Highlight image area with Photoshop Action

Whether it's a screenshot or your latest design, this action allows you to easily highlight areas on that picture.

Every designer in any area is familiar with the need to highlight an area on design or screen shots. Whether you're trying to highlight something for a customer or colleague, that's what most people need to do every day.

It is a simple process and the following is a detailed guide on how to do it with Photoshop Action.

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1. Download Action

First, download Action (Link download: http://mos.creativebloq.com/freebie/action.zip). If you want, put it in the Photoshop Actions folder and just remember where you saved it.

2. Open an image in Photoshop

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Now, select the image that has the area you want to highlight in Photoshop. Use the MarQuee tool (Rectangular, Elliptical, or any other option) to select the area you want to focus on. And remember, you can select multiple areas, by holding down the Shift key .

3. Open Actions

Go to Window > Actions to make sure your Actions panel is open. Now, select the drop-down menu in the Actions panel and select 'Load Actions'. Navigate to the Action you just downloaded, select it and click 'Open'. Now scroll down to the Creative Bloq folder , open that folder, select 'Highlight' and press 'Play Selection' at the bottom of the control panel.

4. Experiment with Opacity

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This step only saves a few seconds, but many seconds will create one minute, and many minutes make up an hour. Surely you will be surprised at the results!

Now, your image will apply some effects. But it may be too dark or too bright for what you want. To change Opacity , simply select the new layer in the Layers panel and drag the Opacity slider to make the image look as you want it to.

Good luck!

See more:

1. How to combine photos in Photoshop from 2 different images
2. Resize photos quickly with Photoshop Action
3. Setting up Photoshop Action batch image processing