Atomic Cupcake Pinking Shears Action
for Photoshop 7.0, Photoshop CS, Photoshop CS2, or Photoshop CS3

Part I -- Installation
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1. Copy the "atomic_cupcake_pinkingshears.atn" and "AtomicCupcakeDotBrush.abr" files 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 -- Loading the Brush
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This action requires the Atomic Cupcake Pinking Brush be loaded. You can leave it loaded so you only have to do this once. 

1. Open the brushes window (from the menu: Window>>Brushes)
2. Click on the triangle in the top corner and choose "load brushes". Open the file "Atomic Cupcake Pinking Brush.abr" from the location you chose in Part I, step 1.


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Part III -- Using the Action

1. Open a file and choose the layer you want to use for the shape. The item in the layer should be at least 600 pixels tall and wide (each letter in text should be this big.) 

2. Click on the name of the action (not the action folder) in the Actions palette "atomic_cupcake_pinkingshears"

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


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