100 actions for Photoshop Elements

Now your image effects are not only even deeper, but can also be created incredibly quickly: Just one click is all it takes! We've collected 100 actions for Photoshop Elements that will make it easy for you to find the right image style in the future. Expand your effects repertoire and experience how creativity can be stacked and simple images can be transformed into real eye-catchers.

100 actions for lightning-fast results in Photoshop Elements
Stamps, puzzles, picture divisions, Polaroid collages, picture looks, frame and photo effects and much more.
Actions may be used for private and commercial projects (!)

With this action pack, you can get wonderful effects in your pictures with just one click and save a lot of time for better pictures!

Details

Usable with:
content: 114 Assets/Templates
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use

Examples of use

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Photoshop Elements actions. How to automate your PSE for quick image effects!
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Here, the color was only optimized with a click. The result looks much better straight away.
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Many actions optimize the color values or the sharpness etc.

Actions for looks and styles.

Photoshop action: Split toning orange and cyan - outdoor and fashion photos in a new and modern look

The split toning look in the colors orange and cyan makes outdoor and fashion photos shine in a new and modern light. Double-click on the layer in the "Layer style" menu to mix both color layers and create variations.

Photoshop action: Split toning blue and red - gives photos a slightly surreal touch

The split toning look in the colors blue and red gives your photos a slightly surreal touch. You can also try out different layer modes such as color or copy into each other!

Photoshop action: Split toning yellow and blue - spice up landscapes and portraits with fresh colors

With the split toning look in yellow and blue, you can brighten up landscapes, still lifes and portraits with fresh colors.

Photoshop action: Create red lightleak/light spot

This action creates a red lightleak, a spot of light that you can position as required using Transform and Move.

Photoshop action: Create a blue lightleak/light spot

This action creates a blue, cool lightleak, a spot of light that you can position as desired by transforming and moving it.

Photoshop action: Create Dodge&Burn layer

This action creates an empty, neutral gray (50% gray, RGB 128) layer in "Soft light" mode. On this layer, you can use the "Dodge & Burn" technique with white/black or dodge/light with low opacity.

Photoshop action: Microdetails - get every last detail out of photos

The "Microdetails" action brings out every last detail in your photo, resulting in enormous, dynamic detail. You can adjust the strength using the opacity.

Photoshop action: Fog effect for landscape shots

This action adds a foggy texture to your photo. You can adjust the density using the opacity. Particularly suitable for landscape shots, but also for composings as a creative effect.

Photoshop action: Desaturates photos by 50 percent

This action desaturates your photo by 50 percent. You can also reduce or increase the saturation using the layer opacity.

Photoshop action: Contrast Boost - increase the contrast of photos at the touch of a button

You can increase the contrast of your photo with this action at the touch of a button. You can also use the action several times to further enhance the effect.

Photoshop action: Average color - enhance existing color mood

This action calculates the average color in your photo and then applies it to your photo as a color look. This allows you to easily enhance the existing color mood.

Photoshop action: Lensflare - add backlight

With this action you can add a lens flare - backlight - to your photo. You can change the type, size and position via the start object.

Photoshop promotion: Save time with our retouching set

This action creates the following retouching layers: a layer in Color mode for color correction, a layer in Luminance mode for luminance correction, a retouching layer for tools in "Include all layers" mode and a neutral gray layer.

Photoshop action: Black and white made easy!

This action creates a black and white conversion with moderate contrast. The advantage: Looks good with every one of your photos right away!

Photoshop action: Hard contrasts for fantastic photos

With this action, you can give your photos a strong contrasting look that is hard to beat in terms of drama.

Photoshop action: Warm colors for flattering pictures

You can use this action to make the mood of your photo warmer and therefore more positive in no time at all.

Photoshop action: Dark colors for expressive photos

This dark, violet color mood is particularly suitable for atmospheric images with pronounced depths.

Photoshop action: Cold image mood in soft light

With this cyan/yellow touch, you can create a cool yet bright color mood in your photos.

Photoshop action: The wow effect among the black and white variations

This black and white action increases the contrast to the maximum acceptable level. Depending on the exposure, you may have to reduce the opacity of the layers you have created to avoid over-illumination.

Photoshop action: An old look for young pictures

With a strong sepia tone and contrast enhancement, this look adds a touch of nostalgia to your photos.

Photoshop action: Sepia effect

This action turns a photo into a photo with a sepia effect.

Photoshop action: Structures action

This action creates different structures on photos.

Photoshop action: Vintage effect

This action creates a vintage effect on a photo. The action runs from Photoshop CS3-CS5; in the German version.

Photoshop action: Sharpness and saturation

This action sharpens your photo and increases the saturation.

Photoshop action: Photo effects

3 different effects.

Photoshop action: Photo to oil painting

As the title says.

Photoshop action: Tilt-Shift effect action

To achieve a good effect, you should choose a suitable photo. Preferably a shot from above.

Photoshop action: Frozen pixels

Just take a look.

Photoshop action: Watermark action

This action creates a watermark on photos; the text can be defined by the user.

The action runs from CS2-CS5 in the German version.

Photoshop action: Black and white photo with one click

With just one click, your photo is black and white.

Image presentation.

Photoshop action: Create an image split

With this action you divide a picture into three parts. For CS2 and CS3.

Photoshop campaign: Stamp campaign with free choice of country

In this stamp campaign, you can freely enter the country and the value of the stamp. You will be prompted to do so during the campaign. You can then also freely position the country and the value according to your wishes.

Photoshop action: Map of Germany

This campaign creates a map of Germany from a portrait photo of your choice. You have the choice of with or without text. The action is compatible with CS2, CS3 and CS4.

Photoshop action: Fan with your motif

With this action you can create a fan with your motif. It is optimized for the 4:3 format, but also works flawlessly with other image formats.

Photoshop action: Glass ball effects

This action creates various glass ball effects.

Photoshop action: Snow globe

This action creates a snow globe with your photo. For CS2 and CS3.

Photoshop action: Slide frame with your photo

This action creates a slide frame with your photo.

Photoshop action: Create an LCD TV with your photo

This action creates an LCD TV and places a photo of your choice.

Photoshop action: Photo with adhesive strips

This action adds adhesive strips to your photos. You can choose between 1 adhesive strip, 2 adhesive strips, 2 slightly curved adhesive strips and 4 adhesive strips. In the finished photo, you also have the option of rotating or scaling the photo and repositioning the adhesive strips. If you don't like the background - it is automatically created from the photo in the action - you can change it to a background of your choice.

Photoshop action: Generate photos with deckle edges

This action generates a deckle edge around your photo, as is often seen on old photos. The action contains 2 jag variants: Prong 1 for old photos and Prong 2 for those who can use it. There are also two sub-variants: Photo edge old paper and Photo B/W. These two are additional actions: With the photo border old paper the border color changes and with photo B/W the photo is in B/W. Important: The units of measurement for the ruler must be set to percent and the sub-variants, if used, must be started in sequence.

Photoshop action: Polaroid

This action creates a Polaroid from your photo.

Photoshop action: Picture in picture

This action creates an image in your picture. You can customize the selection in the action according to your wishes. Rotate, tilt, scale, etc. You can also adjust the layer style according to your wishes, e.g. the contour and drop shadow.

Photoshop action: Photo stacks from your photos

This action creates a photo stack showing a photo of your choice. The ruler should be set to percent.

Photoshop action: image stack

Use this action to create a stack of three photos. Open the photo you want to see in full as the third photo.

Photoshop action: Create backgrounds and frames from photos - Part 2

Color matching the photo: The action creates five different backgrounds for your photo(s).

Photoshop action: Create metal frame - version 2

This action creates a metal frame around a photo.

Photoshop action: Open book incl. photo

Watch it, like it or dislike it.

Photoshop action: Puzzle set action

Let us surprise you.

Photoshop actions - 8 different frame actions

Frame action:

The frame width can be freely defined; the default is 200 pixels. The frame color and the layer style can also be freely adjusted.

Photoshop action: Black frames - 3 versions

This action creates a black frame around a photo of your choice. Different results can be achieved: Photo colored, Photo black and white and Photo sepia.

Photoshop action: Floating free frame

I was inspired by Stanlay72's "Floating free frame" tutorial to create an action for it to make it a bit easier for beginners. I think Stanlay72's tutorial is super ingenious. At this point, a big compliment to Stanlay72. Please take a look at the description of what the floating free frame is all about. (You can move the frame, the effect remains the same).

Photoshop action: Soft frame - version 1

Just take a look.

Photoshop action: Black and white background - 6 versions

This action creates a black and white background from a color photo and positions the photo. The effect can be customized by setting the layer style.

Layout

Photoshop actions: divided into 5

This action divides your photo into 5 parts and arranges them in the form of a coverflow with mirroring.

Photoshop action: Picture wall - 10 versions

This action creates a picture wall with mirroring from a landscape format photo of your choice. There are a total of 10 different versions.

Photoshop action: Photo sharing

This action splits a photo and creates a white frame around the small parts.

Photoshop action: Photos on canvas

This campaign creates a split canvas picture from your photos.

Photoshop action: Trilogy

Three photos are beautifully presented side by side with this action.

Photoshop action: Trilogy SWFZ

Let the result surprise you.

Photoshop action: Flying Polaroid

After the action has finished, you can arrange and scale the photos as you wish.

Photoshop action: Polaroid collage

This action creates a Polaroid collage.

Photoshop action: slide strips

This action creates a slide strip for a photo. You can choose whether you want the slide strip with or without text.

Photoshop action: Piled up photo parts

Start the campaign and be surprised.

Photoshop action: Six effects for flyers and photos

This action creates various effects for flyers and photos.

Photoshop action: stripe effect for flyers and wallpapers

This action creates a striped effect for flyers and wallpapers.

frame

Photoshop action: Digital picture frame

Your photo in a digital frame.

Photoshop action: Wooden frame 10

This action creates a wooden frame around a photo.

Photoshop action: Soft frame

The action creates a soft frame.

Photoshop action: Water drop frame

This action creates a water drop frame.

Photoshop action: Metal frame 5

This action creates a metal frame around a photo.

Photoshop action: Mosaic frame

This action creates a mosaic frame for a photo.

Photoshop action: Frameset 2

This action creates 17 different frames for you.

Photoshop action: Photo in marble frame

This action builds your photo into a marble frame. Various colors for the landscape format are predefined and can also be set by the user. The color for the portrait format is freely selectable.

Photoshop action: frames in country colors

This action creates a frame around your photo in the color of the country. There are 15 countries to choose from in the action.

Photoshop action: Create backgrounds and frames from photos

This action creates 5 different backgrounds for your photo(s). The backgrounds are colored to match the photo.

Miscellaneous

Photoshop action: Creamy color effect

This action creates a creamy color effect on a photo.

Photoshop action: Digital cross development

This action creates a digital cross-development from your photo.

Photoshop action: Photo with drop shadow and contour

This action presents your photo with a beautiful contour and drop shadow.

Photoshop action: Curved 3-division mirrored

This action creates a 3-split photo, curved and mirrored.

Photoshop action: Heart collage

A really cool heart collage created this campaign.

Photoshop action: Heart collage - variant 2

This action creates a heart collage for you.

Photoshop action: Ray effect 2

This action creates backgrounds for your photo - with beam effects.

Photoshop action: Retro beam effect for flyers and wallpapers

This action creates a retro beam effect for flyers and wallpapers.

Photoshop action: Depth/highlight correction

This action optimizes your photo in terms of depth and highlights.

Photoshop action: Photo ball

This action creates a photo sphere from 16 photos.

Photoshop action: Cover Flow 3

This action creates a cover flow with photos in portrait format.

Photoshop action: The right cut for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

With this action you crop your photos with a fixed aspect ratio of your choice.

The following aspect ratios are available in the action:
3:2, 2:3, 4:3, 3:4, 7:5, 5:7, 9:7 7:9, 16:9, 9:16

Photoshop action: Colorkey action

This action creates a slightly different colorkey on a photo.

Photoshop action: old and new

This action creates an old photo from a new photo; both photos are arranged on the image.

Photoshop campaign: Wreath of honor for anniversary

This action creates a wreath of honor (anniversary wreath). Different actions are included in the action, e.g. wreath of honor simple, with shadow, metal effect and color freely adjustable. You can change the appearance individually by changing the layer style.

Photoshop action: Slide collage

This action creates a slide collage from six of your photos of your choice. Two versions are included in the action; the first is as shown in the preview image and the second is with colored slide frames. You can change the color of the slide frames yourself.

Photoshop action: Diagonal image division

This action divides your photo diagonally. The action also contains a second one; it creates diagonal squares in landscape format and rhombuses in portrait format.

Photoshop action: Golden ratio template

The golden ratio is a creative means of achieving the ideal proportions in a picture. If a picture is aligned according to this, there is a considerable gain in aesthetics and harmony. The action generates the basic lines of the golden ratio as a separate layer. The color and thickness of the lines can also be adjusted. The golden ratio can then be used very easily and conveniently for images and photos.

Photoshop action: Extruded background

A photo in the foreground and an extruded effect in the background.

Photoshop action: Create stickers from your photo

With this action you create a beautiful photo sticker.

Photoshop action: Poster holder

Your photo on a beautiful poster holder? A piece of cake with this campaign.

Photoshop action: Stone and glass picture frame 1

This campaign creates an elegant stone frame for you.

Photoshop action: Glass frame with drops

This action creates a glass frame with drops around a photo.

Photoshop action: Photo behind the door

This action adds a photo of your choice behind a door.

Photoshop action: Fanned photo strips

10 photos in one fan.

Details of the content

For automated processes in Photoshop Elements: Actions for rapid image effects

Actions are by no means just reserved for their big brother "Photoshop". The advantages of actions can also be used in many ways in Photoshop Elements. This Actions package is a powerful tool to speed up your workflow and has already rolled up its sleeves! Optimize your shots by applying one of the 100 Photoshop Elements actions with just one click. Use the shortcuts and creative quick fixes for your work with Adobe Photoshop Elements and watch how one click changes your world.

Want to enhance your images quickly and easily? Give them the perfect look with the help of automations!

100 actions will make it easy for you to find the right image style for your photo in the future. You'll find actions for:

Present photos attractively
Stamps, puzzles, map of Germany
Image divisions: Split a photo, ...
Polaroid collage
Creating picture looks: Tilt-shift effect, fog effect, image aging effects
Photo effects: More saturation, sepia, ...
Frame effects: Wooden frame, glass frame, soft frame, ...

How exactly do Photoshop Elements actions help you in your workflow?

A Photoshop Elements action is a predefined workflow that you apply to a single file or to multiple files in a batch. This includes, for example, menu commands, tool actions and control panel options. Actions are particularly useful for routine tasks and are an effective means of automating work processes.