Hot Cocoa Action
Hot Cocoa 2 action
Original image.
If you tried and liked the Creamy B&W Chocolate action I recommended before for black-and-white photos you also may like Hot Cocoa 2 for colored prints. I think it gives some photos, especially close-up portraits, a very pleasing texture and color. Of course, I have become an enthusiastic fan of the Creamy Chocolate B&W action, so I may be biased. There is only one way for you to know … follow my lead, download the actions and try them on your images.
First, click on one of the above images to view both in a larger size. You may then go back and forth to compare the two. Then, click here to go back and read my post on the Creamy Chocolate action if you haven’t done so yet or have forgotten what it said. Once you do that you have an idea of what Hot Cocoa 2 may have in store. Third, click here to go to Coffeeshop Actions and find the Hot Cocoa 2 one I have illustrated (all directions for downloading and installing can be found on that website). The actions are free, and you may find more than the couple I am suggesting to be just what you have been looking for.
I liked the original portrait I had of the Dutch woman pictured above. It is a strong character study of a proud and attractive lady. But I like the second one a bit better, after it was run through the Hot Cocoa 2 action. It is warmer, somehow more inviting to me. Again, I like both images … I just like the second treatment a bit more. And it was done effortlessly, and to my exact taste, with Coffeeshop’s free action.
Try it for yourself. You may like it.