Photo courtesy of Vandelay Design. Action created by miss-etikate; posted on deviantart.com.

Photo courtesy of Vandelay Design. Action created by miss-etikate; posted on deviantart.com.

Have you ever wondered how professional photographers can make their photos look so realistic, yet surreal at the same time? For example, how do they give that blushing bride her angelic glow?

It’s all in the action. Photoshop action, that is!

Photoshop has an amazing tool called actions, which saves your steps when retouching photos so that later you can just push one button and – Whoaala! – you have a beautiful, ad-ready photo.

Many blogs offer free downloadable photoshop actions, but Vandelay Design recently published a list of 45 of the best the web has to offer.