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Hi. Im Annie.
CONTENTS
Tips From Annie - Page 4
An Overview of the Sets - Page 5
List of All Included Actions Including Descriptions and Tips - Page 7
Recipes and Images from Paint the Moon - Page 11
Recipes and Images From Other Professional Photographers - Page 42
What Other Photographers are Saying About Grace - Page 53
Important Links to Everything Paint the Moon Including Video Tutorials - Page 57
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A few tips from Annie about the Grace Collection action sets ...
First of all, I want to thank you for your support of Paint the Moon and for your purchase of the Grace Collection Awaken and/or Bloom action sets.
These sets have been in the creation process for a year and a half and went through extensive testing for months while being used in day-to-day
workflows among professional photographers with varying styles of processing.
The Grace sets were designed to compliment each other (as well as with the Luminosity Collection) and can all be used with one another
seamlessly. Just like the Luminosity Collection, the actions in the Grace Collection sets are unique in that they stack on top of one another without ever
interfering with the actions youve previously run. The Grace sets also include the amazing Blender actions, which allows you to see at a quick glance each
of the different actions. It also enables you the fabulous opportunity to mix and match to create your own unique look and therefore, keep true to your own
style.
When working with the actions from Bloom, keep in mind that if you are stacking more than a couple of the toppings (your color toning, matte col-
ors, color pops, etc.) together that youll likely want to drop the opacity a bit on each of them. Paint the Moon actions are completely customizable so you
can tweak individual layers within the actions group in order to get just the right results for your particular image and sense of style.
When adding unique, color toned looks to your images think about using the Paint On Bloom Toppings Blender. Using a very large, soft brush in
order to paint dashes of style and color here and there on the background. You can also use the specially created actions for background toning, the three
Background Color Palette actions (Pops, Tones and Soft Lightness).
You may notice many of the edits in the recipe portion of this guide will use multiple Bloom toning actions. This is usually done at very low opacities
and sometimes the toning action will be painted here and there on the background only as shown below. See what I did in the example below ...
in the after, all I did was use the Bloom Background Color Palette action around the background here and there. It gives the image a very different feeling
and tone.
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Actions at a Glance
Grace: Awaken contains 57 actions created to be the backbone of your
workflow. Youll find an arsenal of powerful base actions for a clean, vibrant edit, all in one
actions that combine your base edit with a unique, creative look in one-click, a huge array of
special brush on tools, indispensable tools for corrective and enhancing edits and a number of
special touch actions that add a unique look to take your images to another level.
Special Brushes
An amazing set of tools to brush on just about every effect you can dream up. From
exposure fixes and selective detail sharpening to magic little tools that paint away nasty color
casts or add a punch of color just where you need it.
Grace: Bloom contains 64 actions designed to take your image to the next
level with a wide variety of artistic actions and finishes. Lush color toning and pops,
beautiful, deep rich matte looks, colorful and pastel hazy looks, vintage film looks ... so
many possibilities. The Bloom actions are created to be used on an image that has been clean
processed (the Awaken action set was created to be a sister set to Bloom, or use your own
basic workflow - or simply a perfect out of camera image). Also included is a basic workflow
base action called Clean Grace.
Special Finishes
In the Special Finishes category youll find a number of special tools that just may become
your secret potion to creating a whole new level of artistry. The Color Toned Shadows Palette action is a unique action that allows you to select beautiful tones that will give a hint of
mystery and color to just the shadows in your image. Its a beautiful way to give an image a
dash of style without overwhelming the image. The Whispers Softest and Light As Air actions
transform your photo with a softness that is just a whisper and as light as gossamer film. Its
that special touch that makes the image stand out as unique without being in your face that
something was even done to the image. The Background Color Palette actions let you play Picasso... dab a little color here, a little more there and subtly transform the look of your photo
with just a couple clicks.
Overlay Finishes
A huge palette of finishing touches including beautiful, rich matte finishes, light and airy haze
finishes, nostalgic and delicious film looks, earthy and lush mattes and many other finishes
and special tools. If youve added actions that have perhaps made the image too matte/hazy
or bright, bring some depth back with the Cut Through Haze action, add some warmth with
Warm Skin Boost or soften too bright images with the brush on Soft Matte action.
Artistic Edges
Finish your artistic vision with a variety of unique edge effects that will add a pop of color,
a lot of drama, a bit of airy haze, a lens-like zoom effect and more.
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actions created to infuse your images with beautiful light, radiant and soft color and other
special creative touches designed to take your image from ho-hum to brilliant,
dynamic and filled with light.
Blooming Light
Add a gorgeous sun-glow to your image that you can place just where needed. Create
flushes of color, depth and light. Brush on washes of natural, airy luminance exactly where
you desire.
Light Leaks
A fun group of actions for creating light leaks similar to retro film looks. Create a
dynamic, novel look that is full of personality or add just a subtle hint of tone to the edges
of your image.
Enhance
Special actions for exposure and color correction as well as a special matte finish brush.
The Light Reflector action adds light to the shadows and mid-tones similar to the look
youd get from using a reflector or fill light - perfect for back-lit images or underexposed
photos. Give a sun-kissed look to skin and warm it up with the Warm Skin Boost action.
And for images that youd love to add a matte look to as well as tone down the brightness
and exposure the Soft Matte (Bright Images) is exactly what you need. Add back some
rich depth with the Make It Rich action.
For a detailed list of actions included along with descriptions and tips for
using them, see the all the details section on the following pages.
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grace collection:
These are the heart and soul of the Awaken set - powerhouse workflow actions to either act as
the foundation of your edit or for a clean processed look, leave them on their own.
Light and Airy - A delicate clean edit with lower contrast and a special brightening of midtones that leaves the image light and airy feeling. Lovely for subtle edits, images that have
shadows that are too heavy and lifestyle shots.
Clean Slate - A perfect go to clean edit - works on a huge array of photos as a perfect base
to start with or use it as your only action to create a just right clean look. Includes a Make It
Black and White layer to click once and create a perfect, crisp black and white.
Glitter Pop - Clean, full of light and pop with a bit starker contrast.
Spark - A beautiful, clean edit with a spark of toning for a creative touch.
Posh - A favorite for creating images that are full of vibrant color and pop with dashes of special
artistic touches.
Opulent - Rich and lush. Loads of color and drama - in other words, opulent.
Kitten - Soft, sweet and just a tad on the rosy and creamy side, Kitten is a beautiful action for
awaken
Special Brushes
Note that all brush on actions can be used over the entire image instead simply by
running the action and then inverting the layer mask (type control/command + I).
Bleach Whites (Brush On) - Make whites sparkly and clean with the bleaching brush that
includes just a touch of brightening (optional). Great for clothing, teeth, anything that is
supposed to be white but isnt!
Yellow Reducer (Brush On) - A perfect brush to remove yellow casts and bring back a clean
tone. Works especially well for skin, hair, overly yellow grass and more.
High Contrast Pop (Brush On) - Add a burst of high contrast pop with this brush.
Save Highlights (Brush On) - Help restore and bring back detail in (nearly) blown out
highlights with the Save Highlights brush.
Lighten Mid-tones (Brush On) - Secret formula brightening brush that targets just the
mid-tones and lighter shadows to brighten without losing too much detail or overexposing.
Lighten Shadows (Brush On) - Target shadows and blacks only with this lightening brush.
Lighten and Darken (Brush On) - Includes both lightening (dodging) and darkening
(burning) tools for spot exposure adjustments or artistic shading of light.
Soft Color Punch (Brush On) - A beautiful, soft punch of color and vibrancy as desired.
Warmth and Cooling (Brush On) - Handy tools for both adding warmth or cooling down.
Tone Down Color (Brush On) - For bringing down the vibrancy of color in select areas.
everyday edits as well as lifestyle images. Cool undertones keep it from being cloyingly sweet
Chameleon (Custom Color Changer) - A very special action that allows you to change the
and its soft without being overly hazy. A favorite among our product testers!
color of your image to a custom selected color of your choice. Endless uses, including making
Teak - Rich, warm and dramatic. Like caramel, cinnamon and autumn all rolled into one. Works
beautifully on images that need some extra warmth and drama, and just as gorgeous when used
clothing items match, removing color cast reflections, artistic coloring, etc. Includes lightening
and darkening layers to make the new color just right in tone and color.
as an everyday edit at a lower opacity. Includes an artistic option for a cooling haze to create
Cool Off (Brush On) - A more comprehensive cooling brush for too warm images.
Subtle Highlight (Brush On) - Add a subtle highlight wherever you want a tiny bit of pop.
Light Radiance - A colorful, radiant edit that works beautifully on underexposed images that
need a boost of light and color.
Deep Radiance - A colorful edit that works beautifully for a boost of radiance and depth.
Diamond Sharp Details (Brush On) - Make those special details stand out and be noticed.
Works great for eyelashes, use gently over facial details, etc.
Sparkle (Brush On) - Sharpen and highlight enhancer in one, wonderful on hair, or just areas of
Organic Film - Earthy, natural, warm ... a slight filmy matte yet rich without losing detail or
color. Gorgeous.
Blush (Cheeks and Face Brush On) - Sure to become an essential brush in your editing toolbox,
BW Film - Just a bit of matte and filmy style added to a crisp black and white edit.
the Blush action has both a layer for adding a bit of rosiness and depth to cheeks (or lips!), as well
Build Your Own - Includes all the adjustments and special touches necessary for a beautiful,
clean edit and leaves the recipe up to you to individualize as you need.
as a special layer for adding a gently lightening, peachy skin glow all over.
Healthy Skin (Brush On Warm Up Skin) - An indispensable tool for adding a warm, healthy
tone to all types of skin tones.
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Group All Editing Layers - Perfect to group all your working layers and actions that have run
into one big group folder to quickly adjust at once.
Creamy Noise Reducer (Brush On) - See above ... as a brush on/selective adjustment.
Basic Boost - The perfect last minute touch on all your edits to boost contrast and brightness.
Print Sharpen
Sharpening for Print - Just right sharpening for your high resolution prints.
Web Sharpen
Sharpening/Resize for Web (Custom Size) - Just right for the web sharpening and the option
to select your own custom size needed - great for blog posts, web sites, etc.
Sharpening/Resize for Web (1100) - Specifically created for web images - resizes to 1100 pixels
on the longest side and sharpens.
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grace collection:
For a very basic clean foundation, run before the rest of the Bloom actions.
bloom
Adorned
Apricot
Auburn
Aurora
Boho
Cartwheels
Chilled Grapes
Ciao Bella Blush
Fabled
Gilded
Glacial
Hazel
Hipster
Lilac Frost
London Fog
Matte Henna
Milk Frost
Morning Fawn
On a Whim
Opal
Persimmon
Pink Sugar Matte
Poetic Mist
Pure Sundrops
Rose Water
Sea Glass
Twilight Matte
Twister
Wildflower
you a quick and easy way to achieve the perfect black and white.
Special Finishes
Color Toned Shadows - A very special action that lets you pick from a rainbow of tones and
magically applies color toning to only the shadows in your image. A perfect way to add just a
touch of creative toning or turn it up for a bit more drama.
Whispers Softest - A perfect softness and light for backgrounds and adding touches of blur.
Light As Air - A delicate and light softness without losing detail and sharpness.
Background Color Palettes - Transform your image with a palette of colors to paint on your
background adding dimension and color.
- The Pops version of the action adds color toning plus a bit of depth and pop.
- The Tones version of the action adds just color toning where you want it.
- The Soft Lightness version adds hints of color toning with a lightening, softening effect.
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continued.
Smolder Haze - Deeply toned matte finish with a dramatic finish and shift in tone
Subtle Neutral Matte - For just a touch of matte finish.
Antique Silver Film (Highlights) - Subtle highlight tinting and muting like antique silver film.
Heathered Matte - A grayed out, powdery, lighter matte finish.
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images to add beautiful light and whimsical color to your images. Transformations from
subtle enhancement to dramatic works of art.
Blooming Light
Light Blossoms - Add a fresh glow of sunshine blossoming from your image wherever you need
it. Just choose from Apricot, Sunshine, Rosy or White Light Blossoms and then move to wherever
Creamy Deep Matte - A favorite of the product testing team, creates a beautifully lush matte
Light Washes - Create an overall soft wash of diffused light over your photos with either the
Crushed Rich Matte - A super matte look that crushes your shadows and deepens overall.
Soft Desaturated Matte - Fine matte finish with a hint of faded color and muted highlights.
Soft Matte (Brush On) - Paint on a soft matte finish just where you need it.
Rainbow Light Ring - Use subtly as a fun rainbow of sun flare - works best on outdoor photos
Artistic Edges
that already have some back-lighting and/or sun, and best at a low opacity.
See example to the right on the center photo.
Soft Light (Brush On) - Brush on a diffused, soft light wherever you wish. Perfect for softening
images that are too dark or heavy, lovely on lifestyle images and those that need some directional
light softened and highlighted. Creates a beautiful, dreamy look. Choose from White, Rosy,
Paint on Edges Palette - Pick your color and style of edges or background toning.
Smolder Paint On Vignette - A matte but very vibrant vignette or background toner that adds
Blender - Use the Grace Blooming Light Blender to play all of the Blooming Light actions and try
Light Leaks
A collection of fun, pretty actions to mimic the look of film light leaks ... giving it a dreamy, retro
Dreamy Haze Border (Plus Color) - Same as above with a kick of color added.
look. The styles range from a subtle, overall pastel look to a more distinct retro style. Use at a
Cool Smolder Edges - Plums and cool shadows are mixed with a matte, deep finish.
very low opacity when just a hint of added artistic flair is desired.
Edge Zoom/Blur - Create a blur lens effect around the edges of the subject you select.
Blender - Use the Grace Light Leaks Blender to play all of the Light Leak actions and try them out
or mix and match as you please.
Enhance
Warm Skin Boost - A warming action to specifically target skin for healthy color tone.
Soft Matte (Bright Images) - A matte that deepens and especially helpful for images that are
too bright or overexposed.
Light Reflector - Fabulously helpful action that acts like a reflector to fill in the shadows with
light and brighten mid-tones.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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The following images and edits were created by our product testing team of professional photographers.
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