In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Orton effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions.
1. If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the image.
If you are working from the original image, press crtl-J. Name this layer Screen and change the blend mode of this layer to Screen.
2. Press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy, name this layer Multiply and change the blend mode to Multiply.
3. Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and apply with a radius of 3 px.
Here’s the final image:
Here you can download the action on its own:
Orton Effect Action (2.9 KiB)
Downloads: 344
Or you can download the whole set here: AllyKatDesign Actions





