Indigo PhotoShop Actions

February 2001.

Well, Late Again!!! Sorry, but January was quite a busy month for us. I'm also working on a few other projects that have had me a bit busy. I am working on a new Photoshop Technique CD that will be available here and at Graphic-Design.com. I hope to have that finished by the end of March (I will probably be contacting many of you to be beta testers). I am also taking part in an action CD called Photoshop Stuff produced by Steve Stierwalt of Digitaltropic.com that has hundreds of actions and styles by about 15 action artists including Al Ward of ActionFX.com.

I have also been moderating the live discussion forum for the past few weeks at PlanetPhotoshop.com, so, stop by and say hello if your in the neighborhood and have a photoshop question you need answered.

Next Month we will also be bringing you a new site called WebTeknique.com that will be dedicated to Interactive Media Design. We will be moving all of the actions, tips, backgrounds, etc. out there and also have much more info on Interactive Media Design related topics. Hopefully I will be able to use the site to better answer all of the emails that I have been getting. If you email me with a question and don't get a response right away, please be patient. I am not blowing any of them off. I really enjoy hearing from all of you, so please keep them coming!

But anyway, I will stop blabbing here and get back to work so that I can actually get all of this stuff done! Till next month - Enjoy!!!

Instructions
For each action there is a thumbnail of the 'Before' and 'After' image. Clicking on either will bring up the full size version. Grab a copy of the full size version of the 'Before Image' and use it to test the action. Your image should look just like the 'After' version when complete. If all goes well, you can than experiment on your own. To download the action files, click on the action title or icon for each action.

Be sure and check out our new 'Hey, Your Actions Actually Work' section with images that people have sent in that were created in whole or in part by one of our actions. If you have cool images that you have created with our actions, send them in. We would love to post them. Email us for information on how to submit your stuff!!

Cappuccino Grande

Description: Rich steaming expresso topped off with a cap of frothed milk and sprinkled with a dusting of cocoa. Man! I can feel the top of my head tingling just thinking about it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get to Starbucks before I slip into a caffeine withdrawl and have to be placed on a French Roast, Double Shot, No-Fat, Caramel Latte with Cinnamon IV again! (That caramel syrup is tough on the veins, man!!!) Photoshop Version: 5.5 and 6 Featured Font: Comic Strip MN (I am still trying to find out where to get this one. I will post it as soon as I find out)
Bloo!

Description: A plastic effect that works well on text and buttons. Make sure your canvas is twice the size of your text size left to right and top to bottom. Use the full size "Before" sample as a reference. Photoshop Version: 5.5 - 6 Featured Font: Rhino by Thomas Rogerstam (I am still trying to track him down to see if I can give this one away here) and Mister Earl (button text) by Jennifer Maestre.
Yee Hah!!!

Description: Imagine you are grazing in a beautiful pasture, minding your own business when a nice man in a cowboy hat and a pair of pointed boots (made out a material that looks damn familiar by-the-way...) walks up to you, and before you can spit out your cud and run for your life, he jabs you in the tail end with a hot branding iron! Now you're running around in a circle like a mad cow trying to escape from the million-and-one killer bees that are all stinging you in the ass at the same time, and he's sitting back over at the fire eating beans and doing shots of cheap tequila. Hey, but that's OK, cause that night, you make a deal with his horse, and in the morning when he goes to 'saddle up', and his horse drives a back hoof right into his groin at 300 m.p.h., you get to sick back an laugh as he sifts through his vomit trying to figure out 'which ones is beans, and which ones is his testicles'! YIPPIE-KYE-AYE MOTHERF*ER!!! (Sorry I love that line from Die Hard). Photoshop Version: 5.5 - 6 Featured Font:** Comic Strip MN
Weathered

Description: No telling how much your text will be weathered with this action. Could be a little, could be a lot. Give yourself plenty of room for expansion on this one. Photoshop Version: 5.5 - 6 Featured Font: Goudy Heavy Face by Adobe
Vampire Blood 2001

Description: An updated version of the first action posted to the site, Vampire Blood. Photoshop Version: 5.5 - 6 Featured Font: ITC Zapf Chancery by Herman Zapf (liquified with the new Liquify Filter in PS)

Plaster 2001

Description: An updated version of one of the original 15 actions posted to the site, The Plaster Action. Gets it's name from the fact that it uses the Plaster Filter. Creates plastertext over a concrete background. Photoshop Version: 5.5 - Updated for version 6 Featured Font: Mister Earl (text and button text) by Jennifer Maestre.

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Be sure to experiment with different words, different sizes, different shapes and see how it works. We hope you enjoy these actions. Email Us or sign our Guest Book and let us know what you think. Send us some of your final images and we will post them on our site. 'Till next month, Have Fun!!

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The Usual Disclaimer
These actions are created for 72dpi images only and are only guaranteed to work in Photoshop 5.5 and 6 where noted. If you wish to create these effects for a higher resolution, you will need to tear the action apart and redo the steps.