Most designers and photographers spend many hours in Photoshop, whether it be for designing or editing photos. In your client projects you may receive photos from the client that need to be touched up, or you may be a photographer yourself. Photoshop brings endless potential for photo editing, and one of the best ways to make use of Photoshop’s capabilities is to use actions. Photoshop actions are useful for quickly completing repetitive tasks, like performing the same steps to achieve a specific type of photo effect.
There are countless actions available that can be purchased or downloaded for free, but finding the best quality free actions can take quite some time. With that in mind, this post showcases 50 different actions and action sets that are available for free. The actions showcased here will allow you to create all kinds of different types of effects for your photos from matte and film looks, to vintage effects, to stunning black & white conversions, and even HDR. With these actions in your arsenal you will be able to save time while editing photos, and you also will not need to scour the web to find quality free actions.
Browse through this collection, find the ones that suit your needs, and try them with your own photos. You’ll find that you are able to create some really amazing effects in very little time with the help of the right actions.
Free Photoshop Action Collection
Color Pop Photoshop Action
Matte Photoshop Action
Matte Photoshop Action
Deeply Matte Photoshop Actions
Dreamy Matte Photoshop Action
Vivid Matte Photoshop Action
Vintage Matte Photoshop Action
Faded Film Photoshop Action
Old Film Photoshop Action
Fashion Photoshop Actions
Skin Retouching Photoshop Actions
Crimson Shimmer Photoshop Action
Soft Haze Photoshop Action
Mystical Light Photoshop Actions
Nightmare Photoshop Action
Cold Nightmare Photoshop Action
Intensity Photoshop Action
Copper Photoshop Actions
Blue Evening Photoshop Action
Vintage Effects Photoshop Actions
Instant Hipster
Vintage Heaven Photoshop Action
Vintage Photoshop Action
Vintage Photoshop Action
Soft Vintage Photoshop Action
Washed Memories Photoshop Action
Vintage Wedding Action
Lomo Photoshop Action
Lomocam
Vintage Light Leak Photoshop Action
Light Leak Photoshop Action
Sunset Photoshop Action
Winter Breeze Photoshop Actions
Creamy Photoshop Actions
Mini Fusion Photoshop Action
Cross Processing Photoshop Action
Retro Cross Photoshop Action
Faded Cross Process Photoshop Action
Marshmallow Photoshop Action
HDR Photoshop Action
Plexiglass
Premium Looks Photoshop Actions
The Mini Collection
Bold Black & White Photoshop Action
Bold Black & White Photoshop Action
High Contrast Black & White Photoshop Action
Silver
Aged Black & White Photoshop Action
Food Photoshop Actions
Finished
You’re a creative talent. The last thing you probably want is to be stuck performing the same task a hundred times on different images. These Photoshop Actions are for you. With Photoshop Actions, a set of otherwise repetitive tasks can be applied automatically, freeing you up for the real work: being creative.