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20 Top Adobe Photoshop Actions for Photography on Envato Elements

Actions are great. They allow you to try new styles, learn what looks good with your photographs, and best of all they can cut down the time you need to take when post-processing. Here, we've put together our top 20 Adobe Photoshop actions for photographers from Envato Elements.
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HDR Envato Photoshop Actions

  • This set of Photoshop actions can achieve an HDR look, without multiple exposures.

  • The download contains a ‘play all’ action, which will run through each option. Then simply turn on and off to test them out.

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FilterGrade Retro Series I

  • Add subtle vintage and retro effects with the FilterGrade Retro Series.
  • The download includes 20 effects, including an Advanced Vintage Filter and Crisp Effects.
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Soft Focus Photoshop Action

  • Simply fill your subject with a colour and play the action to give you a beautifully soft look, with your subject still clearly visible.
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CineStock Photoshop Action

  • Simulate the popular cinema and television look with this set of 18 Photoshop actions.
  • From tonal changes to saturation and contrast adjustments, this action will help your photos look intense and desaturated and be packed full of drama.
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Tallgrass: Best Photoshop Actions for Portraits

  • Tallgrass provides a natural, fresh toning for portrait, wedding, fashion, and fine-art photographs.
  • One click will add volume, colour, and depth.
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Winter: Envato Photoshop Actions

  • Simply play an action to add effects including snow, rain, and day to night.
  • The download also includes 21 colour actions, 44 cloud, fog, and mist brushes, and a rain splash brush.
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Autumn Photoshop Actions for Photographers

  • Autumn is a set of four Photoshop actions designed to give your photographs a seasonal effect.
  • Change vivid greens into the warm, dry tones of autumn. The set includes a bonus set of sharpening and noise reduction actions.
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Carbonium Photoshop Actions For Photographers

  • This pack consists of 16 black and white actions, from vintage to contemporary.
  • Up your colour grading game in style.
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Infrared Photoshop Action

  • Step into the fantastical world of infrared, without the expense of filters or camera conversion.
  • This set includes 12 infrared actions and 12 Film Noir style actions to give your photographs style and whimsy.
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Poetry Envato Photoshop Actions

  • Poetry Envato Photoshop Actions contains five landscape actions that will give your work some moody, cinematic toning effects.
  • These actions can be used to enrich landscapes as well as portraiture.
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Transparent Photoshop Action

  • Transparent Photoshop Action is an effect that you won't be able to resist.
  • It transforms your photos with a faux transparent effect, without loss of details.
  • One click is all you need to add this fabulous effect to your images.
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Dust Storm Animation: Best Photoshop Actions

  • The best Photoshop Actions are easy to use and offer stunning results. That's exactly what Dust Storm does.
  • It creates the effect of an object crumbling to dust before your very eyes. This is definitely an effect not to be missed. 
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Toy Camera Photoshop Action

  • Toy Camera Photography Actions may not be everyone's cup of tea, but if you're into the retro look of cheap film cameras of the past, you'll love it.
  • The collection contains 16 actions, so you can have lots of fun trying them out.
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Black White: Best Photoshop Actions

  • Looking for an easy way to create top-quality B&W images? Look no further than Black White: Best Photoshop Actions.
  • The collection contains 31 stunning black and white actions which you can use on portraits or landscapes to create your own flawless images.
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Matte & Faded Photoshop Actions for Photographers

  • There's nothing like a gently faded colour palette to create a sense of romance and nostalgia.
  • The great news is you don't have to fiddle around with your images for hours to get just the right look.
  • That's because Matte & Faded Photoshop Actions for Photographers does all the heavy lifting for you with this collection of 17 Photoshop actions.
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Anaglyph Glitch: Best Photoshop Actions

  • Hankering after those cool glitch effects of VHS tape days?
  • Anaglyph Glitch: Best Photoshop Actions delivers an amazing, non-destructive glitch effect.
  • This template is extremely easy to use, but there is a video tutorial provided to help you get started. 
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Soft Vintage: Photoshop Action

  • Want to bring a touch of nostalgia to your images?
  • Then check out Soft Vintage: Photoshop Action.
  • This gorgeous action will give your portraits, travel, fine art, landscapes, and street photography a wonderful vintage look.

Choose Your Favourite Photoshop Action

Now that you know just where to find the best Photoshop actions when you need them, head to Envato Elements and download your favourites today. 

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