Luxe Horizons Landscape Photoshop Actions

RICH EARTH + PINK TONING + TEAL TONING + EARTH: GREENS TO YELLOW BRUSH + SKY: ENHANCE BLUE SKY & CLOUDS

COOL DUSK FILM + PINK TONING

DAY TURNED DUSK COOL + WATER: ADD TEAL GREEN BRUSH + ADD DRAMA LIGHT BRUSH

DEEP SANGRIA + WARM TONING + PINK TONING + EARTH: FLORAL POP BRUSH + WARM THE SHADOWS BRUSH

BLACK & WHITE CRUNCH

FULL DYNAMIC BOOST + TEAL TONING

6 High Dynamic Range Styles

HDR (soft, medium, strong), HDR saturated (soft, medium, strong)

14 Color Bases 

• Deep Sangria - Deep purple & blue toned shadows with warm highlights & in the shadows & a rich overall contrast
• Rich Earth - Warm shadows & cool highlights with heavy contrast & filmy overtones
• Sapphire Skies - Rich cool mid-tones that enhance blue skies & earthy undertones
• Desert Fire - A warm wash of reds & oranges along with a deep contrast boost
• Full Dynamic Boost - A heavy high dynamic range boost with enhanced colors & contrast
• Light Film – Light to medium film toning with deep shadows & reduced highlights
• Deep Film - Deep film toning & boosted saturation
• Cool Dusk Film - Cooling with lifted shadows & reduced highlights
• Day Turned Dusk Cool – Crisp, with reduced exposure & cold toning; transforms a daylight photo into early evening
• Day Turned Dusk Warm - Warm overtones, an exposure drop, & pushed rich colors; creates a warm, dusk feel.
• Day Turned Dusk Fire - Similar Dusk Warm, but with added red & orange tone enhancement
• Day Turned Night Cool - Deeply reduced exposure, with dark shadows & desaturated colors; ideal for creation of a cold, night scene.
• Black & White Crunch - A rich silvery black & white look that pushes earthly tones deep & lifts highlights perfectly
• Black & White Crunch Film - Similar to Black & White Crunch, but with lifted shadows for extra details & reduced highlights for that perfect film tone

10 Color Overlays

Warm (+, ++), cool (+, ++), pink (+, ++), purple (+, ++), fire, pastel

27 Brushes

Blur, sharpen, add drama (light, heavy), reduce drama (light, heavy), boost saturation (light, heavy), reduce saturation, warm (highlights, shadows), cool (highlights, shadows), earth (yellows to green, oranges to green, greens to yellow, greens to orange, reduce fluorescent greens, cool the greens, floral pop), water (add teal green, add rich blues), sky (blues to navy blues, blues to cyan, blues to purple, enhance blue sky & clouds, enhance sunset & clouds)

Luxe 40 Action Toolkit

3 Quick Access Items: Duplicate Image, Flatten All Layers, Flatten All Layers to New Layer

21 General Workflow: Auto Histogram Fix, Exposure (Increase, Decrease), Contrast (Increase, Decrease), Depth Contrast, Highlight (Booster, Dimmer, Recovery), Midtone (Booster, Dimmer), Shadow (Booster, Cruncher, Recovery), Temperature (Warmer, Cooler), Saturation (Increase, Decrease), Haze (Add, Remove), Dodge & Burn

6 Grain Actions: Normal Grain (Low, Medium, High), Film Grain (Low, Medium, High)

10 Final Sharpening Actions: Basic & Pro LAB: Full Size, 2500px, 1500px, 750px, 72dpi (Web)

A big shout out to our featured photographers Iza Lyson, D'Ann Boal, & Simone Cilberti!