Apple Aperature and Photoshop Actions

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I started using Apple’s Aperature software a few months ago and it has changed my life.  I heart Aperature.  It’s beautiful, it’s simple, it’s Apple, it makes sense and it speeds up my workflow by about 358%.  So I thought I’d share a little before and after using both Aperature and some Photoshop actions.

Here is the before.  Shep was jumping on my bed and of course being his Mommy I thought it was the cutest thing I’d ever seen.

I did decide that I wanted to make it cuter, so here are the steps I took in Aperature and a screen shot.  Using Aperature, I -

Moved over the edges slider

Warmed the white balance up

Increased the contrast

Moved over the definition slider

Used the standard monocrome mixer

Added .9 of sepia and a vignette

I then opened the photo in Photoshop and used Totally Rad Actions and Kubota Actions.

First from the TRA’s I used

Yin/Yang – Yang at a low opacity on his face

Select-o-sharp on his eyes

I then used an action I made myself which combines Smooth-o-matic from the TRA’s and KDP Magic Sharp from the Kubotas.

And voila!  Here’s what I ended up with -

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