Adjustments

Over 40 actions for making basic adjustments to an image. We’ve named our actions based on the function they perform so it’s easier for you to remember them and work with them. Each Uber Adjustment action comes with a free layer mask and the brush set to the correct color for masking.

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1. Blue Boost – adds punch and saturation to blues – good for making skies a deeper blue or enhancing blue anywhere in an image
2. Blue Out – great for removing a blue cast in the image, works really well on blue cast in shadows,
3. Brighten High – moderately lightens the image and tries to protect the highlights by adding a layer mask, can be used to add a soft open look to an image
4. Color Boost – increases the overall color saturation resulting in stronger more intense colors
5. Color Boost High – creates intense colors – for that over the top saturated look
6. Contrast Boost – deepens shadows and brightens highlights without altering the color tones
7. Contrast Boost High – deepens shadows and brightens highlights without altering the color tones and may require use of the layer mask to bring back under or over exposed areas
8. Contrast Out – reduces overall image contrast, can be used prior to black and white conversions that increase contrast
9. Darken Minus 1/2 – darkens the image similar to 1/2 stop of underexposure
10. Darken Minus 1 – darkens the image similar to 1 stop of underexposure
11. Darken Minus 2 – darkens the image similar to 2 stops of underexposure
12. Darken Shadows – slightly darkens the shadow tones which adds contrast, good for making an flat image look  a lot better
13. Darken Shadows High – moderately darkens the shadow tones
14. Darken with Mask – creates an adjustment layer and a mask that can be used to selectively darken parts of an image
15. Dodge & Burn – creates 2 layers – one for lightening and one for darkening
16. Green Boost – increases the intensity/color saturation of greens and some yellows in an image, makes trees and grass look much brighter
17. Green Out – lowers the hue of greens and yellows, can be great when used with the layer mask to remove green tints on skin or clothing for images shot under trees or near grass
18. Green Out High – lowers the hue of greens and yellows significantly
19. Haze Away High – removes the fog or haze inherent in most digital images and increases image contrast. This is used by a lot of photographers as a first step in their work flow
20. Haze Away Low – removes the fog or haze inherent in most digital images and slightly increases the contrast
21. Haze Away & Sharpen – removes the fog inherent in most digital images and adds a moderate amount of sharpening, two for one
22. Highlights Back – reduces the intensity of highlights. Great for keeping skin from looking over exposed.
23. Highlight Adjuster – allows you to use a Curves adjustment layer to alter the highlight tones, nice for bringing back blown out skin, subtle adjustments work the best
24. HMS Adjuster – creates 3 adjustment layers providing the ability to selectively lighten or darken the highlights, midtones or shadows, great for experimenting and improving an image
25. Lighten Midtones – lightens the middle tones of an image while leaving highlights and shadows alone
26. Lighten Plus 1/2 – lightens the image similar to plus 1/2 stop of exposure
27. Lighten Plus 1 – lightens the image similar to plus 1/stop of exposure
28. Lighten Plus 2 – lightens the image similar to plus 2 stops of exposure
29. Lighten Shadows – lightens shadows and reduces image contrast
30. Lighten Skin High – lightens skin tones, works best if skin tones have yellow and red in them
31. Lighten Skin Low – slightly lightens skin tones, targets red and yellow skin tones
32. Lighten Upper Tones – lightens the high end tones of an image
33. Lighten with Mask – creates an adjustment layer and mask to selectively lighten parts of an image
34. Magenta Out – removes magenta tones from the image
35. Red Out – removes red from the image including skin tones
36. Shadow Adjuster – provides a Curves adjustment layer to manipulate the shadow tones while protecting other tones
37. Sharpen  Low – adds a small amount of sharpening using the High Pass filter, very subtle
38. Sharpen  Medium – adds a medium amount of sharpening using the High Pass filter, not so subtle, can over emphasize facial problems
39. Sharpen  High – adds a high amount of sharpening using the High Pass filter which may result in a grainy look
40. Sharpen  Moderate – a very nice method for sharpening – uses layer blending modes and Unsharp Mask to moderately sharpen
41. Yellow Out – removes yellow from the image
42. Warm  Shadows – adds subtle warm tones to darker tones in image, works especially well when shadows contain cool or blueish tones, can make hair look richer
43. Warm Up – warms the image overall similar to having a warming filter on your camera
44. Whiten – this action runs in two parts and allows you to remove the yellow cast in teeth and eyes

Each Uber Adjustment action contains a step to create a layer mask and to select the appropriate brush color for masking. If you want to turn off this step go to the bottom of the Uber Adjustments set and turn off the check mark next to the action Black Brush and the action White Brush. You can ignore the warning about not being able to undo this.