Atomic Cupcake Sketch and Paint Action
for Photoshop 7.0, Photoshop CS, or Photoshop CS2

Part I -- Installation

1. Copy the "atomic_cupcake_sketch&paint.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. Choose the layer you want to turn to sketched and painted. The area should be at least 450x450. If you are running it on a custom shape layer, you need to rasterize that layer first.

2. Choose the color you want the paint to be as your foreground color. Choose the color you want the sketched edge to be as the background color,

3. Click on the name of the action in the Actions palette "atomic_cupcake_sketch&paint"

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



The new version will be created in a new document -- leaving your original item in it's original condition.