Hi, Thanks for purchasing the SandStorm 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. VIDEO TUTORIAL : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxzvN-z0zD4 __________________________________________________________________________________________ This action has been tested and working on Photoshop (English version ONLY) CS3,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. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 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, 5. Avoid using small resolution images. For the best results, use Photos between high/wide any size high resolution Images. ------------------------------------------------------ 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. Create a new layer above the background layer called 'brush'. MUST be all lowercase. 3. With the 'brush' layer selected, brush onto the areas of your photo that you want to apply the effect to. 4. Now choose a direction and click play on the action! Again please watch the above video tutorial for a demonstration of these steps. I also cover some important customisation techniques that you will want to use. ------------------------------------------------------- If you like, Please 5 stars rating. ------------------------------------------------------ If you need any help with the action please contact me. Contact to Support : http://creategraphicriver.wix.com/graphstyleblog Thank you for your support. GraphStyle