In Photoshop,“actions” are used to automate repetitive tasks. Photographers create actions to resize images, sharpen files, and to enhance photos. In underwater photography, the editing process can be more challenging than ever, yet many shooters find themselves running the same series of edits on their images to polish them up. When you find yourself repeating the same steps over and over again while optimising photos, create an action to cut down on post processing and save yourself time. Here’s how to create one that helps you improve your underwater scenics.

Most wide angle shots contain blue water and a prominent subject in the frame. Adding some contrast, enhancing the water column, and rebalancing the colours of the main subjects are three things that help improve and strengthen the overall impact of the shot. Rather than manually adding the adjustment layers to prepare the image for enhancement, turn this process into a single action instead and let Photoshop do the work for you.

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