency film look and is smaller in size than the others. Test frame provides a 7 x 10 cm template, and the file contains instructions.
Borders A
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Borders_A.zip
Borders B
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Borders_B.zip
Borders C
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Border_C.zip
Test frame
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/PROVINI%20_7x10cm.zip

Bronze Plaque
Sharon Lee Core has come up with a unique bronzing action, and the example is sufficiently humorous to be worth the click.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sharons_Bronze_Plaque.zip

Bud's Actions
From Bud Guinn, some great toys to play with. Brushes, palettes, tiled images like the thumbnail example shown, and more.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Buds_Actions.zip

Bud's Brass Plaque
Also from Bud Guinn, an action that creates a brass plaque. Use the Text tool to title it, Paste-into to add it as a layer on an image that has a frame, and the Move tool to properly position it on the frame.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Brass_Plaque.zip

Bud's Frames
Over 30 framing actions to attractively set off your images. The sample shows the Basic Matte, but there are rosewood frames, frames on textured walls, and many others.Some of these actions prompt for input from the user, and many offer customization tools by adjusting layer properties.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Buds_Frames.zip

Bud's Signature's & Stuff
Various actions, of which this teakwood background with multiple images is one of my favorites. Also includes logo, signature, and brass plate actions. (Suggestion: while this works in 16 bit, I'd first make my color adjustments, then use the mode command to convert to 8 bits, then run the action.)
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Signatures_Stuff.zip

Bud's Wooden Frames
From Bud Guinn, a set of 22 wooden frame actions. The example is Japanese ash, which is not the best for this particular photo, but shows up well in the thumbnail.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Buds_Wooden_Frames.zip

Bud's Wooden Mattes
More from Bud Guinn. This is a set of 22 wooden matte actions.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Buds_Wooden_Mattes.zip

Bud's EZMiter, v.1
This series of actions creates mitered mattes. You can select the matte colors and textures. Read the instructions carefully, as there is an instruction action which you are to read and then move.
NOTE: This is a big action, expanding to half a MB.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/EzMiter_v1.zip

Fracture
To reproduce the effect of Bud Guinn's "Bits and Pieces" action, as shown in the above thumbnail, John Beardsworth has developed a script called "Fracture." This is not an action, and must be copied to the Presets folder in Photoshop 7 or CS. You run it from the File|Scripts menu.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/fracture.zip

Marcia's Frame Actions
Marcia Fasy's frame action set includes:
-Gallery frame
-Matte and simple gold frame
-Wide matte and a narrow matte
-2 simple drop shadow mattes - one for light background and one for dark background.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Marcias_frame.zip

Mike's Frame Actions
-Regular background landscape gallery (golden mean proportions)
-Light border landscape gallery frame (Golden mean)
-Portrait studio wall frame with large bevels and weighted bottom matte proportions.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/mike_w_action.zip

Mike Brewer's Invariant Frame
Mike Brewer has spent weeks working on versions of this action to get it just right. And it's worth it. This action allows a predictable and uniform frame to be added to an image of any size and shape.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Mike'sInvariantFrameText_vd.zip

Out of Bounds, v.8
For some, it is not enough to live in the nation's most beautiful river gorge at the base of one of its most beautiful mountains within view of two more. (And the place where some claim John Kerry lost the election.) All this, and you have to tinker! And so Terry Alford of gorgephotos.com gives us his PopOut—an image that extends a point of interest beyond the frame.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/OutOfBoundsV8.zip

PopOut
Brian's version of PopOut action includes a Blend out instead of the Hard Edged “PopOut”. He has thoughtfully included a separate tutorial that shows “how to use the action”.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/PopOut.zip

Sharon's Mattes
Sharon Lee Core provides a suite of new matte actions. The simple example at left does not begin to show the possibilities.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sharons_Mats.zip

Dave's Sharpening Actions
Dave Jaseck has turned four accepted methods of sharpening into convenient actions. "I don't claim to be the author of these techniques but did put them in action form." Included are:
-RGB Edge Sharpening
-Green Channel Edge Sharpening
-Red Channel Edge Sharpening
-High pass sharpening
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sharpening_Actions.zip

Julian's Sharpener
A straightforward action that applies a degree of USM to separate layers set to a darken and lighten mode. You adjust the opacity of each of these two layers in turn to minimize the effect of the two blending modes, then adjust final opacity.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Julians_Sharpening.zip

Sharpener, v.3
This action takes a bit of work and judgment on your part, but the results can be quite rewarding. There are several stops where you make decisions about how much effect to allow. The example I've provided is extreme, but shows how well this action works.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Sharpening3.zip

TLR Sharpening Toolkit, v2.0b
This is version 2.0b Glenn Mitchell's Sharpening Toolkit, which has been available on his website for some time. The .ZIP file contains the action, a PDF ReadMe and Action Basics documents that describe the action set and how to use it. Further information is available here: Learning Gallery: Putting a Fine Edge on Your Sharpening Skills
Tip of the Week: Using Print Size During Sharpening
Tip of the Week: Dialing Back the Magnification When Sharpening
Tip of the Week: Local Contrast Enhancement
Tutorial: Putting a Fine Edge on Your Sharpening Skills
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/TLRSharpeningToolkit.zip

Danny's Save as Layers Action
This action automates saving layers from a multi-layer image as separate files. It's a capability added in Photoshop CS, but Danny's action allows you to use it in previous versions. It will be useful for those who need to import files of individual layers into other applications, e.g., Flash (animation) or PageMaker
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/SavingLayersToSeparateFiles-djr.zip

Katrin Eismann's Fill Flash
Katrin Eismann's Photoshop Restoration and Retouching may be the best practical guide to Photoshop in existence. One of Katrin's many handy tips is a fill flash technique that Dave Jaseck has turned into an action. Katrin has graciously allowed us to post it here.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/Katrin_FillFlash.zip

Redeye Remover v.2
Kent Christiansen calls this set of actions written by Chip Springer "one of the best and quickest ways to remove redeye, while maintaining catch lights, texture." It also includes a green eye remover and a tooth brightener. This new version has an additional level adjustment layer to fix eye problems that the channel mixed adjustment layer doesn't quite catch.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/redeye2.zip

Rule of Thirds
Instructions This action not only gives you a 3x3 grid for editing purposes, it allows you to reposition the grid to match any format and, after you are satisfied with the composition, crops the image. Download the instructions and read them carefully, then try this out.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/RoTs.zip

Sheri's Shadow/Highlight Actions, v. 2b for Photoshop
This action set provides two actions—Classic Shadow-Highlight Adjuster and Gradual Shadow-Highlight Adjuster—that allow you to recover shadow detail and control highlights in images. This has been tested with PS7 and PS CS. An informative readme file is included.
http://www.atncentral.com/Zip_Actions/sheris_v2b_shadow_highlt.zip

Keyboard Shortcuts
Photoshop CS2 keyboard shortcuts organized into four pages, by menu commands and by key (alphabetically).
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/PSCS2_Shortcuts.pdf

Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts (KYS), Menu Customization (MNU) and Workspace files, containing many additional shortcuts. 100% compatable with default keyboard shortcuts. All detailed in the above PDF.
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/PSCS2_TrevorsShortcuts.zip

Extended HotKeys (Action Set)
This action set enhances Photoshop's hotkey allocations.
* Contract Canvas allow you to contract a selection even if one or more of the sides of the selection touch the canvas edge – which Photoshop does not allow you to do with the standard Contract command. (See Selection Secrets 2 for more details.)
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/PSCSHotKeys15.atn

Autocrop Action
One particulary useful feature which Photoshop lacks (prior to version 6.0) is the ability to crop a non-rectangular selection. AutoCrop is a simple, easy-to-use action (for Photoshop 5.x) which works on the active layer. Simply select the appropriate layer, and AutoCrop does the rest (leaving all of your layers in tact)!
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/AutoCrop.atn
Installation

The next download includes all of the following actions...
Rounded Border
Rounded Border is a relatively simple action that adds a round-cornered inset frame around the perimeter of the selected image. The frame / border is added on its own layer and all original layers are preserved. The action prompts for the inset distance, border thickness and color (or you can, of course, accept the default values).

Canvas Center
Quite simply, this action places a horizontal and vertical guide at the center of the canvas. Grab it from the downloads section below.

Canvas Thirds
Similar to Canvas Center , except that the horizontal and vertical guides are added at 1/3 increments on the canvas. Grab it from the downloads section below.

Canvas Quarters
Similar to Canvas Center , except that the horizontal and vertical guides are added at 1/4 increments on the canvas. Grab it from the downloads section below.

Contract Canvas
Contract Canvas allows you to use the Select » Modify » Contract command even when one or more sides of the selection touches the canvas boundaries. This action is also available as a part of the Photoshop 6 Extended HotKeys action set where it has been assigned a keyboard shortcut for quick and easy access.

Relative Canvas Size
This action increases the canvas size by the same amount on all sides. For example, if the canvas is 300 x 300 (pixels) and you enter 20 (pixels) for the amount, the resulting canvas size would be 340 x 340 (i.e. 300 + 20 + 20 = 340).
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/PSActionPack.atn

TV Lines Action
TV Lines is a Photoshop action which adds those "oh so cool" scan lines to your image (on a separate layer – while preserving all of your original layers).

The TVLines action comes in two flavours: TV Lines - Small adds a layer of alternating black and transparent lines (using 100% Overlay), while TV Lines - Big adds a more complex pattern (using 15% Overlay).
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/TVLines.atn

Photoshop Scripts

Close Without Saving
Version: 0.9.7 (5/Apr/2004)
Descripiton: closes the current document without saving and without prompting to save changes
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/scripts/CloseWithoutSaving_0-9-7.jsx

Close ALL Without Saving
Version: 0.9.7 (11/Jan/2005)
Descripiton: closes ALL current documents without saving and without prompting to save changes
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/scripts/CloseALLWithoutSaving_0-9-7.jsx

Contract Canvas Selection
Version: 1.2.1 (29/May/2005)
Descripiton: contracts a selection that touches the document boundaries on one or more sides (which Photoshop is not capable of doing)
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/scripts/ContractCanvasSelection_1-2-1.jsx

Import Folder As Layers
Version: 1.3.1 (29/May/2004)
Descripiton: imports a series of images (from the designated folder) as named layers into a new document
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/scripts/ImportFolderAsLayers_1-3-1.jsx

Toggle Layer Visibility
Version: 0.9.8 (5/Apr/2004)
Descripiton: toggle the visibility of the current layer (on or off)
http://user.fundy.net/morris/downloads/scripts/ToggleLayerVisibility_0-9-8.jsx

Brush Sites
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/thearchives2.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/100x100_brushes/
http://www.23outlet.com/html/main.html
http://www.aethereality.net/brushes.php
http://animeshare.crystals-ss.net/index.php?page=brushes
http://brushes.artric.com/brushes.html
http://www.arty.dk/downloads.html
http://biorust.com/index.php?page=downloads_section&catid=3
http://celestial-star.net/brushes.php
http://www.damnedinblack.net/brushes.htm
http://brushes.nenuphar.net/index2.php?p=brushes

These type of brushes
Cracked brushes — A selection of cracks and dirty brushes.
Tank Brushes — engineers drawings of the first world war 1 tank.
Grunge Line Brushes — Eight grunge line brushes, quite grunge based.
Packaging Brushes set 2 — Brushes created from packaging.
Grunge Brushes set 1 — Dirty grunge brushes set 1.
Icon Brushes — A selection of Icons from Mac OS and Windows.
Lettering Brushes — Sixteen lettering brushes, featuring a selection of fonts.
Metal plate Brushes — Metal plates and nails.
Tank Brushes set 2 — More tank brushes featuring text and plan drawings.
Grunge Corner Brushes — Eight dirty grunge corner brushes.
Concrete Texture Brushes — Two concrete texture brushes, idea for aging images.
Auto CAD Brushes — Screws, bolts and fixings as displayed in Autocad.
Ivy Leaf Brushes — leaves from a Ivy plant.
Crop Circle Brushes — Photoshop brushes based on crop circle photographs.
Cat Skull Brushes — Three large images of cat skulls.
Nail Brushes — A selection of nail images from different angles.
Photoshop Bullet Brushes — Rifle Bullets, shotgun cases and Bullet heads.
Crow Skull Brushes — Crow heads side view and front view.
Grunge Brushes - set 2 — Thirteen new grunge brushes, various sizes.
Fox Skull Brushes — Fox skull brushes, created from digital photographs.
Rabbit Skull Brushes — Three Rabbit skull brushes.
Quake Icon Brushes — Quake 3 Arena Icons.
Bar-code Photoshop Brushes — Bar-codes various sizes.
Power Tool Icons — Power tool Icons and diagrams.

Are Located Here:
http://www.photoshopbrushes.com/brushes.htm

Set of 10 Liquid Gel Layer Styles
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/liquid_gel_styles.zip

Actions:
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/dbl_exposures.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/color_schemers.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/colorcast_correction.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/watermark.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/frames1.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/frames2.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/bevel_wood_frames.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/thick_paint.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/underex_correct.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/postampframe.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/photo_sphere.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/photo_sphere_300dpi.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/patgens5.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/matrix.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/plastic_doll.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/linotypes.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/patgens21.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/Pre-CS_Fibers.zip

Patterns
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/clusters.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/gradientpatset1.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/columbine_1.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/columbine_2.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/greenery.zip

Gradients:
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/complementaries1.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/noisegrad1.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/transparentgrad1.zip

Layer Styles
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/colorchromestyles.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/stonestyles.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/patstyles01.zip
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/free/liquid_gel_styles.zip

Seamless Textures

Choose from a wide selection of hundreds of seamless textures (all the edges blend into each other when the image is repeated). Seamless textures are useful for website and desktop backgrounds as well as fills in your 2D and 3D graphics.

There are 10 separate "Texture Packs" for you to choose from, each one containing 50 original seamless textures. To view and save a texture, click on it's thumbnail and it will open in a small window, tiled as a background.

The downloads for the following would not start with DAP (received a password error message) but there where no problems with using FlashGet....

Each pack contains 50 Seamless Textures and all are a bit under 1mb in size:
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack1.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack2.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack3.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack4.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack5.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack6.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack7.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack8.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack9.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack10.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack11.zip
http://www.absolutecross.com/downloads/actextures/cross_pack12.zip

Paranoid
create fantasy text
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/48056/11819/paranoid.atn

Sand Text by FabioMancha
This action makes a text simulating the letters written in sand. Maybe a beach, maybe a desert ... the result is very nice.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/528051/11561/Sand%20Text%20by%20FabioMancha.atn

Starry Text
Shimmering night sky enclosed in your text
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/797/11353/Starry%20Text%20by%20Karl%20S.atn

WZ2K Cork Board set
28 Fantastic actions in this set.
CORKBOARD...RIBBON...POLAROID...STAMP...NOTE PAPER... SCROLL...TACKS...PINS...PENCIL...CREDIT CARD... and MORE! This is all for fun. IMPORTANT Right mouse click on the zip and select EXTRACT TO FOLDER. Click on the web page in the folder to learn more about the set. Thank you goes out to Appletom(Jim), Robert A. Skip B. and Karl S. for making this set truly special!
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/234069/11250/wz2k_contest2.zip

WZ2K Giraffe Text
Turns your text in to nice looking giraffe fur.
Instructions:
Unzip...load the brush and action. PLEASE make sure you load the brush and have it selected before you start the action. If not, the last brush you used will be the hair on the text. Not a good thing!
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/234069/11175/WZ2K%20Giraffe%20Final.zip

Real Fire & Smoke
same as Real Fire, but this one with some smoke...requires eye candy
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/332/2062/RealFiresmoke.ATN

COOKIES!
This action gives the effect of freshly baked Raspberry-Filled Cookies with Sugar and Sprinkles! The image does NOT do justice to the result! Enjoy! NO Plugins Required.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/433915/2177/Cookies.ATN

Bit Neon
This simple and easy action creates a neon effect multicolor.
Instructions:
Run once for each letter (layer). Follow instruction on action.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/303/1980/BitNeon.atn

Tie-Dy Text
This might remind all you old duffers of the good-ole days in the 1970's...just makes your text...well...tie-dyed!
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/366/2251/Tie-Dy.atn

iAQUAZ
This action is a pack to five flavors: Limez, Tangerinez, Strawberryz, Grapez, Blueberryz. Make flavors in you font. For Mac&Pc

Landscape Website (4.48mb)
This is a template for a Lanscape website. All of the different objects are on different levels to make it easy to edit each component.
To use this for a website you just have to slice the image to fit into your table.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/217633/9977/Layout_landscape.psd

7Templates (5.68mb)
Create Professional Flash web site.
Free professional Flash Template for your web site. You can change contents on this template if you are just a beginner and if you don't own any web design applications. Or you can modify this template's design and any other features because all source files are included in this template package, such as Macromedia Flash source file, Photoshop file and all fonts. Visit
http://www.7templates.com/download/flashtemplate.zip

Wallpaper Calendar 2005 (267.16kb)
For creating a calendar on a pic.
This now has all of the months for 2005. Select which month you require and insert a picture. Save the file in a picture format and load to the desktop.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/85668/6851/Wallpaper_Calendar_2005.zip

PSXtras Combo (1.75mb)
Styles, Patterns and video tutorial.
15 layer styles, 50 patterns and 1 video tutorial. All made using version 6.0
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/234069/6900/wave%20filter%20patterns.zip

Actions - 10 of my popular works (360kb)
In this zip file I have included 10 of my most popular actions on the Adobe Studio Exchange, for you to enjoy.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/Panos_Photoshop_bundle_2.zip

Blue Black Text Effect (2.6kb)
This action produces a really nice effect, almost gem like. It runs fast and the results are great. Use large think fonts in the range of 350pt and up.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/Blue-Black.zip

Cheetah Text Effect (6.6kb)
This action does what it says, adds a nice looking cheetah pattern to your text. Brush is supplied.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/Cheetah_By_Hatch.zip

Mosaic Effects (3.8kb)
Give your images an alternative, tiled look with this set of actions. The set will work with images of any size. The best results are achieved with square images. There are 6 effects:
- 100 Tiles
- 25 Tiles
- Quadrants
- Tetris
- Sigma
- Bricks
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/Mosaic_Effects_by_Panos.zip

Puzzle effect (3.7kb)
Do you have a great shape that you would like to add in an action script, to create a number of effects such as frames e.t.c.? This actorial will use the path insertion technique to create a 4 pieces puzzle.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/Puzzle_4_pieces_1.zip

Scroll Effect (34.1kb)
Use this action to apply an impressive curl effect to your images. In the zip file apart from the action I have included a sample image and a short documentation file.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/SCROLL_2.zip

Selection Tricks: Adding selections & Alpha channels (2.9kb)
Study the technique of adding selections and Alpha channels or adding Alphas themselves. People who write actions that involve the creation of complex selections will find this technique very useful, fast and timesaving. I used it to create the 16 sprocket holes in my B&B Filmstrip action. Unzip the actorial, load it in Photoshop actions palette and run.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/ADDING_SELECTIONS_TUTORIAL_2.zip

Snow has fallen (231.6kb)
This is a winter, festive action. It will cover your text or shape edges with frost and it will place some snow on it. The amount of frost and snow and the text/shape colour are fully customisable. http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/Snow_has_fallen.zip

Styles
25 Pixel Pattern Layer Styles (5kb)
Nice looking... easy on the eyes... layer styles. 25 in the pack, made in Photoshop CS. Font sizes from 100pt on up look best. For smaller text... scale the layer style and adjust the pattern back to 100%
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/wz2kPixelPatterns_2.zip

The following links all contain layer styles that are from the PSXtras Disc. Each download will have different styles .
55-60 Mixed Layer Stlyes 04 (3.81mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_4-55.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 02 (7.71mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_2-56_1.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 03 (16.09mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_3-55.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 05 (10.92mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_5-55.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 06 (22.17mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_6-55.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 07 (7.38mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_7-55.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 08 (16.98mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_8-50.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 09 (7.66mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_9-55.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 10 (12.37mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_10-55.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 11 (13.51mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_11-57.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 12 (8.98mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Set_12-49_1.rar

55-60 Mixed Layer Styles 13 (21.61mb)
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_xtras_set_24.rar

99 Gradients Styles (16.3kb)
This set has 99 simple gloss type styles.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/99_gradients_version_7.0.zip

Animal print styles (1.02mb)
A few prints you might find useful.
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/animals_6.0.1.zip

Beetle Backs (1mb)
10 styles made from the backs of beetles. **Patterns included**
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Beetle_Backs.zip

Beetle Backs 2 (411.1kb)
31 Layer styles made for the backs of colorful beetles. 432k Zip File
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Bettle_Backs_2.zip

Bevels and Insets (22.7kb)
Ever in the need for a quick bevel? Here they are. Set of 10 3k Zip File
http://www.wz2k.co.uk/uploads/video-pdf/PSXtras_Bevels.zip

CSP True Sky Gradients
These gradients were sampled from real skies. Gradients for night skies, twilight moods, sunset serenities, city skyline hazes, midday blues etc. from subtle to not-so-subtle.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/125154/10138/CSP%20True%20Sky%20Gradients.grd

Quick Tile
New! Instant Magic Tile maker, merges the image with itself 'half wrapped', using super secret artificial intelligence... probably.
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/qktile.zip

Half Wrap
Moves the image 50% down and 50% to the right, note that this is based on the Visual Manipulation slipthrough filter though the code is different, thanks to Mario for all his help in the past.
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/halfwrap.zip

Top Left Mirror
Takes the the top left hand quarter and tiles the image, note that this image will always be tilable
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/tlm.zip

Centre Tile
Takes the middle of the image and flips it over so that it will tile.
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/ct.zip

Zoom Out and Flip
Takes image and reduces it in size, filling the edges with flipped and mirrored segments so that it will tile.
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/zof.zip

Blintz
Mirrors each quarter of the image across its diagonal. It will tile if the image is top left mirrored and the image is square
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/blintz.zip

Diamond
Rotates the image by 45 degrees, Mirrors each quarter and fills in the corners. It will tile if the image is square
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/di.zip

Horizontal Grain
Interleaves the image in rows of three greyscale levels
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/hg.zip

Pizza Slice Mirror
Mirrors the image based on a triangular wedge (can you spot which wedge is the base?)
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/ps.zip

Four Way Average
Averages the image pixel values with the mirror image (horizontal and vertical)
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/wa.zip

Bonus Pack
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/bp.zip

This download includes the following filters:
Filter 1-Border Checkers
Filter 2-Border Fade 1
Filter 3-Border Fade 2
Filter 4-Border Fade 3
Filter 5-Border Film
Filter 6-Gear
Filter 7-Mirror Bevel
http://www.photoshop-filters.com/downloads/alfs/albord10.zip

PSXtras Combo
15 layer styles, 50 patterns and 1 video tutorial. All made using version 6.0
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/234069/6900/wave%20filter%20patterns.zip

underwater correction
fix that blue hue in underwater pix
Ambient light shots underwater are often blue. Add the red back in with this simple action. Cudos to Mandrake for the technique.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/172617/8419/underwater.atn

3D Stoner
Text is extruded and hit with a heavy rock surface.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/39874/10023/3d%20Stoner.atn

Birds of a Feather
26 feather brushes in a variety of sizes and shapes.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/268760/7345/feathers1.ABR

PSXtras Sphere Combo
Styles and HTML Tutorial
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/234069/6962/PSXtras%20Sphere.zip

Mysterre Eye Lab
A collection of pupil and retina brushes. Correct red-eye or change eye colors in a flash. Also included is a cat's eye pupil. Play with Hues, lightness and opacities for best results. Feedback is appreciated and will bring you much talent and high praise in your designs. Also check my site for new PS stuff because it is usually posted on my site a week or more before posted here.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/108080/6857/mysterreeyelab.abr

CSP LCK
CSP Lightning Construction Kit (LCK). The download file (.zip) contains shapes, styles and brushes you can use to create semi-realistic lightning.
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/125154/8606/CSP%20LCK.zip

Snapper's Alpha Metallica
Snapper's Alpha Metallica is designed for 72 ppi rez and font sizes greater than 100 pts. I'd like to share w my Studios friends, this sampling of 12 metallic text styles from my soon-to-be-released Photoshop Styles CD's. The type face in my gif preview is Nebullium at 220 pts. Enjoy!
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/259236/9541/Snapper%27s%20Alpha%20Metallica%2012%20Sample%20set.asl

Evil Look by Hatch
***UPDATED LINK TO FILE*** Hi All, in this video you will use masking, adjustment layers, dodging and burning, and much more. This is a 47mb file so please be patient whie it downloads. Hope you like the video. Take care, Hatch
http://www.psxtras.com/evil.zip

Snapper's Alpha Metallica
Snapper's Alpha Metallica is designed for 72 ppi rez and font sizes greater than 100 pts. I'd like to share w my Studios friends, this sampling of 12 metallic text styles from my soon-to-be-released Photoshop Styles CD's. The type face in my gif preview is Nebullium at 220 pts. Enjoy!
http://share.studio.adobe.com/fsroot/259236/9541/Snapper%27s%20Alpha%20Metallica%2012%20Sample%20set.asl

GRAPHIC 3D 2.0
Electrified text
http://www.fontgod.com/actionaddiction/actions/electra.zip

Plastika
Gives your text that plastic look.
http://www.fontgod.com/actionaddiction/actions/plastika.zip

Phaser
Spin me round baby.
http://www.fontgod.com/actionaddiction/actions/phaser.zip

Statika
Interesting static outline.
http://www.fontgod.com/actionaddiction/actions/statika.zip

Electron
My impersonation of an electron microscope.
http://www.fontgod.com/actionaddiction/actions/electron.zip

X Light
My very first action. Xfiles-like lighting through text.
http://www.fontgod.com/actionaddiction/actions/xlight.zip

Kit1: This download includes the following actions
Drop Shadow
This is your standard effect for adding that bit of 3-D to an image. Unlike the one that comes with Photoshop, this action can work on individual layers and does not require a selection. The softness and offset of the shadow are adjustable.

Glow
Similar to Drop Shadow, but more appropriate for images on a black background. The size and softness of the glow are adjustable.

Soft Emboss
Gives a nicer effect than the standard Photoshop Emboss filter (for one thing it keeps the colours of the original image!). The size and softness of the emboss effect are adjustable.

Smoke
Creates a cloud of wispy smoke or steam rising from the current layer. Great for those "Hot" banners!

Raise
Effectively "raises" the current layer above the background. Works in a similar way to Drop Shadow, but the white highlight helps to bring the layer out from the background.

Electrify
Produces a striking effect on the current layer. A series of blue and white sparks appear to flow around the objects in the image, giving them an electric halo.

Starfield
For that sci-fi page, you can't beat a load of stars in the background! This action generates a new layer filled with random stars.

Nebulae
More spacey stuff with Nebulae. Why bother downloading Hubble telescope images when you can generate your own nebulae - and only a trained astronomer will notice the difference!

Hellfire
Summon the Dark One himself with this somewhat disturbing effect. Generates a new image based on the current one, but transformed into a flaming inferno.

Waterfall
Generates a waterfall effect on a new layer, with the dimensions of the current image. Different each time.

Download:
http://www.elated.com/actionkits/actionkit1.zip

Kit2 consists of the following actions:
TV
Takes your image and makes it look like it's on a TV screen - bleeding colours and interlace lines included. Cool.

Snow Under
Creates the effect of the current layer sitting on a bed of snow by filling the shadows. Works best on overhead photos.

Snow Top
Adds snow to the "top" (i.e. highlights) of the current layer, as if it's freshly landed there.

Silk
The effect is of a sheet of purple silk hugging the current layer.

Orange Peel
Gives the impression that the current layer is made from dimpled orange peel!

Glass Bubble
Makes a new layer with the effect of the current layer viewed through deformed glass (like you get in front doors).

Tunnel Vision
Who needs drugs when you have these Actions! Your PSD appears in the centre of a new image, with zoomed blurs all around it... groovy.

Spiral Vision
Even more screwed up than Tunnel Vision. Same idea, but this time the blurs are twisted round through 90 degrees for total disorientation! Greeeaaat!

Marble
For when you need that distinguished effect, here's a marble slab generator! Makes a new layer filled with a green and white marble effect.

Clouds
Not to be confused with the Clouds filter. This version produces clouds which actually look like real clouds!

Download:
http://www.elated.com/actionkits/actionkit2.zip

Kit3 consists of the following actions:
Rain
Turn that photo from a sunny family holiday into a downpour with this effect! Motion-blurred raindrops are added on top of the image.

Fog
Adds a diffused layer of fog or mist to the current image, partially obscuring the current layer.

Underwater
Turns your image into an undersea wreck within seconds! Copies, tints and ripples the current layer.

Magical Aura
A somewhat abstract effect, this one. The edges in the image are enhanced by whacking up the saturation value, giving a colour-rich aura.

Robot Vision
Give yourself Terminator-o-vision with this action, which takes your current layer and makes it look like it's being viewed through the eyes of a robot!

Electron Microscope
Why spend tens of thousands on an electron microscope, when you can knock up a blurry image of a few "atoms" with this Action?

Parchment
For that olde-worlde effect, look no further than Parchment. Creates a "sheet" of sepia parchment with your current layer "drawn" onto it.

Motion Streaks Left
Zap your image across the screen with these two actions, Motion Streaks Left & Right. Similar to the Motion Blur filter, but blurs only the high-contrast areas of the image, giving a cartoon-like streaky effect.

Motion Streaks Right
Similar to Motion Streaks Left, but... oh, you can work it out!

Frosty Lining
A chilly effect, this one. You pick out a contour from your image, and it adds a layer of frost to it. Can be very effective on nature photos.

Download:
http://www.elated.com/actionkits/actionkit3.zip

Kit4 consists of the following actions:
Inlaid Border
Creates a nice, soft border effect around the current layer. Chilled out. Works well on text.

Metal Border
Renders a rough metal strip around the edges of the currently selected layer. Can be used to border text or for other, more weird effects!

Pool Tiles
Turn your image into a pool-side mosaic with this odd effect! Works best on high-contrast images.

Steely Glint
Nice for adding that extra punch, and a bit of strangeness, to photos. Use it on industrial equipment, knights in shining armour or a picture of your granny!

Metal Stamp
A definite one for text or curvy layers. The current layer is "stamped" onto a new layer using a "burnished metal" effect.

Cracks
How many times have you looked at a layer and thought, "It would look so much better if it was made out of cracked stone!" Never? Oh well. Enjoy it anyway!

Liquid Metal
This works well on text and any irregularly-shaped layer. Makes a new layer based on the current one made from molten, flowing metal.

Extruder
Now you too can create that horrendous mock-3D font so often used by plumbers and builders! If you want. Also quite fun on simple geometric shapes.

Explosion
"She cannae take any more, captain!" Make your own Enterprise explosion, or blow up the Death Star as often as you like, with this glorious effect.

Concrete
How many times have you looked at a layer and thought, "It would look so much better if it was made out of concrete!" Never? What about cracked stone? Damn!

Download:
http://www.elated.com/actionkits/actionkit4.zip

Kit5 consists of the following actions:
Asylum Text
Takes a text layer and creates a new, scarier text layer from it, with warped, scratchy black text.

Ocean Text
Creates a new document and adds some text with a great "choppy sea" effect. You choose the text and the font, the action does the rest!

Oil Projector
Cool 60's oil projector blob effect! Works well on new documents with a white background, or try it on your favourite photos and graphics! It's semi-transparent so your photo will show through the 'oil' layers. Nice!

Flag
Make a rippling flag out of almost anything with this great action. Try it on photos, logos, designs, Web site screenshots, and anything else you can think of. Comes complete with flagpole!

Glass Swirl
A nice swirling effect similar to Glass Bubble in ActionKit 2. Apply it on any photo or other image and it will create a new 500x500-pixel image with the swirling effect applied. Works great for images with lots of strong colours!

Burnt Holes
Creates a great "burnt through" effect on images, as if the paper has been set alight! Try this striking effect out on photographic images. Great for providing an original look to your Web graphics!

Dropout Text
Generates fantastic messed-up text. The action prompts you for your text and you can choose the font, size, and colour. It then randomly screws up the text, producing a cool blocky digital drop-out effect.

Download:
http://www.elated.com/actionkits/actionkit5.zip

Page Kits - Web Templates:
Driftwood.
Amazing what you can do with a bit of driftwood on a beach!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/driftwood.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/driftwood_psd.zip

Darkness
Mean, moody and full of class. A great choice for gamer/clan sites!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/darkness.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/darkness_psd.zip

Twister
Dark, moody and slick - the twisters are coming to get you!! :-/
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/twister.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/twister_psd.zip

The Doors
Full-screen template with a nice splash page and great distorted doors photo!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/thedoors.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/thedoors_psd.zip

Hang A Right
Funky extreme sports template, with a snowboarding motif.
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/hangaright.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/hangaright_psd.zip

Symbolic
Nice modern with khaki colours and a Soho feel. Cute mini-frameset design!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/symbolic.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/symbolic_psd.zip

Cars and Gangs.
Mean, moody and magnificient! A gritty template with an urban feel.
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/carsandgangs.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/carsandgangs_psd.zip

WIPED OUT.
Rough and ready surfing antics with this lovely funky template!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/wipedout.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/wipedout_psd.zip

CUBAD
Revolutionary artwork and a clean, simple design. Way cool!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/cubad.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/cubad_psd.zip

High Life Time Machine.
A long time in the making - a vibrant with lovely warm colours and a cheeky font!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/highlife.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/highlife_psd.zip

INVADER
70's retro video games ahoy! A fun with wacky DHTML effect!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/invader.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/invader_psd.zip

Aperture
A cute centre-framed template inspired by cameras and photography. Slick modern fonts!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/aperture.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/aperture_psd.zip

GE-OM
Wacky grid patterns and extreeeeme perspectives! Lovely two-tone orange theme too.
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/geom.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/geom_psd.zip

Perfect
Funky typography, complete menu control and all round groovesomeness!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/perfect.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/perfect_psd.zip

Hi
Clean as a whistle, loads of customisation possible, and of course, lovely to boot!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/hi.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/hi_psd.zip

Washed
It's another info-heavy 'Kit, non-framed, with a real 21st century design to it!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/washed.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/washed_psd.zip

Tune!
Our first music-based 'Kit, frameset-based, and with a load of fantastic ideas and bits of code!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/tune.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/tune_psd.zip

Demographic
A nice, bold template that really bangs home the message. Cool chunky fonts!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/demographic.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/demographic_psd.zip

Uncle
A slick, lively yet understated template, very arty. Great for small screen resolutions, too!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/uncle.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/uncle_psd.zip

Hard a Portal!
Information heavy page layout and total menu control with stylesheets!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/portal.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/portal_psd.zip

Get it On
Coooool and smoooooth non-frame with a neat rollover effect. Check it out!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/getiton.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/getiton_psd.zip

Ex
Geometric shapes and some wicked sticky cross-frame javascript rollovers!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/ex.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/ex_psd.zip

Large!
This is one done with our tongues firmly in our cheeks, and a kilo of vicks vaporub!
Download
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/large.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/large_psd.zip

Taste2
The Sequel to our most popular Kit! This is as good as it gets. Enhanced javascript and a facelift to die for!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/taste2.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/taste2_psd.zip

Meshead
Deconstruction alert! This is what your head looks like after too long with a computer!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/meshead.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/meshead_psd.zip

AI
Ultra-futuristic, man-vs-machine existential techno-art of the banging variety!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/ai.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/ai_psd.zip

Pink Different.
It's pink. It's different. It has cute icons and glowy blobs. No site is complete without glowy blobs!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/pink_different.zip

Footdown
Put your foot down & drive. It's the only way to spend the summer. And remember - Objects in the mirrors are closer than they appear...
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/footdown.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/footdown_psd.zip

PC vs TV
Frames, javascript menu - the works! And a cool little question posed too!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/pcvstv.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/pcvstv_psd.zip

Communicate
One of the hardest things in the world - communication. Is the 'Kit gorgeous? 'Course it is!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/communicate.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/communicate_psd.zip

Filmstar
Some javascript for you here, plus, as requested, a more "homepage" feel. AND it's beautiful!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/filmstar.zip

Nightdrive
Dark, mean and moody. On your knees!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/nightdrive.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/nightdrive_psd.zip

Glass
great non frames with javascript and using one of our own ActionKits on the images!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/glass.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/glass_psd.zip

Sampled
Framed and Strange!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/sampled.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/sampled_psd.zip

Techno
We got BOTH kinds of design round here, boy! Tech AND No!!!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/techno.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/techno_psd.zip

Chopper
Chopper is another small frameset, quite grungy and modern.
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/chopper.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/chopper_psd.zip

Abstract
This one has totally user-definable menus and a kicking bit of ultra modern design on the front end... enjoy!
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/abstract.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/abstract_psd.zip

Taste
The most popular 'Kit ever! Rollover buttons and a beautiful non-framed design make this ultra-modern a must
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/taste.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/taste_psd.zip

Online
These tiny framesets are great for small browsers if that's a consideration, and are still very trendy.
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/online.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/online_psd.zip

Stripes
A strange framed design, pretty grungy. Good example of using frames as a design element as much as the more traditional use of navigation.
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/stripes.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/stripes_psd.zip

Homebase
A striking beast, this one. Bold colour with very modern text use.
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/homebase.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/homebase_psd.zip

Space
A beautiful space themed and non-framed hompage for your delectation.
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/space.zip
http://www.elated.com/pagekits/space_psd.zip

The following download consists of these actions:
Dr. Storm!
Without a doubt, this action is the reason you're at this site. It's AWESOME! What do you have to do? Nothing! Just click play, and Dr. Storm will fix you up right!

Wet Paint!
Okay, I'm pretty proud of this one, and use it a lot. Plus, it's new and improved! Just run it on its own layer, and splatter! Someone's squirted paint all over your canvas ... A very cool action. And once you run it, simply change the colors of the effect by changing the Hue/Saturation to meet your needs!

Bend Me, Baby!
Now you too can have Word Art! This handy Action will simplify the task of making simple, bending text.

Baseball Cap!
Batter up! Embroidered Text, just like the stuff you see on your hat! Throw away your sewing needle! Fun stuff.

Shadow Conspiracy!
This one's not as exciting as it once was, but it was basically a way to fake shadows with transparent gifs. After running the action, just export through Gif 89a

Finish Line!
Instantaneous checkerboards! Create anything from checkered flags to chess boards! Make just about anything you want that has checkers. For some reason, I had a bunch of jobs in a row that needed this pattern, so the Action is the result.

Warhol's Predator!
Turn innocent victims into psychodellic visions of a monster right out of an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie! This is good for replicating heat vision or auras or whatever. Kinda fun.

Santa's Workshop!
This Action utilizes the foreground and background colors to create fun, safe-looking text effects. Also, try it on simple icons.

Disco Funk!
Dig up those old bellbottoms and rock ruff and tuff with your afro-puffs! It's time to get a little funky and this is just the action to do it. So get down with your bad self.

Spin Doctor!
So, I needed to create a spinning GIF animation. And here's the result. Basically, you design one frame, then this action does the rest. It spins it into a full 12 frame animation, with seperate layers. Then all you have to do is save each frame to its own file, and arrange them in a Gif animation program! A real timesaver, with quick and easy results.

Tile Viewer!
So, back in the day, EVERYBODY had a patterned background for their website, and often times they looked crappy. I made this to take the guesswork away. It'll tile it in a bigger document, and you can see how crappy the background will be INSTANTLY. Um, then make improvements, I guess.

Bad Trip!
Whoah ... The colors, man, dig those crazy colors. Bad Trip ... The title says it all.

Tilt & Zoom!
Finally, instant cool backdrops with the click of a button. Tilt & Zoom takes your existing image beyond the limits by flipping it into infinity. Pretty sweet.

After downloading, change .gif to .zip
http://actions.8m.com/cgi-bin/i/actpact.gif

Clouds & Mist
A set of brushes composed of various types of clouds. Some of the wispy ones would work very well for creating mist if set at a lower opacity.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-clouds-brushes.zip

Eyes Brushes
A set of various different eyes. It includes several women, men, and children, as well as a few sets of women's with various types of makeup (including one or two gothic styles). 11/30: Added the eyes from my credit brush, which was the whole inspiration for this set to begin with - I'd merely forgotten to add them in.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-eyes.zip

Ferns Brushes
Various species, sizes, and orientations of ferns.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-ferns.zip

Flames Brushes
A set of brushes made up of various flames, including bonfires, raging fires, and candlelight.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-flames.zip

Leaves Brushes
A set of various types of leaves, including individual leaves, vines, and several different clusters. Included: sassafras, sycamore, mulberry, virginia crawler, pawpaw, honey locust, hercules club, water hickory, and various others that I wasn't sure what they were.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-leaves.zip

Lips & Mouth Brushes
A set of brushes composed of various shapes of lips, mostly female. Includes many smiles, as well as a few frowns and a tongue sticking out.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-lips.zip

Absolutely Random Textures Brushes
Absolutely random textures I took from various images. All circular and faded at edges for easy overlap. Includes: velvet, sequins, grate, corderoy, 2 wallpaper, lace, 2 rust, wall, 3 straw hat, paper towel, dirty car, carpet.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-random-textures.zip

Fancy Fabrics Brushes
A set of very high resolution fabric textures as photoshop brushes. Included: tweed, suede, sparkly, 2 sequins, quilted, 2 netting, 3 leather, 4 fur, fancy.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-fancy-fabrics.zip

Plain Fabrics Brushes
A set of very high resolution fabric textures as photoshop brushes. Included: 2 towel, 2 thin sporty shirts, thermal undies, sweatsuit, 3 sweatshirt, sweatpants, 4 sweater, 4 jeans, 2 burlap, 2 coarse fabrics, pajamas.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-plain-fabrics.zip

Gravel & Sand Brushes
Rock, gravel, pebbles, gritty, and sand brushes. Very high resolution images, so the file size is large.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-gravel.zip

Nature Textures Brushes
Various nature textures, including: scales (snake and alligator), hay, grass, dead grass, scattered rocks, sand, and the skin around an alligator's mouth.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-nature-textures.zip

Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Letters) Brushes
These brushes should be all of the symbols used in the Egyptian alphabet, although some of the letters contain various combinations of these. The letters that they represent, as well as what the hieroglyph is an image of, are listed. They are all drawn by hand in an effort to give them a "rough", hand-drawn feel
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-hieroglyphs-letters.zip

Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Symbols) Brushes
This brush set contains various Egyptian gods (Isis, Bastet, etc), hieroglyphic symbols, and miscellaneous other images.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-hieroglyph-symbols.zip

Nordic Runes Brushes
These brushes of Nordic Runes are organized according to the three Aetts, containing the name of the rune, the letter(s) it stands for, and the meaning of the rune itself.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-nordic-runes.zip

Tribal (Large) Brushes
Tribal brushes, great for tattoos. These are the larger sizes. There will be another brush set with smaller sized (and different designs from these) tribal symbols coming soon.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-tribal-large.zip

Tribal (Small) Brushes
Tribal brushes, great for tattoos. These are the small sizes, with the average size being around 150 X 200 pixels.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-tribal-small.zip

Artistic Brushes
A set of brushes made to imitate globs of paint, ink drops, watercolor droplets and brushstrokes, acrylic brushstrokes, and various other artistic media shapes.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-artistic.zip

Blood Spots Brushes
A set of brushes to imitate drops of blood or any other thick liquid, such as ink. Shapes only - the above images have an emboss layer applied to them to give them depth. This way, YOU choose your light source - not me.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-bloodspots.zip

Grunge Scratches Brushes
Grungy Scratches and similar other rough, scratchy brushes. Includes four borders brushes (used on this page, in fact).
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-grunge-scratches.zip

Ink Blot Test Brushes
A set of brushes made to look like ink blots. Could also be used for various other dropped/spattered liquids.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-ink-blot-test.zip

Speckles & Spatters Brushes
These brushes are made from the speckles and spatters of various liquids.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-spatters.zip

Tiles, Tiles, & More Tiles Brushes
These brushes are made from various tiles. They should be seamless, and will work well for singular tiles (or for a border, etc) rather than a full "floor" of tiles. These also come as a set of PS patterns: click here.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-tiles-brushes.zip

Lace Patterns
These patterns should all work well as lace or lace-like fabric. They are entirely seamless. I plan on making a similar brush set sometime soon..
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-lace-patterns.zip

Tiles, Tiles, & More Tiles Patterns
These patterns are made from various tiles. They should be entirely seamless, and should work well for floors. These also come as a set of PS brushes: click here.
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/cgi-bin/downloader/dl.pl?id=SS-tiles-patterns.zip

Red Brick Wall
http://www.hobby3d.be/download/backs/10-textures_briques.zip

Skin Tones
Skinlab is a Photoshop file designed to help create custom skin textures. There are several layers of skin types that can be mixed and match to create your own 'base' for a texture. The skin samples are not of an incredibly high resolution but are good enough to be used as a 'base'.
http://www.lavers-place.com/freestuff/lp/skin_lab_2_photoshop.zip

Bricks brushes
http://geocities.com/stanojevic_de/bricks_brushes.zip

Star Brushes for Photoshop
http://www.anat.creativedreamers.com/zip/A_Stars_Brushes.zip

Photoshop Hair Brushes
http://www.artistic-ecstasy.com/Downloads/NanillisHairBrushes.zip

ProJPEG 6.0
ProJPEG 6.0 is an easy to use, high performance tool for preparing optimized JPEG images for the Web. It is a filter plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro that saves you valuable production time while resulting in smaller, faster JPEG files for your Web site.
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/download/Windows/ProJPEG6.zip

Graingen
Graingen is filter that will generate varying types of grain on your image.- 163K
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/plugpage/download/Windows/graingen.zip

Grids
Grids is a filter that will create custom grids.- 158K
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/plugpage/download/Windows/grids.zip

Engraver1Aft
Engraver1Aft is a plug that uses cutting through images with thin lines that will form a geometric pattern. The thickness of lines will change depending on the initial image under the lines.- 2.18MB
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/plugpage/download/Windows/Engraver1Aft.exe

Evaluate
Evaluate is a plug that can perform more than 50 different image processing operations ranging from color replacement, color inversion, color swapping, greyscale conversion, color clamping, color multiplication and division, color trigonometrical mathematics, pixel blurring, pixel grain, and much, much more. Any of these effects can be applied to specific color ranges, specific luma ranges, specific color channels or any combination of any of these (and more). "Evaluate" makes specific pixel targeting and isolation very easy to accomplish, providing the user with extremely precise image processing controls. - 187k
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/plugpage/download/Windows/evaluate.zip

Camo101
Camo101 is a filter for generating all kinds of camouflage textures ranging from authentic WW2 army camouflage to animal camouflage patterns. All textures generated are fully configurable to up to 8 layers of color and things such as scale and falloff. - 452k
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/plugpage/download/Windows/camo101.exe

Keyboard Shortcuts:

Change Brush Size
Press the [ ] keys to change the brush size. If you hold the shift key down and go [ the brush will get softer and ] harder to a total of 5 different levels of softness. Try it, it rocks. Works for a bunch of tools.

Bring up the Free Transform tool
Ctrl +T. Scale and rotate by dragging the handles. Right click and now you can do lots of cool things like skew and distort.

To hide the selection "marching ants"
Press Ctrl+H (Command+H) This also works to hide the highlight on the text. Now you can preview the color of the text.

To select all pixels on a layer:
In the layers Palette click on the layer thumbnail while holding down the Ctrl key

To move a selection to its own layer press
Ctrl+J This will copy it. To cut and move a selection press Shift+Ctrl+J.

Sucking out all the color
Press Shift+Ctrl+U to remove all the color (Desaturate) and make your image grayscale while still in RGB mode.

To auto-select a layer Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on it in the main image window

HIDE 'N SEEK
Press the "F" key to cycle through differant screen modes. Press Tab to hide the tools

Selection Tips
To constrain a selection to a perfect circle or square hold down the shift key.

To start drawing from the center hold the Alt key

Ever find that you started drawing a selection and you need to nudge it over while you are drawing it? No problem, just hold the spacebar.

Reset Preferences
To fix most problems with the Photoshop Application you simply delete the preference file and restart Photoshop. Reset them on startup by holding down Shift+Alt+Ctrl.
Before you do this, save your custom Patterns, actions, styles, brushes, gradients, shapes and color pallettes. These will also be reset. Tip: You can create an action to do this, so you have a one click backup! (Don't forget to save the backup action first)

Make a new Document from a layer
Under the layers pallete, when you hit duplicate layer, you can change the document setting to "New" to create a brand new picure from any layer.

Reducing file sizes and speeding up large images,
Even what you can't see, is effecting your file sizes. If you have imported an image that is larger than your canvas size. Select all and crop. You will be surprised how much you can save. Also delete unwanted layers, they can add up a lot too.

Cloning Vat
Whenever you want to duplicate an image on a layer, (eg. you are putting star-bursts everywhere) Just hold the Alt key and drag.. zap, a duplicate. To keep it aligned, also hold down the shift key as you drag.

Color Modes and formats
For the web use RGB and save as a jpeg if its a photo. If you want tranparency, use gif or png. If you need animation save as a gif. For print use CMYK and save as either a tiff or an eps. For most print purposes 300dpi. To print to an inkjet only, RGB and 150 dpi.

Straight Lines with brushes.
To draw a straight line with any of the brush tools just click, hold the shift key and click again anywhere. A straight line will be drawn between the 2 points! Also works with most tools including erasers and even the highlight tool in the Extract filter.

Quick Black and White
If you press Ctl+Shift+U all the color will be removed from the selection. If no selection is made, then the entire layer will be turned into grayscale instantly.

How To Lighten Up An Image
Open up your image and create a new layer and set its mode to overlay. Using the airbrush tool and a large brush, paint broad strokes of a light, off-white paint over the areas that you want lighten and you will notice that the image underneath will begin to lighten up.

To Colorize An Image
Open up your image and select New Adjustment Layer from the Layers Palette Menu and choose Hue and Saturation, name the new layer and click Ok.

The Hue/Saturation window opens up. Click the Colorize option and slide the Hue slider until you get the color that you want. Use the Saturation and Lightness sliders to fine tune the color, when done click on Ok.

Set the mode in the Layers palette to Soft Light.

With the Adjustment layer still selected, choose the Gradient Tool. Pressing the D key, set the foreground and background colors to the default (black/white). Click and drag upwards over the color that you just enhanced your image with.