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24 Amazing Photoshop Actions to Help You Achieve a Retro Look

by Bill Jones



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From our archive, this popular post rounds up a nice collection of Photoshop actions I’m sure you will find useful.

Ever wanted to give your images a retro look? Give some of these Photoshop actions a try. They are a great way to quickly achieve some fantastic results and are also a great way to learn Photshop by deconstructing the actions step by step to see how each one effects your image.

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14 Comments

  • Stevens

    November 11th

    Thanks, I’m kinda new to Photoshop and I cant wait to try out some of these actions.

  • Rondal Scott

    November 13th

    Thanks for sharing these, there’s nothing quite like that vintage quality for photos or posters.

  • Webstandard-Team

    November 13th

    Very nice collection! If you need some more Photoshop-Actions, don’t miss Photoshop-Actions – The easy way!

  • Marc

    November 17th

    Just what I was looking for, very much appreciated!

  • Tom Toley

    December 9th

    Great Photoshop actions! I’ll have to put some of them to use and see how it works out

  • Acronius

    December 15th

    Great effects, gonna use some to twick this year Xmas photos

  • Sanna

    December 21st

    Great ideas & suggestions. I love love love photoshop!

    -Sanna

  • Vidit Kothari

    March 19th

    Great Actions, Thank You so much

  • Cheryl Sewell

    March 30th

    Wonderful info and pictures. Thanks

  • Carter Creative Design

    April 3rd

    Awesome, these effect will come in handy, thanks for sharing.

  • april rocha

    August 25th

    Retro Summer doesn’t seem to be there.

  • Bill Jones

    August 25th

    the link has been corrected

  • Joe

    August 25th

    Bill, I definitely appreciate all these actions you have been showing us. It is causing me one problem though – I have a large collection of these actions, but they are completely unorganized. Do you have any methods of organizing these?
    Thanks,

    Joe

  • Bill Jones

    August 26th

    @ Joe
    Thanks for the question. This is a problem I have also. Check out this video tutorial on how to get them organized. http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-organize-actions-palette-photoshop-5663/

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