My Four Hens Photo Actions - Need Recommendations
 

So, who here uses PS actions from My Four Hens Photography? I noticed she is having a 40% off sale today. I'm looking for some good all-purpose photo actions--anything other than the black/white ones. What are your favorites?

ooooh

sale? really?

I want suggestions too

(you do have her awesome freebies right?)

Oh, fo sho, girl! I love me some freebies! :)

Priscilla - you have to go to her fan page on FB to get the coupon code - otherwise they are still full price on her website...

I was wondering why I wasn't seeing anything! LOL

Oh sorry, guys! Guess I should've mentioned the whole FB coupon thing! :o

Oh, I so love her! I wish I had some money to shop. You, seriously, cannot go wrong there.

Here's the ones I own:
The Photographer's Toolbox
Randomly Vintage
Falling for Black and White
Boy Theory

I love Sarah's actions. I really want her Baby Magic and Elements Color Poppers.

Two I have that I love are Fabric Softener and Sweet Cream from Soft Spring. Gorgeous!

Oh noooo! Haha. I've been waiting for this sale for ages and now it happens the day before I go on holidays. This is bad. Haha
Thanks for pointing that out Kendall :)
Off to 'save money' now!

OH man.......where is that tax refund?????:cursing:

Hmmm few there I haven't seen before... add Hazy Days to my want list!

Heehee. I love to help others "save money" the same way I do! :p

Ut oh I have an addiction actions...this could end badly for my bank but good for me

And can I just say, I LOVE her photos!!! If only mine looked like those!! :)

OK... off to play with my new goodies! :)

I love Sarah's actions, I picked up Light & Bright and Faded Beauty a few days ago with FB & CM coupon codes. I just may have to go back for some more off my wish list, which includes most of the sets from her complete packages 3 and 4!

So, what'd you get??

I absolutely adore them all but being as though I use PSP I cant use them :(

So I'm thinking about getting both of the Photographers tool kits...and one other one
Which one?
Hazy Days
Not so Black & White
Light & Bright
Nature Lovers

HELP! lol and fast.

WHY have i never heard of this company before?! off to check it out.

I LOVE Sarah's actions! I own a ton of them but lately Little Yummies are my favorite!

I just got Light & Bright but haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but Hazy Days is at the top of my list right now! It's SO hard to decide!

And I'm extremely indecisive.
I'd just splurge and buy a bunch or one of the collections but if I want any money for Saturday here at SSD, then I have to conserve. lol
I plan on wishlisting what I don't buy and eventually buying them...but what should I buy right now? What can't I live without for the next few weeks?

I will definitely be buying Baby Magic eventually.

I bought the Photographer's Toolkit a few months ago but finally learned how to use it well yesterday. Love it! Thanks for the heads up--off to get the coupon!

Jess, on her site, she lists some that are PSE compatible. Did you see those?

I wish she had more that were PSE compatible because her actions are delicious!!

I splurged. I kept wanting new ones so I figured getting The Complete Package 4 was the way to go. :)

Whoa! You did splurge! :p I ended up going with
The Photographers Tool Box
Elements Color Poppers
Soft Spring

Can't wait to play!!

I'm definitely getting Photographer's Tool Kit 2, and I'm having trouble picking my 2nd. I'm leaning toward Up the Ante, but Light and Bright and Elements Color Poppers look great, too.

oooh I heart actions, I am going to have to check them out!

I have PSE (and almost all Sarah's actions). The ones I use the most are her Toolbox actions, Color Poppers, and Falling for B/W. I love "Rain Puddle" in the B/W set. Amazing.

I love Fabric Softner and whichever sets Glee & Fruit Punch are in.

Jessica-Jennilyn Designs has some fabulous actions that come as both PS actions and PSP scripts. She's at Sunshine Studio Scraps for now, but she's moving to a new store on 4/1.

I do, too. I open and use PSE just for her actions. :thumbup:

So I bought both Photographers Tool Kits, and Falling for Black & White
I will be going back for Hazy Days, and Light & Bright...maybe this weekend, maybe next week.

Horrible enabling here!!!! I must stop reading this thread. I bought too much already.... off to add to my wish list. ;)

I already had Photographer's Toolbox and Falling For B&W, and I just bought Photographer's ToolKit 2 and Up the Ante. I'm so tempted to go back for Light & Bright, but I'm trying to hold out.

I just got the Photographer's Toolkit and it says there's a tutorial on her website, but I can't seem to find it. Anyone able to link me up?

Curses. I got 2 - Falling for Black & White and Up the Ante...gah! Didn't need to spend. Glad I had a discount code! Now must go to bed and endure a long day of work tomorrow before I can come home and edit pics!

I love Falling for B&W. I use it on all of my B&W conversions.

I own the Vintage Retro, but then I realized that I don't actually like my photos to look retro, lol. I like them all bright and happy, so I purchased the Elements Color Poppers, but I haven't actually installed them yet. {Some might say I'm lazy, i think i'm well, yes, lazy is a good word}

I have... them all! My fave set is the Toolbox, my fave actions of all time are Raisen Bread and Squeaky Clean. <3

LOL, Kellie. A few months ago I bought Falling for B&W thinking that maybe I'd like converting my photos to b&w if they were done with an amazing b&w action, but I still like them to be colorful and happy. Why go B&W when you can color pop instead?

Lydia--I was browsing another action site, and it was through reading descriptions of their actions, watching the video tutorials, and reading blog posts that I had my aha moment and started understanding how to use the Photographer's Toolbox. The site was MCP actions. The tutorials that led to my aha moment are the 3 about understanding layer masks on this page and the one about the Eye Doctor action on this page. I'm still a PS newbie, so I wasn't getting adjustment layers and how to mask on them.

I use Elements so I bought the Elements Toolbox - I figured they would be used the most!

Thanks Rachel. I basically understand adjustment layers and masks, so I'm okay with that part. I've been playing around with the Toolbox actions, and they seem pretty straightforward. I was just hoping to get a few tips and tricks straight from Sarah on how to make them work the best. :)

By the way, not that I mean to prolong the enabling or anything :p, but I noticed that Sarah has extended the 40% off sale through Saturday.

Also, if any of you who are new to Sarah's products decide to buy anything, I have a favor to ask. I just read on her website that if you'll put a note in the Paypal transaction saying that I (Kendall Tubbs) referred you, I can get a GC to her store. Then, you can get your friends to refer you, and the cycle continues! :)

I love Sarah's actions too!

Thanks a lot Kendall. :p I bought the complete package 4. I was adding things to my cart individually until I realized I might as well just suck it up and buy the whole thing. lol

My fave that I already own has to be Chocolate Brownie from the Shades of Grey collection. It's perfect when you want that b&w look but need it to have a hint of brown to coordinate with a specific kit. :) I've used it over and over and over. :)

I do what I can! ;)

Glad to know I'm not the only one! LOL