I failed. Several times. I read the instructions and for whatever reason, figured it wasn't to be after I just couldn't find a way to get them to show up and figured that while they looked nice and were probably time saving, it wasn't worth my sanity.
Enter New Years. One of my resolutions was to just figure it out already, dedicate the brain space, and see if they were worth the effort.
It's only January 4th, and I think it was worth an evening of my time. I've been going back through some of my favorite photos and playing.
Here's an original (SOOC)...
an edited (without actions)...
and an edited (with actions)....
an edited (without actions)...
and an edited (with actions)....
Yep. I think this was one successful resolution.
Looks good!
ReplyDeleteThere are a bunch of actions pre-loaded into Lightroom (they're called presets) but I don't use them too often, unless I'm feeling artsy-fartsy. :)
thanks! I'm not sure I'll use them all the time, but it became this thing I wanted to figure out. I think some of the few I've uploaded will look nice for certain situations.
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