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48 Special Effects Photoshop Actions

Category: Photoshop Actions

Considered difficult to master, actions are often overlooked by most Photoshop users. It’s true that actions are not as simple to use as layer styles or even as Photoshop plugins, and that the concept of automation has always be beyond the scope of most us.

But if you take a closer look at Photoshop actions, you will find that they are easy to understand and can help you automate your hard work, such as applying a series of repetitive changes to a group of images, for example. An action no more than a recording of a series of tasks performed in Photoshop. Once created, you can apply that action on an image or a series of images. You can even make an action to create an image from scratch.

The following list is a gallery of free and premium (paid) special and color effects actions ready to download an use in Photoshop.

Free Photoshop Actions

These actions are free for both personal and commercial work. But each author may change the terms without notice. So please check these action terms of usage in each one’s download page

Lighting Effect Photoshop Action

Lighting Effect Photoshop Action

Soft light Photoshop action

Soft light Photoshop action

Saturated Photoshop Action

Saturated Photoshop Action

Overexposure Effect Photoshop Action

Overexposure Effect Photoshop Action

Color Effects Photoshop Actions

Color Effects Photoshop Actions

Fiery Colors Photoshop Action

Fiery Colors Photoshop Action

Instagram Nashville Effect Action

Instagram Nashville Effect Action

Photoshop Creamy Actions

Photoshop Creamy Actions

Toasted Photoshop Actions

Toasted Photoshop Actions

Whimsical Photoshop Actions

Whimsical Photoshop Actions

Black and White Effects Photoshop Actions

Black and White Effects Photoshop Actions

Lomography Photoshop Actions

Lomography Photoshop Actions

Photoshop Postwork Actions

Photoshop Postwork Actions

Photoshop Night Actions

Photoshop Night Actions

Hipstamatic inspired Photoshop actions

Hipstamatic inspired Photoshop actions

Darker effect Photoshop Action

Darker effect Photoshop Action

Photoshop sunlight and sundown action

Photoshop sunlight and sundown action

Skin Retouching Photoshop Actions

Skin Retouching Photoshop Actions

Retro 3d glasses Photoshop Action

Retro 3d glasses Photoshop Action

Colorful light leaks Photoshop Action

Colorful light leaks Photoshop Action

Teeth whitening Photoshop action

Teeth whitening Photoshop action

Polanoid Generator Photoshop Action

Polanoid Generator Photoshop Action

Sunny color Photoshop actions

Sunny color Photoshop actions

Light Leaks Effects Photoshop Actions

Light Leaks Effects Photoshop Actions

Premium Photoshop Actions

These are premium Photoshop actions. It means that you have to pay a small fee to download them, in the range of $4-$5. But they totally worth the investment.

Download MixArt – Sketch Painting Premium Photoshop Action

Download MixArt – Sketch Painting Premium Photoshop Action

Download Visually Pleasing Wavelength Premium Photoshop Action

Download Visually Pleasing Wavelength Premium Photoshop Action

Download a Colorful Puzzle Generator Premium Photoshop Action

Download a Colorful Puzzle Generator Premium Photoshop Action

Download Stunningly Techno Pixelium Premium Photoshop Action

Download Stunningly Techno Pixelium Premium Photoshop Action

Download Creative Portrait Type Effects Premium Action

Download Creative Portrait Type Effects Premium Action

Download the stunning Pixelated Premium Photoshop Action

Download the stunning Pixelated Premium Photoshop Action

Download an Artistic Cell Shader Premium Photoshop Action

Download an Artistic Cell Shader Premium Photoshop Action

Download Delicate Watercolor Premium Photoshop Actions

Download Delicate Watercolor Premium Photoshop Actions

Download Fiery After Burn Premium Photoshop Action

Download Fiery After Burn Premium Photoshop Action

Download a Painterly Urban Style Premium Photoshop Action

Download a Painterly Urban Style Premium Photoshop Action

Download Colorful Plasma Premium Photoshop Action

Download Colorful Plasma Premium Photoshop Action

Download this Colorful Moon Stone Premium Photoshop Action

Download this Colorful Moon Stone Premium Photoshop Action

Download Beautiful Lively Premium Photoshop Action

Download Beautiful Lively Premium Photoshop Action

Download Creative Modern Art Premium Photoshop Action

Download Creative Modern Art Premium Photoshop Action

Download Stunning Elemental Premium Photoshop Action

Download Stunning Elemental Premium Photoshop Action

Download a Colorful Quilling Paper Art Premium Photoshop Action

Download a Colorful Quilling Paper Art Premium Photoshop Action

Beautiful Leather Badge Generator Premium Photoshop Actions

Beautiful Leather Badge Generator Premium Photoshop Actions

Download the Stunning StarDust Photoshop Premium Action

Download the Stunning StarDust Photoshop Premium Action

Create Amazing Special FX With Architekt Premium Photoshop Action

Create Amazing Special FX With Architekt Premium Photoshop Action

Amazing Abstract Premium Photoshop Action

Amazing Abstract Premium Photoshop Action

Watercolor and pencil premium Photoshop Action

Watercolor and pencil premium Photoshop Action

Striking Light Effects Premium Photoshop Action

Striking Light Effects Premium Photoshop Action

Realistic Sketch Effects Premium Photoshop Actions

Realistic Sketch Effects Premium Photoshop Actions

Flux Premium Photoshop Action

Flux Premium Photoshop Action

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4 Hand Painted Plants and Flowers Sample Overlays

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4 Alcohol Ink Free Backgrounds

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