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I am a new latent print examiner currently in training. I was wondering if anyone would like to share their favorite or most used photoshop action (if you use them). I have created some myself but was looking to see if there were better options or recommendations! Thank you in advance.

Hopefully this is helpful to others as well.

I use the GYRO actions created by Eric Ray that he included with his Youtube video.

I found that most people get into their own vibe on Photoshop. Take notes on your workflow and then see what you can automate. Definitely learn the shortcut keys. I personally don't use any Actions. I am using a combination of Photoshop and CSIpix. I have figured out a good workflow and I am productive with it. Eric Ray's GYRO tutorial is good.

mj10 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:05 am I am a new latent print examiner currently in training. I was wondering if anyone would like to share their favorite or most used photoshop action (if you use them). I have created some myself but was looking to see if there were better options or recommendations! Thank you in advance.

Hopefully this is helpful to others as well.

When I first learned about actions, I started creating a bunch. But then I found I wasn't using them. The only actions I'm using now are ones specific to my workflow. I have one I use as a template for my comparison documentation and another that I use simply for adding a layer with a specific opacity for marking up my prints. I generally just work with levels for BP lifts. For photographs of prints, I'll do my first adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw (Texture/Clarity/Highlights/Shadows/Etc...) and then I'll use a Black and White adjustment layer and make individual adjustments to the CMY/RGB color channel sliders. But these adjustments vary depending on the image and a specific action won't likely address them.

Hello Folks

I am back...feels like FOREVER since I was on here...watching this thread with great interest!

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orrb wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:24 pm I found that most people get into their own vibe on Photoshop. Take notes on your workflow and then see what you can automate. Definitely learn the shortcut keys. I personally don't use any Actions. I am using a combination of Photoshop and CSIpix. I have figured out a good workflow and I am productive with it. Eric Ray's GYRO tutorial is good.

Photoshop edit log is awesome...

Was it Dave(?) Witzke from FORAY that had shared photoshop actions for Ninhydrin processing and chart making?

csi539 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 12:55 pm Was it Dave(?) Witzke from FORAY that had shared photoshop actions for Ninhydrin processing and chart making?

A simple Nin action would be to:
Convert to CMYK
Select Magenta Channel

Then you could also add converting to grayscale (or not). This seems to be a good starting point, except for those backgrounds that contain colors in it that have magenta in them. If that's the case, then using a Black and White adjustment layer may be better.

As far as one for chart-making, it sort of depends on how you do your charts. It's not too hard to customize one. I have a basic template that I use. to create it, I started recording, then created a new document of 10X8 inches @ 200ppi. The way I create my charts, this is a good resolution for me. Then I created text layers with text to be replaced "Case, Latent Impression, Known, and a narrative." You could also have a key for different colors used to mark detail, distortion, ridge paths/counts, etc..." You could add your department logo to the template. Once the template is done, stop the action recording. After my comparison is done, I drag and drop the images into the template and then replace the placeholder text with the actual information.