Hi, Thanks for purchasing the SunDance Photoshop action. ******IMPORTANT - PLEASE WATCH TUTORIAL VIDEO BELOW************ The video below will demonstrate how to use the action and how you can optimise the look of your design after the action has finished. The video covers some important techniques that you will want to use after the action has finished. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fki7E1Z0WbM&feature=youtu.be ******************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________________________ This action has been tested and working on Photoshop (English versions) CS4,CS5,CS6,CC. If you are not using the English version of Photoshop, you can always change it to English and then back again to your native language using this method below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJAiu5W2gLE __________________________________________________________________________________________ Please check: 1. Your photo is in RGB color mode 2. Your photo is in 8bit color mode 3. You are running the English version of Photoshop. 4. If you are experiencing errors, try resetting your Photoshop preferences. To do this, hold down Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys (Mac: Command, Option, Shift) while starting up Photoshop. A dialog box will appear asking if you wish to delete the preferences/settings file. 5. Avoid using small resolution images. For the best results, use Photos between 1500px - 3000px high/wide. Please also refer to the help page for more assistance if you are having difficulties. The help page link is found on the item preview page for this download. ------------------------------------------------------ WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD CUSTOM PHOTOSHOP SHAPES? ------------------------------------------------------ Below is just a small list of some available free custom Photoshop shapes out there. If you just type "Free Photoshop Shapes" into a search engine, you will get thousands of links to free downloads. Checkout these few below to get you started: 1: http://www.teknobites.com/download-10000-free-shapes-for-photoshop/ 2: http://www.shapes4free.com/tag/abstract-and-creative/ 3: http://naderbellal.deviantart.com/art/shape-101693912 4: http://sdwhaven.deviantart.com/art/Sacred-Geometry-Symbol-Photoshop-Brushes-280630731 5: http://thesuper.deviantart.com/art/Isometric-Shapes-II-69632010 6: http://www.shapes4free.com/photoshop-custom-shapes/32-photoshop-star-shapes-free-fancy-stars/ ------------------------------------------------------ HOW TO INSTALL THE ACTION ------------------------------------------------------ 1. Inside Photoshop, go to the 'Window' menu and select 'Actions'. A window will now appear to the right hand side. 2. Inside the Actions window, click on the top right hand corner icon to reveal the drop down menu. From here select 'Load Actions...'. Select the action which came with the download. 3. The action will now appear in the actions panel. ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ HOW TO USE THE ACTION ------------------------------------------------------ 1. Open a photo to work with 2. Leave the photo layer locked and set as the 'Background'. To set your photo as the Background, select your photo layer and go to the menu 'Layer' --> 'New' --> 'Layer from Background..'. Please also refer to the video tutorial if you need more help here. 3. Create a new layer above the background layer called 'brush'. MUST be all lowercase. 4. With the 'brush' layer selected, brush onto the areas of your photo that you want to apply the effect to. 5. Next hit 'b' on the keyboard to get your brush tool out. 6. Right click anywhere over the canvas to bring up the brushes panel. 7. Click on the top right hand corner icon in the brushes panel to reveal the drop down menu. Select 'Relace Brushes'. 8. Now choose the 'SunDance_Brushes.abr' file that was included in the download. 9. Now click play on the action 10. When the pop up message appears, click 'Stop'. Now create a shape over your design. 11. Once you have positioned the shape, click 'Play' again on the action! 12. Finished! Again please watch the above video tutorial for a demonstration of these steps. ------------------------------------------------------- If you need more color options take a look at my set of 200 below: http://graphicriver.net/item/200-pro-actions-photo-master/4980971 ------------------------------------------------------- TIP: Try combining this action with my others. Im sure you will create stunning combinations. ------------------------------------------------------- If you need any help with the action please contact me. Thank you for your support. sevenstyles GR, Citp.