Add-O-Matic

The world's first and only add-on installer for Windows versions of Photoshop Elements, and now Lightroom too! Quickly and easily get all your extra goodies into Elements with a drag, a drop and GO!

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Handy Actions

Your Swiss Army Knife for Photoshop Elements - over 70 of the most-requested tools from Photoshop

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Photo Lab

Photo Lab offers 39 ways to enhance your images, from crisp B&W to soft dreamy effects to desaturated and sepia toning. Check it out!

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Fun Foto FX

Over 30 ways to play - Fun Foto FX creates the best effects for your images!

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Glam Photo

56 effects (yes, 56!) are in this self-installing effects pack. With the Glam Photo FX Pack, you can create a huge variety of glamourous looks for your photos (and they work well on landscapes, too!)

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Splitter

16 ways to slice, dice & chop your photos, from simple splits to more complex chops and slices to torn in half or split three ways. Splitter helps you create interesting display options for you photos!

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Framer

Framer offers 24 ways to create frames, borders, outlines and vignettes around your photos

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Sketchy Paint

Graffi's Sketchy Paint offers 28 paint, crayon, pencil, sketch & watercolor effects for Photoshop Elements!

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Tag Archives: Handy Actions

Hipster[VintageKit] now available, with a coupon code!

Graffi’s Hipster[VintageKit] is now out, with versions for automatic or manual installation for Photoshop and Elements, Mac & Windows editions!

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As a bonus, if you checkout before March 31st you can use the coupon code 232b5ea449 you can take 20% off your entire shopping cart!

Here’s a demo video, showing the actions that tap into the new, secret  Adjustment Layer actions in Photoshop Elements 11.  They also work super in Photoshop, CS3+. if you choose the Elements 11 Installer package, the actions and scripts are all installed for you and you’re ready to start using them in minutes!

A complete listing of the actions in this set is on the Hipster[VintageKit] page.  Hope you’ll check them out and offer some feedback!

Quick Tip: Retroize Your Photos in Seconds

Preview of Final Results


Step 1

For this tutorial, we’ll be using Color Lookup adjustment layers which is only available in Photoshop CS6. Color Lookup layers are used to simulate color profiles used in film and Photoshop includes . Start by opening any photo into Photoshop.


Step 2

Because this photo effect will be created with several layers, it makes sense to add them inside a layer group. Add a new layer group by going to Layer > New > Group.


Step 3

Add a new Color Lookup adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Lookup). In your Properties panel (Window > Properties), set the profile to Futuristic Bleak.

The Futuristic Bleak profile gives your photo a faded look like what you see in many futurstic movies.

 

 


Step 4

Next, we’re going to add a Film Stock color lookup profile. This profile boost the contrast and colors of your image. Duplicate the Color Lookup adjustment layer you created in the previous step by pressing Ctrl/Cmd+J. In the Properties panel, set the profile to Film Stock.

The image looks pretty good already with just these two adjustment layers.

 


Step 5 (Optional)

This step is optional but will give your photo some retro colors. The last Color Lookup adjustment layer we’ll add a 3 Strip color profile. Duplicate the previous Color Lookup adjustment layer (Ctrl/Cmd+J) then change the color profile to 3 Strip.

The 3 Strip color profile simulates the 3-strip Technicolor camera from the 1930s used in the famous movie, Alice in Wonderland (1951). There was no true way of simulating this effect before Photoshop CS6 came out. Now with the new Color Lookup adjustment layers, we can easily add this effect.


A 3 Strip Technicolor Camera

 


Step 6 (Optional)

This step is also optional and gives your photo a faded look by shifting all 100% black and 100% white areas to something more gray. This technique is used a lot by photographers and is becoming a very popular effect for wedding and portrait photography. To do this, add a new Levels adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels). Adjust the black and white input slider at the bottom of your properties panel.

This technique lowers the contrast of the photo for a more nostalgic feeling. It’s often combined with some sort of subtle retro photo effect.


Final Results

Here’s what the final image looks like! This is all done with several Color Lookup adjustment layers. Experiment with different combinations of Color Lookup profiles for more quick and easy photo effects.

New Photoshop Adjustment Layers in Photoshop Elements 11

A fun secret about Photoshop Elements 11: some Photoshop Adjustment Layers can be used in Elements!

Specifically, Black and White, Color Balance, Exposure and Selective Color adjustments can be added with the actions downloadable below.  Note that these will only be available for limited time! They will be included in the updated Handy Actions set early in 2013. Add-O-Matic will be updated to allow for sharing and loading presets that these adjustment layers create. (AOM already supports Channel Mixer- .cha – and Curves – .acv – files, as well as Lightroom presets.)

The caveat to these actions is that the adjustments can only be made while the action opens the dialog; once it’s committed, you cannot go back and edit the settings without running the action again. Also, these additional adjustment layers will only work with Elements 11.

However, the layer mask the adjustment creates is editable – you can edit it to your heart’s content!


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These actions are going to be an integral part of the new line of actions from the Graffishop, starting with Hipster (look for it in January 2013)

The actions in the download above are easily added using Add-)-Matic, or you can manually load them in to Elements 11.

personally, I’d get an Add-O-Matic, though……  :)
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Add-O-Matic is now in its 7th edition, starting way back for Photoshop Elements 5, and is still the most popular Elements utility available! 

New for Add-O-Matic 11: it now will put all your Lightroom presets away for you, too!
You can grab an Add-O-Matic fast-n-easy by clicking the button below:

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Photoshop Adjustment Layers for Photoshop Elements

A fun secret about Photoshop Elements 11: some Photoshop Adjustment Layers can be used in Elements!

Specifically, Black and White, Color Balance, Exposure and Selective Color adjustments can be added with the actions downloadable below.  Note that these will only be available for limited time! They will be included in the updated Handy Actions set early in 2013. Add-O-Matic will be updated to allow for sharing and loading presets that these adjustment layers create. (AOM already supports Channel Mixer- .cha – and Curves – .acv – files, as well as Lightroom presets.)

The caveat to these actions is that the adjustments can only be made while the action opens the dialog; once it’s committed, you cannot go back and edit the settings without running the action again. Also, these additional adjustment layers will only work with Elements 11.

However, the layer mask the adjustment creates is editable – you can edit it to your heart’s content!


By clicking the button below, I agree with the Terms & Conditions.
Buy Now 3.00 USD


These actions are going to be an integral part of the new line of actions from the Graffishop, starting with Hipster (look for it in January 2013)

The actions in the download above are easily added using Add-)-Matic, or you can manually load them in to Elements 11.

personally, I’d get an Add-O-Matic, though……  :)
_________________________________________________

Add-O-Matic is now in its 7th edition, starting way back for Photoshop Elements 5, and is still the most popular Elements utility available! 

New for Add-O-Matic 11: it now will put all your Lightroom presets away for you, too!
You can grab an Add-O-Matic fast-n-easy by clicking the button below:

By clicking the button below, I agree with the Terms & Conditions.
Buy Now 14.99 USD

Graffi’s Hipster first release – .jsx script for cropping square and an action to run it

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Hipster!

The square crop

is a hallmark of the latest style in digital pictures: retro, Instagram-ish, hipster looking images. However, cropping an image to a perfect square is actually pretty tricky to pull off, programming speaking. Automating the process is impossible to do without a program to do the math for you.

The javascript below (shown in the screenshot to the left) can be used in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.

Photoshop users can just browse and load the script as needed (or save it to [SrcDrv]/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS#/Presets/Scripts and it will appear in the Scripts menu).

Photoshop Elements users aren’t so lucky. To run the script, you can drag and drop it directly into the Elements workspace, or it can be called from an action.

The download below also includes an action that will call the script, but it requires a specific installation path: Windows users should install the javascript to C:\Graffi Photoshop Scripts\CropSquare.jsx (it MUST be this folder, otherwise the action won’t find it). I’m also going to reference this folder as a repository for future scripts and action set installers, so if you like the Graffi stuff, this is a good place to start.  (As an additional note, Add-O-Matic will be updated to handle javascript (*.jsx) files, and AOM will put them in this folder by default, too.) Installation instructions are included in the .zip download (or grab an Add-O to install the actions, and manually place the javascript in the folder referenced above)

Finally, I’m also including the first Hipster action that utilizes this javascript – a sample image is above.

*MAC USERS: I’d love to find out where to place the javascript on your system so I can update the action.

A short tutorial on using the new actions is coming up next!


Hipster Javascript & Action Wow! Downloaded 85 times so far!

Add-O-Matic is now in its 7th edition, starting way back for Photoshop Elements 5, and is still the most popular Elements utility available! 

New for Add-O-Matic 11: it now will put all your Lightroom presets away for you, too!
You can grab an Add-O-Matic fast-n-easy by clicking the button below:

Get your Add-O-Matic here!
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Cyber Monday at the Graffishop starts Sunday @ 8 EST

Everything 50% off

Everything 50% off

the Graffishop Cyber Monday sale runs from 11/25 8pm EST until 11/26 8pm EST

EVERYTHING is 50%!


All action sets now updated for Elements 11

Just a quick note here that all Action sets in the Graffishop have been updated for installation to Elements 11.

All of them also have a manual installation option (for $2 less / each) so Mac users and full Photoshop users can get them, too.

I’m now updating all the galleries to show off what these effects can do for you. Check out the newest PhotoLab & Glam Photo galleries – they’re both up and running!

Just testing out new action sets here

….grab them if you’re interested, and send some feedback. That’s all I’m going to write about them for now – - – but they are pretty useful! These downloads contain a complete set of actions for creating a focal point on your image by blurring and masking.

Two versions: the first will install into Windows versions of Photoshop Elements, and the second link below is for manual installation into Mac versions of Elements or for Photoshop users.

http://www.graficalicus.com/graffishop/focal-point-p-84.html

~graffi


Manual install version for Mac Elements and Photoshop
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Windows installer for Photoshop Elements
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Action Packs on sale through September 17

Now through mid-September, all of the Graffi Action Packs are on sale 25% off!

Add-O-Matic isn’t included in this deal, just trying to get some interest in the action sets available for Windows & Mac in the Graffishop.  This is all of them:  Handy Actions, Glam Photo, Photo Lab, Splitter, Fun Foto FX and all the others – check them out and grab them up for 25% off!

Cheers!

~graffi


Add-O-Matic is now in its 7th edition, starting way back for Photoshop Elements 5, and is still the most popular Elements utility available! 
New for Add-O-Matic 11: it now will put all your Lightroom presets away for you, too!
You can grab an Add-O-Matic fast-n-easy by clicking the button below:

By clicking the button below, I agree with the Terms & Conditions.
Buy Now 14.99 USD


Actions for Elements: New Mac-Packs!

Finally!I’ve finally gotten around to creating manual-install action packs for all the Graffi Action Sets in the Graffishop!

Add-O-Matic is still a Windows-only utility, but all of the other Action packs now are available with two options:

  • You can get the regular Windows-only packs that come with their own installer
  • You can choose the manual install option (for Mac users, Photoshop users or Windows Elements users who want to install the actions themselves). The manual install option is available from the bottom of each product page beside the Add to Cart button:

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The auto-install option will add all actions, thumbnails & .xml files in the correct place within your Windows version of Elements.

The manual-install versions include actions, thumbnails & .xml files that can be manually placed or omitted within either Windows or Mac versions of Elements, and Photoshop users can get the actions and disregard the other Elements-required pieces.

Also, if you choose the manual-install option, it’ll knock $2 off the price!

Check them out and see what you think – !