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Photoshop Actions by Mike Warren

MW Watercolor Painter - Pro Series : MW Watercolor Painter Action - Pro Series allows you to create a very realistic Watercolor Painting by hand painting the image back over a Pencil Base using a Graphics Tablet.

Action Pack includes a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $24.95

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MW Deluxe Artist Studio Action Package includes the Artist Studio Action Package bundled with the Watercolor Painter Pro-Series Action. $62.00

MW Watercolor Painter - Pro Series

MW Illustration / Watercolor Action - Pro Series : MW Illustration / Watercolor Action Set - Pro Series turns a color photo into a Airbrush Illustration, Color Sketch, Watercolor or a Blended Illustration-Watercolor. Action Pack includes a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $24.95

Before you buy the Illustration / Watercolor Action Set, check out the Artist Studio Action Package

Artist Studio Action Package includes:

• The Sketch Action Pro Set
• The Illustration / Watercolor Action Pro Set
• The Full Set of Hi-Res Custom Textures

A $64.85 Value for only $42.15 (Save 35%!).

MW Illustration / Watercolor Action - Pro Series

MW Sketch Action Set - Pro Series : MW Sketch Action Set - Pro Series turns a color photo into a Pencil, Charcoal, Pen & Ink, Color Pen & Ink or Color Pencil Sketch. Action Pack includes a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions 7, CS, CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $24.95

View MW Sketch Set Pro Examples

Before you buy the Sketch Pro Action Set, check out the Artist Studio Action Package

Artist Studio Action Package includes:

• The Sketch Action Pro Set
• The Illustration / Watercolor Action Pro Set
• The Full Set of Hi-Res Custom Textures

A $64.85 Value for only $42.15 (Save 35%!).

MW Sketch Action Set - Pro Series

Galleries

Favorite Websites :

Favorite Websites

Guest Book : Please sign my Guest Book

8 x10 Prints / Boxed Note Cards for Sale : 8" X 10" Photographs by Mike Warren. $25.00
Order in Gloss, Lustre or Matte Finish.
Click on thumbnail to enlarge.
Click on buy this photo or buy multiple photos.
(Prints will not be Watermarked)

Boxed Note Cards by Mike Warren $20.00

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8 x10 Prints / Boxed Note Cards for Sale

Pentax Equipment : My collection of Pentax Cameras and Lenses. Images shown are stock images from Pentax.

Pentax Equipment

Product Photography : Product shots of Black Pentax ME

Product Photography

Flash Photography :

Flash Photography

Flowers and Plants :

Flowers and Plants

Sunsets :

Landscapes :

Infrared Photography

HDR : HDR (High Dynamic Range)
Multiple images shot at different exposures, then merged together to create one image.

Check out my Photoshop Custom Textures and get a FREE Watermark for your Customer Proofs

Portraits :

Head Shots :

Wedding Photography :

Wedding Photography

Potpourri : Some of my favorite shots

Wiggle GIFs : These are 3D Stereo images that have been turned into GIFs so you can see the 3D effect without the aid of special glasses or viewers. View in Original size to see animation.

Frames / Collages :
Examples of Frames and Collages made with my Photoshop Actions and Templates.

Visit my OOF (Out of Frame) Gallery

MW Ultimate Mat/Frame Bundle:

Polaroid Collage Action
Poster Frame/Glass Mat Action Set
Gallery Frame Action Set
Collage Mat Set of 15 Templates
Frame Edge Effects Set of 36 Templates

$52.00

($59.75 Value)
Download link provided immediately.

Individual Frame Actions and Photoshop Templates available here

Frames / Collages

Photoshop Collage Template Set 2 :

Photoshop Collage Mat Template Set 2
Set contains 11 Hi-Res Photoshop Templates suitable for printing as well as web display. Rotate the Templates 90˚CW, 90˚CCW or 180 Degrees to end up with 29 different Template Layouts (See layout variations below with and without frame). Templates come with a Frame Action that can be printed Hi-Res or reduced for Web Display. Templates are either 8" X 8" X 300 ppi or 8" X 10" X 300 ppi and can be used to print larger (ie. 16" X 20") with no quality loss by simply increasing image size then doubling pixel increments in drop shadow layer style.

Instructions: Open PSD files in Photoshop. Click on bottom layer. Paste your images above bottom layer, but below Mat layer(s). Rotate and size image behind mat openings. Zoom in to make sure green does not show. This ensures your image is larger than the opening. Erase/Delete excess image, so it won't show up above other images. Save. Flatten before down sizing for web. $14.95

Download link provided immediately.

Examples of Mat Templates with Colorized/Textured Mats with Single and Multiple Images

Photoshop Collage Template Set 2

Out of Frame : OOF (Out of Frame) renditions are easy to make by running the frame action on a portion of the image, then layering the image back on top, then erase surrounding details. Try it!

MW Frame Edges EffectsTemplates : MW Frame Edge Effects Set has 36 - 8 x 10 x 300 ppi Frame Templates with Graphic Edges. One Template can create 18 variations. $19.95

Instructions: Select bottom layer. Paste your images above bottom layer, but below Template Layer. Size behind Template opening using Transform, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Set comes with Action to set up layers for masking. Download link provided immediately.

View Sample Sheet

MW Frame Edges EffectsTemplates

Retouching : Before and After examples of Retouching using Photoshop

Polaroid SX-70 Gallery : Polaroid SX-70 Digital Simulations using Photoshop.

Polaroid SX-70 Gallery

Photoshop Actions by Mike Warren

Action Tips / FAQs : Tips on using my Actions and Templates.

Action Tips / FAQs

Black & White Conversion :

Black & White Conversion

MW Sketch Action Set - Pro Series : MW Sketch Action Set - Pro Series turns a color photo into a Pencil, Charcoal, Pen & Ink, Color Pen & Ink or Color Pencil Sketch. Action Pack includes a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions 7, CS, CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $24.95

View MW Sketch Set Pro Examples

Before you buy the Sketch Pro Action Set, check out the Artist Studio Action Package

Artist Studio Action Package includes:

• The Sketch Action Pro Set
• The Illustration / Watercolor Action Pro Set
• The Full Set of Hi-Res Custom Textures

A $64.85 Value for only $42.15 (Save 35%!).

MW Sketch Action Set - Pro Series

MW Illustration / Watercolor Action - Pro Series : MW Illustration / Watercolor Action Set - Pro Series turns a color photo into a Airbrush Illustration, Color Sketch, Watercolor or a Blended Illustration-Watercolor. Action Pack includes a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $24.95

Before you buy the Illustration / Watercolor Action Set, check out the Artist Studio Action Package

Artist Studio Action Package includes:

• The Sketch Action Pro Set
• The Illustration / Watercolor Action Pro Set
• The Full Set of Hi-Res Custom Textures

A $64.85 Value for only $42.15 (Save 35%!).

MW Illustration / Watercolor Action - Pro Series

MW Watercolor Painter - Pro Series : MW Watercolor Painter Action - Pro Series allows you to create a very realistic Watercolor Painting by hand painting the image back over a Pencil Base using a Graphics Tablet.

Action Pack includes a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $24.95

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MW Deluxe Artist Studio Action Package includes the Artist Studio Action Package bundled with the Watercolor Painter Pro-Series Action. $62.00

MW Watercolor Painter - Pro Series

Custom Photoshop Textures : Custom Photoshop Textures are High-Res, Seamless Textures that are used with Photoshop and PaintShopPro’s Texturizer Filter. Textures can be used to add texture to grunge backgrounds, add paper texture to mats and sketch backgrounds, add brush textures or a cracked aged look to paintings.

To use the Texturizer Filter in Photoshop, go to Filter>Texture>Texturizer. The default Textures in Photoshop are Brick, Burlap, Canvas and Sandstone. There is a fly-out button on the right side of the Texture menu that allows you to load your own Custom Textures. Simply navigate to the folder of Custom Textures and choose the one that works best with your image. The Texturizer Filter allows you to adjust the size of your Texture between 50-200%, adjust the contrast and adjust the direction of the Light Source. It also has an option to invert the image from positive to reverse. I suggest always starting with 50%, 2 Relief with Light coming from the Top Left. Increase size and Relief to taste. Click Invert to see if it looks better to you in that mode. You can use Fade to lessen the effect and/or change the Blending Mode settings for extra effects. This is what makes the Texturizer Filter more versatile than pasting textured images over your images. These textures can be loaded at any time when in the Texture Filter interface and work great with several of my Framing, Illustration and Sketch Actions that utilize textures in the workflow. These Custom textures can also be used with the Conte Crayon, Rough Pastels, Under Painting and Glass Filters.

See details on purchasing my Custom Textures below. You can buy the complete set of 25 Textures for $14.95

Download MW Custom Textures Instruction PDF for printing

View complete 25-PieceTexture Set-01

Custom Photoshop Textures

Pop Art : Richard Avedon Pop-Art Action

Richard Avedon was a well known photographer in the 60’s. He experimented with wild color schemes and created some very well know portraits of the Beatles during the hippie era, when psychedelic
posters were at their peak popularity. The Action utilizes extreme curve configurations and various layers of different channels
to create 16 different images to choose from. This shot gun method makes it easy to pick the images that happen to work the best based on the colors in the original image. Creating multiple variations at once, saves a lot of time when you are not sure how a particular image is going to turn out. $9.95

e-mail and fax orders are also accepted.
Contact: mike@mikedubu.com

Emboss Glow / 3D Painter : MW Emboss Glow-Action adds a 3D embossed look with a glowing color saturation boost. Works great with plants and flowers.

MW 3D-Painter Action adds a 3D embossed look to your images that resembles heavy Oil Painting.

Get both Actions together with a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures.
Actions are compatible with U.S. Photoshop PS7, CS, CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately.

$14.95 for both Actions

Emboss Glow / 3D Painter

Photo-Art Variations :

Photo-Art Variations

Photo-Art Service : Turn your favorite Photograph into a Sketch, Illustration or Painting.Great for Prints, Christmas Cards, Mugs, Mousepads, T-Shirts, Photo-Books.

Here is how it works:
1) email me your digital photograph with instructions on the size of print you would like to order, touch-up, cropping etc.
2) Choose the style of Illustration or Painting.
3) I’ll email you a proof to approve.
4) Upon approval and payment, I’ll email you the file or download link to a hi-res file that you can upload to a Lab like MPix, Shutterfly, Snapfish or Kodak.

• Pricing for Photo-Art file: $20 for Black & White / $30 for Color / $40 for a Hand-Painted Watercolor
• Additional retouching services are available at minimal cost.
• 100% Satisfaction Gurantee - You see the final Artwork before you pay.
• Pay with Visa / Master Card / Discover / American Express, electronically using PayPal.
• Same day service on most jobs. Allow extra time for major retouching or photo composites.
• e-mail me with any questions: mike@mikedubu.com
Note: Purchase Price is for the electronic Photo-art file only. Does not include the cost for the print.

Download Information Page

Photo-Art Service

Graphic Design :

Art Volley : Patsy Latscha and I participated in an Art Volley through email January 2004. These are the results, after five rounds each for a total of ten layouts. No rules. Change something or everything in any style using any application. We exchanged one round each per day.

MW Potpourri : Some of my favorite shots.

Check out my Photoshop Custom Textures and get a FREE Watermark for your Customer Proofs

Note Cards : Note Cards are available for purchase as a Boxed Set, consisting of 10 Note Cards and 10 Ivory Envelopes. Single folded Note Cards measure 5-1/2" X 4-1/4" and are Giclée printed on Archival Matte Paper with Pigmented Fade Resistant Inks (76 year Lightfastness Rated).

Boxed Sets can be made up of all the same Note Cards or 10 different Note Cards.
The cost per Box Set is $20.00 (US$) plus $3.00 S/H per box (Continental United States).

Bonus Note Cards:
For each additional Box Set ordered on the same order, one Bonus Note Card and Envelope will be added to your order at no charge. Example: If you order three Box Sets, select a total of 32 Note Cards (10+11+11).

Upon receipt of your Order (e-mail me details of your order) and Payment (Credit Card / PayPal), your shipment will be sent the following day. Shipment will arrive via First Class Mail or Express Mail.

Download Product Information

Cards shown with Item Number / Order Page

e-mail: mike@mikedubu.com

Most Popular Photos

Polaroid Collage Action turns a single image into a collage with 36 Polaroid Pictures.

Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions PS7/CS/CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $9.95

Examples using Polaroid Collage Action
Creative layouts using Polaroid Collage Action

FREE Christmas Card Template by Byron Wilkerson.

Great for Santa Shoots, Christmas Parties and Christmas Cards.

4" X 6" X 300 PPI

To use: Paste your image above the Base Layer. Transform image behind opening, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Flatten.

Illustration Retouch

FREE Christmas Frame Template by Byron Wilkerson.

Great for Santa Shoots, Christmas Parties and Christmas Cards.

8" X 10" X 300 PPI Frame for Portraits.

To use: Paste your image above the Base Layer. Transform image behind opening, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Flatten.

Photo by Alan Pototsky

MW Illustration / Watercolor Action Set - Pro Series turns a color photo into a Airbrush Illustration, Color Sketch, Watercolor or a Blended Illustration-Watercolor. Action Pack includes a Web Mat & Frame Action, Custom Paper Textures and instructions on how to use Custom Textures. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $24.95

See Artist Studio Action Package below to save 35%

Examples of Illustrations

Watch the Illustration Action Video

Before & After Illustration Action GIF (View Original Size)

Sketch with Texture-View in Original Size.

Poster Frame / Glass Mat Action Set
(Action Set includes the Standard Poster Frame Action and Glass Mat Action)

Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions PS7/CS/CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $9.95

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Purchase the Gallery Mat Action Set with the Poster Frame / Glass Mat Action Set at this Bundled Price (Click on PayPal Button Below): $17.95

More Frame Examples
FAQs

Retouch using my Illustration Action

Dragan Retouch

FREE Christmas Card Template by Byron Wilkerson.

Great for Santa Shoots, Christmas Parties and Christmas Cards.

4" X 6" X 300 PPI

To use: Paste your image above the Base Layer. Transform image behind opening, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Flatten.

FREE Christmas Card Template by Byron Wilkerson.

Great for Santa Shoots, Christmas Parties and Christmas Cards.

4" X 6" X 300 PPI

To use: Paste your image above the Base Layer. Transform image behind opening, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Flatten.

MW Gallery Mat & Frame Action Set.

Classic Golden Mean Proportioned Museum Mat for Landscape images.

Standard Proportion Mat for Portrait images. Portrait frame appears as a large framed image on a distant wall.

Add a title and signature on the mat for a final touch. Give your web images a professional look with this one-click-action.

Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions PS7/CS/CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $9.95 Frame Gallery

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Purchase the Gallery Mat Action Set with the Poster Frame / Glass Mat Action Set at this Bundled Price (Click on PayPal Button Below): $17.95

MW Artist Studio Action Package includes:

• The Sketch Action Pro Set
• The Illustration / Watercolor Action Pro Set
• The Full Set of Hi-Res Custom Textures

A $64.85 Value for only $42.15 (Save 35%!).

The Art Studio Action Package has everything you need to create professional renditions from your images. Merge Sketches with Watercolor renditions for a mixed media look. Experiment with adding different Textures for that final touch. There is no limit to what you will be able to create!

Examples of Sketches
Examples of Illustrations
Examples of Textures

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MW Deluxe Artist Studio Action Package includes the Artist Studio Action Package bundled with the Watercolor Painter Pro-Series Action. $62.00

Original Photo by Linda

Photo by Robert Deutsch

Photo by Sury

Question:

How do you create these composites?

Answer:

OOF (Out of Frame) renditions are easy to make by running the frame action on a portion of the image, then layering the image back on top, then erase surrounding details. Try it!

Photo by Pedro Dias

Photo by Aaron Warren

MW Polaroid SX-70 Photoshop Action turns an image into a Digital SX-70 Emulsion Manipulated image. Graphics Tablet Recommended for manipulating image.

Action is compatible with Photoshop Versions PS7, CS, CS2 and CS3. Original image by Brandon Warren.

SX-70 Gallery

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MW Frame Edge Effects Template Set has 36 - 8 x 10 x 300 ppi Frame Templates with Graphic Edges. Go to Frame Edge Effects Gallery to see how one Template can create 18 variations. $19.95

Instructions: Select bottom layer. Paste your images above bottom layer, but below Template Layer. Size behind Template opening using Transform, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Set comes with Action to set up layers for masking. Download link provided immediately.

Frame Edge Effects Gallery
View Sample Sheet

MW Kaleidoscope Mat comes alive when all the colors change to a different color scheme, while adjusting the Hue/Saturation Hue Slider. Endless possible color combinations.

Two Hi-Res 8" X 10" X 300 ppi Layered PSD files (Horizontal and Vertical).

Paste your image above the Base Layer. Transform image behind opening, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Adjust Hue/Sat layer to shift mat colors. Print Hi-Res or reduce for web (flatten before resizing).

FREE Download
Large view of Mat
View Animation to see Kaleidoscope effect

Richard Avedon Pop-Art Action

Richard Avedon was a well known photographer in the 60’s. He experimented with wild color schemes and created some very well know portraits of the Beatles during the hippie era, when psychedelic
posters were at their peak popularity. The Action utilizes extreme curve configurations and various layers of different channels
to create 16 different images to choose from. This shot gun method makes it easy to pick the images that happen to work the best based on the colors in the original image. Creating multiple variations at once, saves a lot of time when you are not sure how a particular image is going to turn out.

Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions PS7/CS/CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $9.95

Pop-Art Gallery

Original Photo by Tina

Poster Frame Action creates a typical framed poster around your image that you would see at a shopping mall of Sea Life and Motivational prints. You can choose the border color, border size, mat color, mat texture, frame color and frame size.

Poster Frame / Glass Mat Set $9.95

See Glass Mat Description to purchase.

More Frame Examples

FREE Christmas Frame Templates by Mike Warren.

Great for Santa Shoots, Christmas Parties and Christmas Cards.

5" X 7" X 300 PPI Portrait and Landscape Frames. 4" X 6" Opening.
8" X 10" X 300 PPI Portrait and Landscape Frames. 6" X 8" Opening.
To use: Paste your image above the Base Layer. Transform image behind opening, while holding shift to constrain proportions. Flatten. Editable each year, by using Find/Replace Text command in Photoshop.

Pop! Action
adds Color Saturation, Sharpness and Contrast to your image, giving them Pop! in one click.
Simply the best sharpening enhancement you can use. Wins hands down against Unsharp Mask, Smart Sharpening, High Pass Sharpening and LAB Sharpening methods. Sharpens without the haloing and artifacts found in other methods. Increases contrast and color saturation in one step. Saves processing time!Pop! Action set comes with 3 Actions: Full Strength Color Saturation, Half Strength Color Saturation and Sharpening Only.

Works in both 8 Bit and 16 Bit on lo-res and hi-res files. Action is compatible with U.S. Photoshop Versions PS7/CS/CS2 and CS3.

All sales are final. Please ask questions prior to purchase. Download link provided immediately. $9.95

Before and After example using Pop!

Custom Photoshop Textures are High-Res, Seamless Textures that are used with Photoshop and PaintShopPro’s Texturizer Filter. Textures can be used to add texture to grunge backgrounds, add paper texture to mats and sketch backgrounds, add brush textures or a cracked aged look to paintings.

Buy the complete Set of 25 Custom Textures. Download link provided immediately.

View complete 25-PieceTexture Set-01
MW-Texture-Set-01 $14.95

Original Photo by Rob214

Getty Stock Image

Retouch

Original Photo by tomppa

Mike Round-5

Mike Round-1

Photo by Aaron Warren

Photos and Collage by Aaron Warren

DCF 1.0

Photo by Rick (Truelight)

Photo by Mikep99

DCF 1.0

DCF 1.0

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

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