Atomic Cupcake Sanded Edge Action
for Photoshop 7.0, Photoshop CS, or Photoshop CS2

Part I -- Installation

1. Copy the "atomic_cupcake_sandededge.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. Open the image you would like to sand.

2. Select the layer you want sparkly and use the marquee tool to select the area you would like to tear ("select all" will choose the whole layer.) The area should be at least 300 pixels tall and wide.

3. Choose a color for the paper core.

4. Click on the name of the action in the Actions palette "atomic_cupcake_sandededge"

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


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