Happy 20th Birthday to Adobe Photoshop! Just look at the evolution of this marvelous piece of software genius. Here’s to 20 more years (and more) success in the industry of graphics, image processing, and most importantly… innovation. Can you remember which was the first version of Photoshop you used? Remember to visit the link we posted yesterday to view the Adobe TV presentation with the original architects of Photoshop as they run the original Photoshop 1.0 on a rebuilt Apple Macintosh – sweet!

Additionally, in celebration of this event, PhotographyBB is having a one-day 20% off sale on all our Pro Photoshop Action Packs. Just use the coupon code: ATN20 in the shopping cart to receive your 20th Anniversary discount.

Once again, congratulations to the fine folks at Adobe, NAPP, and all of the other Photoshop professionals who continue to succeed in an ever changing industry. All the best, and Happy 20th Anniversary Photoshop!

Just a quick and friendly reminder for anyone who is interested in picking up either our newest Action Pack – Watercolor Pro Actions, or any other Action pack for that matter. The 20% off discount ends tonight at midnight, so if you are thinking of purchasing any, please take advantage of this sale while it’s on. The discount code is ATN20 and must be entered into the shopping cart before you checkout. As always, I love seeing your results with the Actions, so please feel free to email me your creations, or post them for everyone to admire in the PhotographyBB Forums. Enjoy!

Create a virtual snowglobe this year to add to your Christmas cards, photo gallery, e-cards, or just for the fun of it! With the PhotographyBB Snowglobe Photoshop Action, you simply open any one of your photos, click play on the action, and voila – an instant snowglobe in one-click! This action works especially well with both portraits of your favourite people, or you most beautiful landscape photos.

This action creates a high-res output image suitable for printing (as cards), is compatible with Photoshop versions PS7 all the way up to CS4, and works in English only versions of Photoshop. All layers are left un-flattened at the end to allow for control over the background, and options such as the snowglobe glare and shadow.This action is completely free and includes a 20% off coupon code for any of our premium action packs. (Save 20% by entering the coupon code: ATN20) Feel free to try out our free Snowscapes Action too. Merry Christmas, and enjoy!

Download the Snowglobe Action Here:
PhotographyBB Photoshop Actions Page (scroll down the list for the free Snowglobe Action)
Direct Download

VANCOUVER, Canada – Oct 16th, 2009 – Today, PhotographyBB announces the release of the Portrait Magic Pro Action Package for Photoshop®. Portrait Magic Pro allows users to perform an instant professional level portrait retouch to their high resolution digital images in seconds, giving them a perfect finish for print or digital display.

Portrait Magic Pro retains natural skin texture while smoothing imperfections, blemishes, and wrinkles. Additionally, the actions apply a unique portrait sharpening enhancement to give your portraits an instant one-click retouch in seconds! Detail in the eyes, hair, and teeth are preserved while skin is naturally smoothed to perfection. Portrait Magic Pro Actions will work with Photoshop versions CS2, CS3, and CS4 on both PC and Mac platforms.

PhotographyBB has included 5 different skin retouching effects in this pack, including a natural smoother, general use smoother, surreal smoothing, male skin smoother, and a special smoothing action optimized for headshot portraits. The pack also includes 5 skin glow effect actions to give portrait, glamour, fashion, and wedding photos extra “pop!” All of the actions operate in “one-click”, and for precision customization, a fully controllable version of the action is included for advanced users to have ultimate control over variables.

The package launches with a 30% discount on this action pack (and all existing action packs) for this entire weekend (Oct 16th-18th, 2009), by using the COUPON CODE: ATN30 in the shopping cart at: http://www.photographybb.com/actions

Welcome to the 2009 PhotographyBB Digital Pumpkin Carving Challenge!

Since digital pumpkins don’t dry out, we’re going to kick this event off right now, to give you all plenty of time to experiment and challenge yourselves with this one. You are free to carve your digital pumpkin or even choose a different pumpkin if you like. You are also encouraged to change the background, change colours, and get creative in your own unique way. Submit as many pumpkins as you would like!

For those of you who use Photoshop, we have a free “Pumpkin Carving” Action available for download at: PhotographyBB Actions Page

Submissions are to be made via our forums in this thread (where you’ll also be able to download the sample pumpkin image). Grab your digital carving tools and have a blast with this one. Once again, submit as many pumpkins as you would like, and get as creative as you can!

One of the coolest things about the “Lomo” effect is that it can spruce up and give a dramatic feeling to almost any photograph. Colours are slightly shifted, contrast is intensified, and a gorgeous vignette pulls the viewer deep into the photograph. This action pack comes with two versions, one for high-res images and one for low-res images. The Lomography Actions for Photoshop run in ONE-CLICK, and leave you with an unflattened set of layers to allow for any detailed customization which you may desire. Adjustable layers include the vignette layer, sharpness layer, Hue/Sat, and a curves layer for contrast control.

The Lomography Photoshop Action Pack is free, and is available for download at:
http://www.photographybb.com/actions

PhotographyBB would like to thank our members and visitors by announcing our newest free Photoshop Action. The One-Click-WOW! Photoshop Action performs a series of image enhancements to your photos which help to remove any color casts, contrast adjustment, boost selective color saturation, apply a gentle sharpening, and add an optional custom vignette - Yes! All in ONE-CLICK!

The PhotographyBB One-Click-WOW! Photoshop Action includes 4 actions in this set. There are 2 actions (with/without vignette) for high-res photos, and two for low-res photos. This is the perfect action to have if you are shooting high volumes of JPEGs and would like to run a quick image fix to all of them before printing.

Click Here to Download the PhotographyBB One-Click-WOW! Photoshop Action.

This weekend, to celebrate the launch of our Pro-Sharpening pack, we are pleased to announce that all PhotographyBB Photoshop Action packages are on sale for 20% off their regular price. Our popular Urban Art, Sketchography, Pro-Sharpening, and DS Illustration actions will all be 20% off when you use the COUPON CODE: ATN20
(Discount Expires Sunday July 12th, 2009 at midnight!)

We also have several free Photoshop Actions to download and enjoy for some truly creative and artistic effects. Have a great weekend, and happy Photoshopping!

Today, I am excited to officially announce the launch of our latest Photoshop Action Package: Pro-Sharpening!

Pro-Sharpening Actions from PhotographyBB perform advanced sharpening enhancements to digital photos using some complex built in functionality within Photoshop. There are many fantastic 3rd party sharpening plug-ins or stand alone software suites to perform image sharpening, but they are often quite expensive. Pro-Sharpening Actions will give you professional quality sharpening on your digital images at quite a substantial cost savings. Pro-Sharpening will work with Photoshop versions CS, CS2, CS3, and CS4 on both PC and Mac platforms. Check out the Pro-Sharpening Actions sample page.

We’ve included 7 different sharpening effects in this package, ranging from actions such as “Portrait Sharp” optimized for use on portraits, to “Landscape Sharp” which give landscape photography that extra finish and “pop”, bringing out perfect detail without increasing noise or producing unwanted halos. Additionally, all 7 actions come in a “one-click” version, along with a fully controllable version of each action for advanced users to have ultimate control over variables.

This weekend, buyers will also enjoy a 20% discount on this action pack (and all existing action packs) by using the COUPON CODE: ATN20 at: http://www.photographybb.com/actions

Sharpening digital images is such an important step in the post-processing procedure of digital images, and can have a dramatic impact in high resolution digital photos and prints. We sincerely hope you enjoy the actions, as they will not only give a professional touch to your images, they will help make your post-processing time go by more quickly!

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