Free Photoshop actions anyone?  Photoshop Elements users – MCP’s FREE Photoshop Sharpening Actions are now available for Elements version 5, 6, 7, and 8.

Download the High Definition Sharpening and Crystal Clear Web Sharpening for Photoshop and for Elements now!

While visiting MCP Actions make sure to check out the other check out the Finish It Photoshop actions and the Eye Doctor and Dentist, these sets are both Elements compatible as well. More to come for Adobe Photoshop Elements soon.

Thousands of people have downloaded the FREE Texture Applicator Photoshop Actions Set since its release just over a month ago. But now there’s another reason to celebrate! Finally, a video tutorial teaching you how to use this photoshop action to add textures to your photos. Sometimes texture is just too much for skin, so I will also teach you how to mask off texture from selective parts of the image.

To use this action you will want to find some great textures. You can also download the one used in this video made by Jessica Drossin Photography.

Thank you to Heather Armstrong and Lisa Gilbert Photography for allowing me to use their beautiful photos in this video.

FREE Photoshop textures and a FREE texture photoshop action:

Thank you to all my loyal Blog readers, friends and fans.  I appreciate each and every one of you.  To show my appreciation, I love making a FREE Photoshop action to share every year at the holidays.

This year my Free action set is called Texture Applicator. You can download the FREE Photoshop actions now! All I would ask in return is that you spread the Holiday spirit by posting to twitter, facebook, a photo forum or on your blog about it.

This action easily allows you to select the texture you desire and place it over any photo. At just a few clicks of a button, you are able to apply different textures to your image until you find the right one. Once you discover the one you want to work with, you are then able to play with the many looks you can achieve with that select texture. And as always, your texture is its own layer mask so you have full control of where and how much texture is applied to the image. Of special note, this action works in CS2, CS3 and CS4 and also works in Photoshop Elements!

Photo taken by Misty Deblasio Photography

Have a safe and Happy Holidays!

Jodi