If you feel inspired to expand your Photoshop skillset you can head over to our roundups of the best Photoshop plugins<\/a> and Photoshop brushes<\/a>, great for photographers, graphic designers, game artists and more.<\/p>\n You can jump to the section you want right now from the drop-down menu above, but you should definitely bookmark the entire list of free Photoshop actions to check out the rest later \u2013 who knows where inspiration will strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n Feeling warm?<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Want to create a dry, overly hot atmosphere in your images? Try this free Photoshop action from Brusheezy. It knocks out colour and gives everything a hazy look. Mimic the effect in a single click, to save you hours of editing work.<\/p>\n Everything you need for Facebook-ready photos<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n This powerful set of Photoshop actions gives you everything you need to optimise images for sharing on Facebook. There are actions to resize, sharpen, watermark and brand your images for Facebook. Each resizing action will instantly apply your logo \u2013 all you need to do is move it to where you want it, and adjust the size and opacity.<\/p>\n Turn chilly scenes into something more magical<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n At the other end of the temperature scale, these Winter Blues photo effects are designed to add some wintry magic to your landscapes. Use these free Photoshop actions to enhance overcast and cloudy skies and with subtle cool hues. The pack includes 10 actions, each with a different style.<\/p>\n Bring underwater images to life<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n If you’re a fan of underwater imagery, this is the Photoshop action for you. It removes the underwater haze, sharpers and boosts contrast, sharpens, and warms up skin by removing blue tones. Ideal for transforming underwater portraits in particular. This action is completely customisable, and you can download it for free at The Coffee Shop Blog.<\/p>\n Give portraits a bleached-out look<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Cross-processing is a traditional photographic technique involving deliberate processing of one type of film in a chemical solution intended for another, resulting in oddly skewed colours and increased contrast and saturation. This free Photoshop action comes from Turning Turnip, and is part of a selection of Portrait actions.<\/p>\n The intense matte finish packs a punch<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n This free Photoshop action does exactly what its name would suggest. It will give your image a super-strong matte finish. If you want a more subtle matte finish, Exposure Empire also offers a basic version, but we love the intensity of this one.<\/p>\n An easy way to make your work pop<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Give washed-out photos an instant burst of colour with this free Photoshop action from Shutter Pulse. One of its set of 14 Boosters Photoshop Actions, it comes as part of a free bundle of 20 Lightroom presets and 20 Photoshop actions. This action is perfect from bringing a much-needed pop of colour and contrast to any photo.<\/p>\n Sharpen up your snaps<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Sometimes a little camera shake, or an unexpectedly movement from your subject, can ruin an otherwise great photo. This free Photoshop action is here to save the day, by removing motion blur from your images.<\/p>\n Give your owl some light enhancement and colour toning<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Another way to breathe fresh life into your photos is with this set of 40 pastel effect Photoshop actions; they’ll provide instant light enhancement and beautiful colour toning at the touch of a button, and transform ordinary shots into something much more Instagram-worthy.<\/p>\n Inject new life into your photos with this free action<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n This Mini Fusion Photoshop action promises to inject new life into images. It includes colour conversions and optional tints and exposure fix layers. There are a number of impressive before-and-afters on the MCP Actions site that showcase the results.<\/p>\n ‘scuse me while I kiss the sky<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Give your photos an other-worldly air with this Photoshop action from Megan Joy, available through DeviantArt. It’ll infuse landscapes with a magical light, infusing any shot with an ethereal purple haze and making the dullest of landscape shots look like a mysterious fairy dell.<\/p>\n Get those trendy effects you love with one click<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n For those times you want to give your photos a one-click Instagram effect, Instant Hipster’s the perfect solution. It comes with 10 ready-made filters \u2013 Amaro, Mayfair, Hudson, Valencia, X-Pro II, Willow, Sutro, Hefe, Nashville and 1977 (you’ll likely recognise those names from Instagram). Capture just the retro effect you need in seconds.<\/p>\n If your photos just aren’t sinister enough for your liking, this free Photoshop action should make things a little more unsettling. It’s designed to let you easily give your photos a dark, haunting vibe. Perfect for creating the impression that you’re permanently about to stumble into mortal danger.<\/p>\n This dramatically titled action will transform a photo of a perfectly innocent scenario into a window into a dark world. In this example image, the archer probably shooting at a target takes on the look of someone who is definitely trying to kill a human. It\u2019s amazing what some shadows can do.<\/p>\n If you’d prefer to cheer up your images, take a sunny shot and make it intensely summery with this great golden haze effect. Outdoor portraits taken in natural light are most suitable for this filter.<\/p>\n Perfect for outdoor pictures, the Hazy Afternoon action certainly lives up to its name by creating a soft gradient colour layer. You can use this free action on black and white or colour images, plus you can easily adjust the gradient until you get the exact look you’re after.<\/p>\n Remove the lack of contrast that comes with HDR photography with this set of four actions; HDR fix Light, Normal, Heavy, and Clicker. This action is designed to remove the digital grey (lack of true black) found in HDR photos, to give them back their punch.<\/p>\n Try getting vibrant colour effects with this free HDR filter from Shutter Pulse. If it works well for you but you’d like more options, it’s part of a set of 30 HDR actions that you can buy for $13.<\/p>\n Blue Evening is the free component of a paid-for set called Touch of Drama, which gives you various ways to add a mysterious atmosphere to your shots. This individual action casts a bluish haze over your image \u2013 the strength of the blue cast depends on your starting colours, so click through to see a good selection of examples.<\/p>\n This set of 11 actions convert your nighttime images into twilight scenes by introducing a colour cast and lightening the sky. The effect is rendered using layers, so you can adjust the degree of twilight by reducing the layer\u2019s opacity, making it nice and flexible.<\/p>\n This action adds a beautiful warmth to your photographs, bringing out rich tones in hair and skin, and softening colours with a pink cast. Give your images a romantic, nostalgic feel in an instant.<\/p>\n Next page: Vintage and monochrome photo filters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Make your expensive snaps look washed out<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Want to make your professionally captured photos look like they were taken with a cheap camera? Of course you do. This set of free Photoshop actions from SparkleStock recreate a faded film effect, with optional light leaks. The full (paid) set includes a whole load of different options, but you can download 11 for free. All actions are created using adjustment layers, so they’ll all remain fully editable and nondestructive.<\/p>\n Get that knackered old Box Brownie look for free<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Sometimes you want Photoshop actions that can stop your photographs from looking too polished; a little imperfection can add to a shot’s charm, and this vintage light leak action is one way to achieve that effect. Send it into action and you can turn any top-end DSLR shot into something that looks like it was taken on an antique camera.<\/p>\n This action adds drama and vivid colour effects to your images by deepening shadows and making colours more saturated. It\u2019s especially good for stormy skies, landscapes, buildings and ocean scenes.<\/p>\n Create rich, sun-bleached photos that retain their detail<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Digital pictures are crisp and precise, but sometimes they can lack that nostalgic glow of a film photograph. By downloading this free Photoshop action, you can adjust the colour saturation and create rich, sun-bleached photos that still retain a high level of detail.<\/p>\n Recreate the look of 2-strip Technicolor film by downloading this free action. Popular in the 20s and 30s, 2-strip technicolor film exposed black and white film behind a green filter and a red filter. By merging the green and blue channels in different layers, this action simulates the 2-strip look without damaging the original image.<\/p>\n This handy selection of light leaks has been created using gradients, making it very flexible for adding non-destructive vintage effects to your images. The free version includes five high-quality leaks, all featuring support for 16-bit colour so you can achieve brighter-than-white highlights. And they work with video, too!<\/p>\n DeviantArt is a great place to find Photoshop actions, as this example from BlackLaceStock demonstrates. Included here is a set of actions that add a classic lomo-look to your images, akin to applying an Instagram filter.<\/p>\n Chris Spooner is well known for his excellent Photoshop tutorials and giveaways, and he doesn\u2019t disappoint with this selection of 10 retro-style free Photoshop actions. Each of the effects is inspired by 35mm film and processing techniques, and includes some lovely gritty options as well as colour treatments.<\/p>\n Turn any image into a Polaroid instantly with one of 10 different effects. It includes colour treatments and shadows automatically, and it’s one of those Photoshop actions you’ll use again and again.<\/p>\n Featuring some impressive retro Photoshop actions, plus a kit of light leaks and some vintage Photoshop brushes, the Mini Collection from FilterGrade is a free taster of its larger $49 FilterGrade bundle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Want to make your images look like they’ve gone through a time warp? Then get experimenting with this old photo action, which adds colour and contrast. It’s available from photographer and artist Sakir Yildirim on DeviantArt.<\/p>\n Desaturate the colour in your photography with this portrait action, which creates a gorgeous vintage effect. This popular free Photoshop action is broken into two parts to enable you to pick the sharpness and saturation levels that work for you.<\/p>\nFree Photoshop actions: Photo filters<\/h3>\n
01. Desert Dust<\/h3>\n
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02. Facebook Fix<\/h3>\n
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03. Winter Blues<\/h3>\n
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04. Underwater Luxe<\/h3>\n
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05. Cross-Process Fade<\/h3>\n
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06. Deep Matte<\/h3>\n
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07. Color Pop<\/h3>\n
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08. Reduce Motion Blur<\/h3>\n
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09. Pastel Effect<\/h3>\n
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10. Mini Fusion<\/h3>\n
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11. Mystical Light<\/h3>\n
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12. Instant Hipster<\/h3>\n
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13. Nightmare<\/h3>\n
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14. Cold Nightmare<\/a><\/h3>\n
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15. Summer Haze<\/h3>\n
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16. Hazy Afternoon<\/h3>\n
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17. HDR Action<\/h3>\n
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18. Strong HDR Effect<\/h3>\n
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19. Blue Evening<\/h3>\n
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20. Night to Twilight<\/h3>\n
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21. Bella<\/h3>\n
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Free Photoshop actions: Vintage photo filters<\/h3>\n
22. Ultra Faded<\/h3>\n
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23. Vintage Light Leak<\/h3>\n
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24. Cross Processed<\/h3>\n
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25. Color 024<\/h3>\n
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26. 2-strip Technicolor<\/h3>\n
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27. Light Leaks<\/h3>\n
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28. Hard Lomo<\/h3>\n
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29. Retro Style filters<\/h3>\n
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30. Polanoid Generator 3<\/h3>\n
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31. The Mini Collection<\/h3>\n
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32. Old Photo<\/h3>\n
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33. Portrait<\/h3>\n
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