Atomic Cupcake Medium Tear Action
for Photoshop 7.0, Photoshop CS, or Photoshop CS2

Part I -- Installation

1. Copy the "atomic_cupcake_medtornbottom.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. Use your marquee or lasso tool to select an area. Select>>All works if you want to select the whole layer. The area should be at least 600 pixels tall. The tear will be made along the bottom of your selection (so rotate your item before running the action  if you want the tear on a side or on the top, then rotate it back at the end.)

2. Select a color with your color picker. The action will use this for the tear color. For a realistic effect, off white or gray work better than white, and "almost black" works better than black.

3. Click on the name of the action (not the action folder) in the Actions palette "atomic_cupcake_medtornbottom"

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


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