Atomic Cupcake Glass Action
for Photoshop 7.0, Photoshop CS, or Photoshop CS2

Part I -- Installation

1. Copy the "atomic_cupcake_glass.atn" file to the location of your choice.

2. Open Photoshop. Open the Actions palette (from the "windows" menu section).

3. Click on the triangle button in the top corner of the Actions pallette and click "load actions" Open the file from the location you chose in step 1.



Part II -- Using the Action

1. Type some text. The action works best with large letters (at least 300 pixels tall), and may be hard to read if your text is too small or skinny. Bolder text works best

2. Click on the name of the action in the Actions palette "atomic_cupcake_glass"

3. Press play. (The triangle button at the bottom.)


The glass version will be created in a new document -- leaving your original paper or photo in it's original condition. 




Part III -- Ideas for Shapes

You can use the action to  make other shapes  glass, by using a dingbat font. You can also Photoshop's custom shape tool to make glass shapes. Just select the shape's layer, right click on it's name in the layers pallette, and choose rasterize. Then run the action.

You can get a pretty cool opaque look by layering it over the original item. (Play with the opacity and blend mode of the original for other cool effects.)