(seriously, I should not be allowed to make blog titles!  I am just getting cheezier and cheezier!)

So I learned how to use brushes in Photoshop and how to make a brush so I figured I better take the plunge and learn how to use Actions. 

But I was scared.  Seriously, PS can be intimidating without someone to hold your hand!  Then I met Kay last week.  Never spoke to her before and there she was offering to hold anyone's hand who needed PS help on the Scrapsupply message board.  AND she was offering some PS actions for people to download and try so they could learn.  How nice is that?

So I thought, now or never!

So I downloaded her actions and saved them to a file on my computer.  But then I got stuck.  I couldn't figure out how to install them.  But Kay was there to hold my hand.

See the little arrow thingys - that is what you press to find the file on your computer to install them.  To run an action on your image click on the action you want to use and press the play button.  Then sit back watch the magic.  Pretty easy.  I don't know what I was so scared about!  Thank you Kay!

And the good thing - these actions were made for a higher version of PS then what I have but I was still able to make it work.  Some of the steps were unavailable but it still worked for me.

Want to see?

ORIGINAL PHOTO

COLOR POP ACTION

another action called MORE COLOR POP

And for the LOMO lovers...

I think I will play with the layers to make some adjustments but I am really happy with the looks I got.  I also think it depends on the photo to decide which action looks best - I am leaning towards the MORE COLOR POP for this one but it might be a bit too much for me. Undecided still.

And remember you can run an action more than once on a photo or different actions together on one photo.

And since you are going to playing with actions (right???) why don't you download the new free digital kit from Memory Makers magazine.  They released it for NSD and would be a great backdrop for you new action-ed photos!