I’ve been having fun working on a brand new set of free Photoshop Actions to transform your photographs with various contrast and colour alterations. This collection of Cinematic Photoshop Actions contains 12 effects based on the colour grading aesthetics of popular movie genres, such as Horror, Western, Action, Romantic and more. The visual styles of these films are usually seen on the big screen, but we can replicate similar looks within still images with the help of these preset image adjustments.
Load the downloaded .ATN file into Photoshop, then choose one of the 12 Cinematic Photo Effect recordings and press the Play icon in the Actions panel to process your image with a range of preset adjustments. To fine tune the result, adjust the Opacity of the Group to tone down the impact of the effect, or dive into the adjustment layers and manually change the settings.
- Horror
Adds dark and creepy tones to your photographs with a bluey-green colour shift and a strong vignette. - Fantasy
Applies punchy and vibrant colour adjustments with a focus on rich blues and purples. - Western
Converts images into vintage photos with old style Sepia tones made of earthy browns and reduced saturation. - Family
Dramatically brightens a photograph and boosts the vibrancy with a subtle cross processed look. - Thriller
Washes out the colour and provides harsher contrast to generate darker mood within a picture. - Romantic
Gives a photograph a warm and fuzzy feeling with bright orange, pink and yellow colour casts. - Film Noir
Replicates the old film look with black and white tones, low contrast and heavy grain. - War
Produces a desolate mood with harsh contrast, washed out colour and a strong noise overlay. - Adventure
Adds excitement to a shot with vibrant colour enhancements and subtle colour shift. - Sci-Fi
Transforms images with a mix of blue tones and strong contrast to create a high tech science fiction look. - Action
Replicates the popular teal-and-orange colour grading used in many Hollywood action movies. - Superhero
Dramatically increases the vibrancy of an image and strengthens all red and blue hues.
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Thank you very much for sharing :)
Thank you as always!
Always a pleasure to read your posts or follow your tutorials. Your generous freebies are an amazing bonus!
It’s great to hear you’re enjoying the content Adam!
Thanks. These are awesome.
You’re very welcome!
Thanks so much, I really appreciate you taking the time to create such a wonderful resource for us!
Thank you very much Keith!
An essential post for movie lovers. I always love to watch Sci-Fi and superhero movies. I think using these cinematic photo effect, graphics designer will create some amazing work. Appreciate your awesome resources.
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Thanks a lot for this package! Very kind of you.
My pleasure, M Hammad!
Wow these are great. Thanks so much for sharing. I will definitely be adding your site to my bookmarks.
Thanks Chris
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Thank you!
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great actions … supposedly known but good to have in one place, thank you
Glad you like it
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My pleasure, Mindy
These look awesome! Will they work in Elements, too, or just in Photoshop? (I have Photoshop Elements 15.)
I have a feeling Elements might not have all the features required to run these Actions I’m afraid
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You’re welcome :)
Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you Chris
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Thank you for another wonderful resource
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Thank you Chris! Love your website
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big thanks,danke
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Hey Man All photos effect are good. Thanks for share this post.
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Thanks for amazing website contents and your generousity in sharing! Can not appreciate more. Love you, Chris!
That’s very kind Belinda A. thank you!
Thank you very much.
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Thank you for all you share with us!
Thanks Cindy!
Great work! I’m looking forward to playing with these for some movie-style effects in hero images. Thank you!
Good luck with your hero images!
Always love and appreciate your wonderful freebies. I think I miss your input on line 25, but business is business.
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Thx for sharing your work….
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Thank you very much, love it!
Chris,
Your prolific and broad offerings are a constant source of inspiration! Well done.
Great to hear, Jim! Thanks!
great stuff! many thanks for the freebie!
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Thanks, these are great!
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Awesome! Thank you for sharing!
No problem Sherri!
You are very generous, Chris. Thank’s for sharing this with everyone. I just download it and can’t wait to try them all.
Great! Enjoy! :)
Glad you like it!