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Quick Photoshop Edit:  Brightness, Vibrance, And Style

2/22/2016

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Quick Photoshop Edit: Brightness, Vibrance and Style
I've been digging through Adobe Bridge today trying to find some interesting images to share with you.  I stumbled across this one, and although it isn't especially dramatic, it is one I really love.  I took this where I live, in the Middle East (only a couple more months!).  Falconry is very big in the region and this man is shown here with his hawk.
By the way, I always look for images in my Bridge that are dramatic and I usually only edit those.  I feel like I have to get away from that because I am missing a lot of everyday-experience type shots in favor of only perfect shots.   This one for example, is far from perfect.  I mean, I don't think Nat Geo is going to call me on this one.  The man isn't looking at the camera, the hawk isn't looking at the camera, his tank top is weirdly pulled to the left of the picture.  Gents, please don't wear tank tops under cotton shirts, or any other kind of shirts.  Short sleeve undershirts look much less "my cousin Vinny"-ish.
Undershirts aside, this is definitely a RAW image, and it's slightly underexposed.  The first thing I did, was look to my Actions palette to see what I had that might help me brighten the image.  I went straight for the Spring sets of Actions (5 for $5.00) that we released last year.  
Quick Photoshop Edit: Brightness, Vibrance, and Style
I started with Bright & Creamy from Spring IV, and it brighten things right up while adding vibrance.  It only needed one click.  This looks good but lacks contrast.
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Next, I chose Pastel-erator from Spring I, to give it a washed out pastel-look while adding contrast.
Quick Photoshop Edit: Brightness, Vibrance, and Style
Next, I used Limerick.  Actually, next I tried a million different Actions before settling on Limerick.  Personally, I kind of wanted to have a vintage vibe, but finally landed on Limerick as a clean-ish example.  Limerick is our FREE ACTION that was released last March, and honestly one of my all time favorites!  I turned the Boost and Warmth layers off, and reduced the Tone layer to 51%.  The handlers face is still a little dark, but I wanted to hawk to stand out so I am okay with it.
Quick Photoshop Edit: Brightness, Vibrance, and Style
This was a five minute edit, and not too in depth.  You can find the Spring Actions for only $5.00 on the 5for $5 page, and you can find Limerick here for free!
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Five Winter Toning Actions For Photoshop and Elements

1/11/2016

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Five Tones Of Winter For Photoshop and Elements
We have 5 gorgeous tones for you that emulate the beautiful winter colors and effects that we are all striving to capture this year.  Each tone was carefully crafted to help you achieve the greatest results in the quickest manner.  At the same time, we left room for total customization.  Each layer of each Action is ungrouped and includes a layer mask for ultimate flexibility.
Five Winter Toning Actions For Photoshop and Elements

Five Winter Toning Actions:

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1.  Deep Winter- includes three layers to shift, boost, and give you an optional winter haze.  The tone is a gorgeous, rich, royal blue.
2.  Icy Blast- includes four layers to shift, boost, add a touch of winter, and and includes a velvety smooth matte finish.
3.  Sweet Winter-  includes four layers to shift, boost, add sweet winter contrast, and pop with added richness.
4.  Lost & Found- is a deep moody edit that includes 3 layers to give gorgeous contrast, deep mood, and a moody low finish.
5.  Vintage Winter- includes four layers to boost, shift your image to a vintage film look, and finally give a subtle vignette.

These Actions play very smoothly on all of our test images, with minimal layer masking.  The option exists on each layer of each Action to use a layer mask.  This makes each Action fully customizable enabling you to achieve the greatest results!

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Five Tones Of Winter

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Five For Five Script Overlays

6/3/2015

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Spring Script Overlays
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AVAILABLE FOR PHOTOSHOP AND ELEMENTS ALL VERSIONS

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Spring Dreams (Spring I), Pastell-erator (Spring II), Vintage Bluebelles (Spring III)
+ free Watercolor overlay being released tomorrow!

Hey Everyone!  I realize that I have been in and out lately, I apologize for that.  We are having some issues over at Foodie Foodster and some interesting things are happening.  In case you are wondering what I mean, you should know that we operate a food blog over at TheFoodieFoodster.com.  The blog has been with Weebly for awhile but we felt like we might be better served by using Wordpress.  We started an experiment last week that we like to call Weebly vs. Wordpress.
What is interesting is that, so far, Wordpress is winning the battle for SEO (Search Engine Optimization).  Switching to Wordpress means a lot of work on our end and that has taken some time away from MLC.  The good news is, that we will likely be switching MLC over to Wordpress as well in the coming months and we will undoubtedly reach more MLC friends, customers, and contributors.

But today, I have five script overlays for you!  There are three black script overlays and two white.  Each is sized to 12"x12" at 300dpi and set on a transparent background.  These are great for making cards, nostalgic prints, scrapbook pages, and so much more.

All you need to do is place them on your image and choose a blending mode that is right for your image.

WOULDN'T THIS BE THE CUTEST POSTER?!?
Also used: Pastell-erator & Brush On Color (Spring I) & Sweet Teal (Sweet Skies) 

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TIPS ON USING THIS SET:

Watch our video on How To Use Overlays (below)
Watch our video on How To Use Layer Masks (below) so that you can brush off the script where needed.
Change the blending mode as needed.
Raise and lower the opacity to effect the strength.
Have fun!
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5 for 5 Friday:  Spring V: Blog Icons

5/11/2015

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The phrase that comes to mind this week is...um..."better late than never".  Recently, I am struggling to be a person at home and also run 4 websites.  That is just a lot and increasingly I am feeling like I need to bring on more help.

Did I say I have a three year old person?  Did I say I have a 14 year old...dog.  And a 7 year old...dog.  And a husband.

They all expect so much from me and they have to come first.  Then sleep.  Then work.  And sometimes there is no sleep.

Last time I was traveling (which is nearly constant for me), my daughter lost her placement at school.  For the last month we have been struggling to get back in and finally this week, they had space.

So here we are.  5 for $5.00 Friday is three days late.  I apologize SO much, but I think (hope) we are back on track now.  If you are checking in on Fridays and there is nothing there...please be patient with me, it will be there, even if it takes me three extra days.

Don't forget that this is number five in our  Spring Series.  Check out Spring I, Spring II, Spring III, & Spring IV!  Don't forget that all of the Spring Series Actions, Overlays, Papers, and Digital Goods will be converted into one large set for a much higher price on June 21st.

Spring V:  Blog Icons
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*Due to the nature of the products and per industry standard, all transactions are final.  With this product we recommend checking your Wordpress Theme, Blogger, or other blogging platform to ensure your icons fit properly.  If you are using Weebly, which we recommend the sizes with be auto-magically done for you.

What's Included?

5 separate .png watercolor blog icons depicting Facebook, Google +, Instagram, Pinterest, & Twitter.  

Each is sized to 60px X 60px at 72dpi.

If you have not yet harnessed the power of social media on your blog or website, now is the time.  These icons can help get you started.  They are easy to use and place on your blog or website.  We do recommend knowing the size of icon that will fit if you are using a Wordpress Theme or Blogger.  You will simply attach a link to your icon depending on how you would like to use it (likes or follows).  You can see in the MLC sidebar to the right that we have formatted ours vertically and on other pages we have oriented them horizontally.
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Facebook, Google +, Instagram, Pinterest, & Twitter

If you are not sure how to use these, would like extra icons to match, or would like custom icons done, please contact us via the Support page.

In the coming weeks, we will be designing several icon packages that will be available on the MLC website, so keep an eye out!

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5 For $5.00 Friday:  Spring IV: Spring Light

4/29/2015

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Happy 5 For $5.00 Friday!!!!  This week it is all about Spring Light!  These five Actions handle your Spring Light needs beautifully with gorgeous added effects.  Whether you are looking for bright, creamy light, warmth, a midtone boost or hazy light flare, this set has you covered.   This time, we have grouped the layers for added manageability, but each layer is still fully masked and editable.  For Elements users, we have given you two files.  One with the grouped layers, and one with editable layers.  Please remember Spring IV is the fourth set in our Spring Collection that is being released one week at a time to save you money.  By the end of the season you will have a beautifully comprehensive set of Actions and Overlays.  The existing weekly sets will be converted in one set and will no longer be purchasable individually.  Find the other Spring sets here.

Spring IV:  Spring Light

For use with Adobe Photoshop CS 4-6, Creative Cloud, and Adobe Photoshop Elements 11+
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Rose Gold:   Designed to give your image a light, rosy, warmth.  This Action contains 6 layers and is grouped for added manageability.

Pastel Light:  Designed to give your image an airy pastel vibe.  This Action contains 7 layers and is grouped for added manageability.

Cool Warmth:  Designed to give your image a warm nostalgic vibe with cool undertones.  This Action contains 4 layers and is grouped for added manageability.

Bright & Creamy:  Designed to give your image a light, airy, brightness.  This Action contains 6 layers and is grouped for added manageability.

Brush-able Flare:  Designed to allow you to selectively brush on a variety of shades of sun flare.  This Action contains 7 layers of colors including: silver, brown, yellow, pink, orange, gold, and white.

*These actions can be played on a clean image or a RAW image (just remember you will need some contrast-coming next week in the Spring V set).  If you need help with cleaning your image up, please use Spring Base from the Spring I set ($5.00), available here.

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Pastellerator (Spring I) + Pastel Light

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Brush-able Flare in white


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Vintage Bluebells (Spring III)

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Brush-able Flare in orange


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Spring Clean Base (Spring I) + Spring Dreams (Spring I)

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Cool Warmth (Spring IV) + Color Pop Brush (Spring I) + Magic Eyes + Magic Skin (Portrait Magic)

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5 For $5.00 Friday!  Spring III Tones For Photoshop and Elements

4/17/2015

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SPRING III: 5 Tones Of Spring Action Set
FOR USE WITH ADOBE® PHOTOSHOP® CS4-6 & ELEMENTS® 11-13

Happy 5 for $5.00 Friday!  Today we have 5 Spring Tones to continue on our journey of providing you a complete set of Spring Actions this season.  In our Spring collection, we already have the Spring I Base Actions and Magic Butterflies.  Along with those two we have several other products that compliment the season perfectly (Bubble Bokeh, Light Bokeh, & Magic Finish).  All of these sets can be purchased for just 5 bucks, head over to the 5 for 5 page and see!
We have designed this weeks 5 Tones of Spring with soft, creamy, loveliness.  All actions this week are designed to be played on a clean image as they are creative tones designed to give your images boost rather than provide correction.  If you aren't sure how to achieve a clean edit, check out Spring I, we have you covered with the Spring Clean Base Action.
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PEONY

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Peony Spring Tone Photoshop Action for Adobe Photoshop and Elements
Peony was designed with soft, rosy tones, and a creamy matte finish.

LILAC

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Lilac Spring Photoshop Action for Adobe Photoshop and Elements
Lilac was designed with soft purple tones, and a creamy matte finish.

VERDANT (Spring I also used)

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Verdant Spring Photoshop Action for Adobe Photoshop and Elements
Verdant was designed with bold green tones and vibrant color contrast.

WATERLILY (Spring I also used)

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Waterlily Spring Tone Photoshop Action for Adobe Photoshop and Elements
Waterlily was designed with sweet teal tones, boosts, and a creamy matte finish.

VINTAGE BLUEBELLES

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Vintage Bluebelles Spring Tone Photoshop Action for Adobe Photoshop and Elements
Vintage Blue-belles was designed to evoke a sweet Spring vintage effect.
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5 For $5.00 Friday:  Butterfly Overlays for Adobe Photoshop and Elements!

3/27/2015

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Butterfly overlays for Adobe Photoshop and Elements
Happy Friday Y'all!  I have been taking a bit of a Spring break this week.  

1 company + 2 blogs + 2 dogs + one 2 year old =  I am exhausted.

I just had to take a step back this week and gain some sanity.  Does anyone else out there just need a minute from time to time?

Well, happy 5 for $5.00 Friday!  Guess what I have for you today?  5 Butterfly overlays!  These are real pictures of real butterflies that you can add to your images quickly and easily.  Each is on a transparent background and needs no effect other than placing.  These are the perfect companion for Spring I (Action Set) that was released last week.  They are also great for card making, graphics, and more.

You can use the move tool to resize the overlays, change direction,  or even use a Transform command to scale, distort, change perspective, skew, or warp them to fit into your image (although they tend to fit the first time).   Add a layer mask to erase areas that appear behind your subject or Blur to blend them into your bokeh.

These are as easy as it gets as far as overlays go!  Grab them up now!

Side note: {I encourage you to follow on Fridays as this Spring we we will release a Spring related set of effects each Friday that will help you build a full collection by June 21.  After June 21, everything from Spring will be bundled into a collection and sold at a much higher price.}
Lets get started with 5 real butterfly overlays for Adobe Photoshop and Elements

Butterfly Overlays
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5 For 5 Friday:  Spring I: 5 Photoshop And Elements Actions To Get Spring Started!

3/19/2015

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Happy Friday!  Happy 5 for $5.00!  Happy Spring!  Tomorrow is the official start to Spring!  I'll say it a day early though because I am hoping to spend the day with my sweet little girl doing having some Springy Spring fun.  Today we have 5 Actions to get you started:  Spring Clean Base, Spring Dreams, Pastel-erator, Sweet Cream Haze, and Color Pop Brush.  Our goal this season (until June 21) is to release a Spring related set of Actions, Overlays, or Textures every week so that by the end of Spring you have a really comprehensive set of tools.  
P. S.  these are still perfect for summer!
P.P.S. these are perfect all year!
By the way...did you notice we got a nice little Spring facelift on the website?  Yay.  I am in love with it!  Soon, we will be bringing you a whole page on the website dedicated to resources.  This will be a page where you can browse our favorite fonts and other products to use in your business and on your website!
Let's go ahead and take a look at this brand new 5 for $5.00 product.  Don't forget to stop by on Fridays to see what's new!

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Spring Photoshop Actions from Magic And Light Collection. How to get pastel colors in Photoshop
Spring Photoshop Actions from Magic And Light Collection. How to get haze in Photoshop

Spring Clean Base

Spring Clean Base will help you achieve a clean edit.  A clean base on which to play your Actions or place your Overlays.  This comprehensive Action boasts 9 layers and is our go-to tool for a clean edit all year.

Spring Dreams

A dreamy contrast Action designed to boost your colors, add contrast, and dreamy light all at the same time.  This is one of our most used tools (all year).

Pastel-erator

Have you ever wondered how photographers convert colors to sweet, light, airy, pastels?
Here you go!  Our Pastel-erator will do the work for you.  Instant pastels this Spring!

Sweet Cream Haze

No Spring edit is complete with a sweet creamy haze.  Our Sweet Cream Haze Action will give you instant soft, dreamy, vintage-like haze. 

All Actions in this sweet little set are powerful tools that have full layer-masking capability and offer full control over each layer.
Lets get started. Spring Photoshop Actions from Magic and light collection

Spring I
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Spring I Action Set:  Tips & Tricks

Spring Clean Base:  All layers are set to 0% opacity.  Simply slide the Opacity slider to adjust the effect up or down as needed on each layer.  Start at the bottom and work your way up to a clean edit.

Color Pop Brush:  Use a white brush to brush on brilliant color.  If you aren't sure how to use layer masks, see our tutorial here.

Spring Dreams:  Adjust the opacity up or down as needed.  You may need to brush off the effect on the skin, eyes, and possibly the hair.  If you aren't sure how to use layer masks, see our tutorial here.

Pastel-erator:  Adjust the opacity of each layer using the opacity slider.  If the effect is too much, brush it off the skin and hair (if needed)

Sweet Cream Haze:  Adjust the opacity of each layer using the opacity slider.  Brush the effect off of the face if needed.  View our tutorial on how to use layer masks here.
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5 For $5.00 Friday: All Products Are Available & Our Plans For Spring at MLC

3/13/2015

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All of our gorgeous 5 for $5.00 products are available for purchase below, simply click the image you are interested in to be taken directly to the product. 

Here at MLC, we are gearing up for Spring and you know what that means!  Beautiful, light, airy, Spring Actions and Overlays.  Sweet Skies will be retiring in the next two weeks and it's replacement is nothing short of BEAUTIFULLY AMAZING!  It has taken over a year to complete this new collection!  For now, Sweet Skies is value priced for retirement!  

This spring, we will have amazing real butterflies, clouds, word overlays, and so more to help you create magic for your clients.  We are so excited to be bringing these new products to the MLC customers.  We are so happy and proud to be a resource for photographers all over the world.

Let the countdown to Spring begin!  -Amy, Founder

Light Bokeh©
$5

5 fantastic light overlays designed to evoke the most magical sunset light bokeh.  
Available for Photoshop &Elements.

Light Bokeh Photo Editing overlay

Tones Of Winter Actions
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5 complex winter Actions for Photoshop and Elements that help you capture the beauty of winter color.  Available for Photoshop & Elements!
5 winter actions from MLC for PHotoshop and ELements

Magic Light©
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5 light overlays to help you evoke magical light in your images.  Available for Photoshop & Elements!
Light overlays for Adobe Photoshop and Elements

Magic Finish©
$5

5 finishing actions to help you display your images in style.  Perfect for blogs or social media, they are available for Photoshop & Elements!
Display Actions to display your images in style for adobe photoshop and elements!

Bubble Bokeh©
$5

5 Bubble overlays in case you didn't catch what you were hoping for, or, you simply don't want to deal with it.  These are real bubbles!  
Available for Photoshop & Elements!
Bubble Bokeh real bubbles to place in your images, photo editing.  For PHotoshop and Photoshop Elements

Winter Overlays
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5 Winter overlays designed to give you superior color depth.  
Available for Photoshop and Elements!
5 winter overlays for your images.  Photo editing.  For Photoshop and Elements

Vintage Romance©
$5

5 Actions that give the authentic feeling vintage romance.  These Actions are beautifully complex and are available for Photoshop & Elements!
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5 For $5.00 Friday: Light Bokeh©

3/6/2015

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Happy 5 for $5.00 Friday!!!! Today we have 5 light overlays to help you add a little magic to your images.  These are formatted in Sunset colors and can be used in Screen and Soft Light Blending Modes and can be turned down or used on full opacity.  Simply add a layer mask and erase the effect where it isn't flattering.  These overlays are the ultimate easy to use set and are available for all versions of Adobe© Photoshop© and Elements©
On a side note, I thought I would remind everyone that the 5 Tones Of Winter Action Set and 5 Winter Overlays will only be available until March 21st!  That's only a few days away, so grab them up before their gone!
Light Bokeh Overlays fit over your image in Adobe Photoshop and Elements

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Get Started Now with these 5 light bokeh overlays from Magic and Light Collection. They fit right over your image in Photoshop and Elements

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5 Bokelicious Overlays
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5 for $5 Friday:  5 Chilly Winter Overlays

2/27/2015

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5 chilly winter overlays designed for Adobe Photoshop and Elements. These are gorgeous and will help you achieve superior color depth

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Happy 5 for $5.00 Friday y'all!  This week we have 5 chilly winter overlays designed to give you superior color depth.  Our overlays are simple to use, and do not have to be installed.  They are simply placed on your image and voila!  This kind of color depth is not achievable with Actions alone.  

For an in depth tutorial on how to use overlays visit the Video Library installation page.  
Get started right away with 5 chilly winter overlays from Magic and Light Collection

5 Chilly Winter Overlays
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5 winter overlays for Adobe Photoshop and Elements! Only $5.00. These are gorgeous and help you achieve superior color depth!

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5 For $5 Friday:  Magic Light© Overlays

2/20/2015

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Get started now with MLC light overlays for Adobe Photoshop and Elments

Magic Light© Overlays
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Magic Light© 5 Light Overlays
Warm Light | Heavens Light | Amberlight | Evening Shade | Light Flare
300dpi

Warm Light:  A translucent, warm hued, soft light overlay reminiscent of a beautiful sunset flare.
Heavens Light:  A translucent soft hued, subtle light overlay perfect for every scene.
Amberlight:  A translucent, amber colored light overlay that moves softly over your image.
Evening Shade:  A translucent light overlay meant to perfectly evoke the tones of evening.
Light Flare:  The perfect quintessential light flare, it can be manipulated for just about any flare effect.

Notes From Amy:

Happy 5 for $5.00 Friday y'all!  We are so excited today to bring you 5 special light overlays.  If you have ever wondered how photographers get those gorgeous light flares, light leaks, and other beautiful effects, no need to wonder any longer.  This set of 5 is the perfect set to get you started.  They are simple to use even for beginners!

Tips On Using This Set:

Watch this video in our Video Library on how to use overlays.
Use a variety of blending modes.  The best to use with this set are:  Screen, Soft Light, & Multiply.

Other MLC products you might like:

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5 For $5 Friday!  Vintage Romance© Photoshop & Elements Actions

2/13/2015

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This week we have great set of Actions for Photoshop & Photoshop Elements.  The Vintage Romance© Action Set includes 5 complex Actions designed to evoke the timeless tones of romance.  These are the perfect tool to use in editing your Valentines sessions.

Happy Friday!  We are excited to bring you 5 stunning Actions that evoke timeless romance.  These 5 Actions are perfect for achieving a stunning yet soft, vintage effect.  Each Action is complex enough to give a wonderful depth to the effects but easy enough to use for both pro's and beginners alike!  
-Amy,  Founder

5 Stunning Actions

Love Is In The Air:  This Action will instantly give your image a beautiful sweet vintage tone.  It includes 5 fully editable layers with layer masking capabilities.

Soft And Sweet:  This Action will instantly give your image a soft, sweet, romantic finish.  It includes 5 fully editable layers that include layer masking capabilities.

Romance:  This Action evokes a romantically warm vintage effect.  It includes 5 fully editable layers that include layer masking capabilities.

Vintage Black And White:  This Action mimics the quintessential Vintage Black and White Film effect.  It includes 4 fully editable layers that include layer masking capabilities.

Soft Blur Brush:  Instantly brush on a soft romantic blur anywhere in your image.

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The Vintage Romance Action Set for Photoshop and Elements is amazing! This made my images look stunning! Only $5.00!
The Vintage Romance Action Set for Photoshop and Elements. These Actions made my images look stunning! Only $5.00!

Get Started with the Vintage Romance Action Set Now!

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5 For $5 Friday: Actions For Photoshop: 5 Winter Tones

1/30/2015

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5 Photoshop Actions for $5.00 Every Friday

5 For $5.00 FRIDAY:  5 Winter Tones

Happy Friday!  We have 5 gorgeous tones for you that emulate the beautiful winter colors and effects that we are all striving to capture this year.  Each tone was carefully crafted to help you achieve the greatest results in the quickest manner.  At the same time, we left room for total customization.  Each layer of each Action is ungrouped and includes a layer mask for ultimate flexibility.

5 Tones Of Winter

1.  Deep Winter- includes three layers to shift, boost, and give you an optional winter haze.  The tone is a gorgeous, rich, royal blue.
2.  Icy Blast- includes four layers to shift, boost, add a touch of winter, and and includes a velvety smooth matte finish.
3.  Sweet Winter-  includes four layers to shift, boost, add sweet winter contrast, and pop with added richness.
4.  Lost & Found- is a deep moody edit that includes 3 layers to give gorgeous contrast, deep mood, and a moody low finish.
5.  Vintage Winter- includes four layers to boost, shift your image to a vintage film look, and finally give a subtle vignette.

These Actions play very smoothly on all of our test images, with minimal layer masking.  The option exists on each layer of each Action to use a layer mask.  This makes each Action fully customizable enabling you to achieve the greatest results!


Watch How Easy It Is!

5 Tones Of Winter
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5 FOR 5 Launch! This Week: Bubble Overlays

1/23/2015

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We are rolling out a brand new program to coincide with the launch of our newly improved website.  This is such exciting news as this is an incredible opportunity for our customers to get amazing deals on our products.
Every Friday we will release a new set, comprised of 5 products.  It may be Actions, it may be Overlays, it may be a mix.  It will be a surprise for everyone.
This week we are releasing Bubble Bokeh©.

How Do I Get More Bubbles In My Pictures?

We have the answer for you.  Bubble Bokeh.
I remember taking pictures of my daughter on her first birthday.  I was telling her to sit still (yes, Im that mamarazzi) while magical balloons flew around her.  I had my Mom trying to blow bubbles in a windy-ish situation from the side while I ran around and fixed balloons and generally got upset about everything.

I was so flustered.

I wanted it all to be perfect.  If you are a Mamarazzi like me you know the feeling.  The bubbles weren't coming out right.  I would snap away and only manage to get 2 or 3 full bubbles in the picture.  Finally, I gave up.  I truly wanted a magical picture full of bubbles, in a completely uncontrolled environment, with a one year old subject.  I set myself up for disappointment.

" I truly wanted a magical picture full of bubbles, in an uncontrolled environment, with a one year old subject"

I ended up developing this set of real bubble overlays to compensate for this problem.  There are 5 overlays total, all serve a different purpose:

Bubble Bokeh:  A true bokeh to fit outside the plane of focus.
Sharp Bubbles:  Designed to fit within the plane of focus.
Stream of Bubbles:  Designed to be blown away from the subject, as if they were blowing bubbles.
Bubble Explosion:  A true explosion of bubbles to be fitted to the size of your image.
Glowing Bubble Explosion:  This is the same bubble explosion mentioned above only most bubbles have a gorgeous soft glow.

Slide 1:  Original Image  |  Slide 2: Bubble Bokeh  |  Slide 3: Sharp Bubbles  
Slide 4: Glowing Bubble Explosion
This is a great example of you can work smarter and not harder.  Whether you are a photographer, or a Mamarazzi, or both, like me...you need one less thing to worry about.

Bubbles of all things, being one them.

" You need one less thing to worry about.  Bubbles of all things, being one of them"


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    Hi!  I'm Amy,
    a former commercial photographer turned Mom-tographer.  I started Magic And Light Collection 8 years ago and have loved watching it grow over the years!  I am currently working hard on raising those littles, and sharing all the Photoshop shortcuts that help me work smarter, and not harder!

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