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Photoshop actions allow you to save and reuse a sequence of edits, commands and settings. As such, if you carry out a task once, you need never to do it all again. In practice, you can use Actions to automate tasks, speed up your workflow and access your most used Adobe Photoshop’s features. It only takes a moment to create an action for a chosen sequence of edits, then the same sequence can be applied to other images with a click.
But what if there are certain points in the sequence where you want to change things manually? Thankfully, you can build stops and pauses into your actions, as well as several other useful functions. In this tutorial, we’ll explore some of the key features and show you how to create custom actions. As an example, we’ve used a technique called frequency separation, which is very useful for retouching uneven skin tones.
The other useful thing about Photoshop actions is that you can make use of those created by others. To that end, we’ve supplied a set of 10 free handy actions (including frequency separation) in our bonus Retouching Actions Kit for you to experiment with on your own photos.
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