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

Part I -- Installation

1. Copy the "atomic_cupcake_embroidery.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 turn into embroidery. 

2. Select the layer you want turned to embroidery. This can be a text layer or a rasterized custom shape layer. To use it on a custom shape layer, right click on the custom shape layer and choose "Rasterize layer".


3. Set your foreground color to the color you would like the thread to be. The whole layer will be embroidered the same color, so the layer should only contain the items you want that color.

3. Click on the name of the action in the Actions palette "atomic_cupcake_embroidery"

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


The embroidered version will be created in a new document -- leaving your original document in it's original condition. There will be a layer style on the item allowing it to appear indented in whatever fabric you place it on, or indented in other embroidery layers. You can clear the layer style if you don't want this.