Free Ultimate Dehaze Photoshop Actions

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Hello and welcome to this episode of

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Denny's tips. A while ago, I made a tutorial

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on how you can trick photoshop to give

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you better results with the dehaze tool. I

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also promised to create Photoshop

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actions that you can do it as faster and

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easier.

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Well, it's finally here and I'm excited

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to show you how it works. To install

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Photoshop actions, double-click on the

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"atn" file and it will show up in your

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actions panel. If you don't see the

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actions panel, you can open it by going

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to "Window" -> "Actions".

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The dehaze tool is a great way to restore details in your

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photo.

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However, it can get quite aggressive with

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the feathery which can create halos

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between the areas are hazy and areas

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that aren't. In my recent dehaze tutorial,

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I showed how you can trick Photoshop to

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giving you better results by temporarily

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enlarging your document size. But, that's

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a lot of work and sometimes it takes

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several tries to find the right settings

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to use. So with these Photoshop actions,

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it automates the entire process making

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it easier and saving you a lot of time.

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Here's how to use the photoshop actions,

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simply select the default dehaze

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action then click the play button on the

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bottom of the panel. It'll take some time

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to process because it's pre-rendering

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five variations of the effect. This is

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why you can pick the best one without

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having to play the action several times.

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Also, you might run into some error

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messages about the camera raw filter, if your

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photo is over 21 megapixels.

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This is because to trick the dehaze tool,

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we need to enlarge the document size

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temporarily, and sometimes it can be too

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large for camera raw filter to process.

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This is normal, and you can simply click

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ok to skip those messages.

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You just get less variations to choose

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from. If you want all of the variations,

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then you need to resize your image. So,

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it's less than 21 megapixels, once it's

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done processing, it will ask if you want to

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open the "History" panel. If you don't

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already have the panel open, click

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"continue" and open it for you. Here in the

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history panel, you can pick which effect

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you want to use. The strongest effect is

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a default dehaze adjustment at the

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highest setting. But most of the time,

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that one won't give you the best results.

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So go through it and pick the one that

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looks the best.

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This one here looks quite good and

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natural so I'll pick this one.

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Next, if you want to reduce the strength

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of the effect, you can do so simply by

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lowering the layer opacity and there you

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go.

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The photo has now been dehaze and it looks

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much better than what we will have got

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if we just settle for a default dehaze

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setting. If you have the pro version and

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thank you so much for your support by

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the way. You can get access to additional

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dehazing algorithms, one of them is a

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flat version of the default dehaze

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which can get photos a flatter appearance. I

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also include one of my dehaze algorithms

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which works definitely and gives you full

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control over the layers. To use it, simply

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"Play All Effects" action and let it run. By the

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way, none of the actions are better than each

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other.

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The results will vary depending on your

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photo and it's just giving you more

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options to pick from different photos

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will work best with different dehazing

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algorithms. Anyways, when the action is

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done playing, you can pick an effect from

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the history panel.

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If you end up using the "Denny's dehaze"

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action, you're most likely have to treat

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the layer settings.

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Let me show you what this algorithm does,

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the first layer here is a simple levels

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adjustment to increase the contrast

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depending on how hazy the area is. You

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can look into a layer mask by holding

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the "alt or option" key and click on the

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layer mask thumbnail. You can also edit

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the parameters of this layer mask, to do

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this, make sure you have the layer mask

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selected, then go into "Properties" panel.

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If you don't see this, you can open it by

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going to "Window" -> "Properties", here you can

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adjust the density and feather settings.

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To fine-tune the results the two outer

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layers are simple, basically the contrast layer

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will add more contrast to entire image

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and not just the hazy areas, you can

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change the layer opacity to fade this

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effect. The exposure correction layer corrects

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the exposure.

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Just like with the other layer, you can

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adjust the opacity to fade effect and

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that's how you use ultimate dehaze.

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Here are some examples of what you can get

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with these photoshop actions.

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Hey, thanks for watching this

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the dehaze tool in Photoshop is basically a

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slider that goes from zero to a hundred.

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It doesn't give you any options to fine

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tune it. For your image, I hope that

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with this photoshop actions you get

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better results. If you need any help, you

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can find out how to contact me directly in

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the instructions HTML file.

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Aside from that, I wish you had an

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awesome day. Let me know what you think

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in the comments and I'll see you again

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next week!