Modern Ink Painting Photoshop Action
For a more comprehensive guide on using the Modern Ink Painting action
This action has been tested on CS5, CS6 and CC English versions of Adobe Photoshop on both Mac and PC.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Your image mode should be 8 Bits/Channel and RGB colour.
2. You should be running the English version of Photoshop
3. Your image should be between 2000px - 4000px wide/high.
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INSTALLING THE ACTION
1. From within Photoshop, ensure the Actions panel is open (go to ‘Window' in the main menu bar and select ‘Actions')
2. Click the Actions panel menu (upper right corner of the panel) and select 'Load Actions...'
3. Navigate to the location where the action file has been saved, select it and click ‘Open'
4. A new action set should appear in your actions panel containing the main action file (Modern Ink Painting) along with a number of additional actions that will assist in getting the most from your designs.
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INSTALLING THE BRUSHES AND PATTERNS
1. From within Photoshop, open the preset manager (go to ‘Edit’ in the main menu bar and select ‘Preset Manager’)
2. With Preset Type ‘Brushes’ selected, click on the load button
3. Navigate to the location where the brushes file has been saved, select it and click ‘Open'
4. Change Preset Type to ‘Patterns’ and click the load button
5. Navigate to the location where the patterns file has been saved, select it and click ‘Open'
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USING THE ACTION
1. Ensure the relevant action, brushes and patterns have been installed (see above)
2. Open your image
3. Ensure all parts of the image you want to spray are contained on the ‘Background’ layer. If not, merge your layers into a single layer and make that layer the Background (go to ‘Layer’ in the main menu and select ‘New’ > ‘Background From Layer’).
4. Create a new layer and name it ‘Select’ (Uppercase ’S’ and everything else lower case)
5. Brush or fill the area you want to spray on the ’Select’ layer. Note: soft/feathered edges should be avoided
6. Play the main ‘Modern Ink Painting Action’ action
7. You will be presented with a threshold slider for controlling the level of detail included in your artwork. Once you’re happy with the level click ‘OK’. Note: an even coverage of black and white gives best results.
8. Once the action has finished you will see a freshly Modern Ink Painting with one of the included patterns already applied
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BACKDROPS
Changing the included backdrop patterns
1. Select the ‘Backdrop’ layer
2. Double click on the layer thumbnail - you should see a 'Pattern Fill' dialogue
3. To change the backdrop click on the pattern thumbnail and select a different pattern
4. To change the scale of the backdrop click on the 'Scale’ drop down and adjust the slider
5. To reposition the backdrop hover your mouse cursor over the main document window, click and drag your backdrop to the desired position
6. Once you’re happy click ‘OK'

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ADDITIONAL ACTIONS

1.You want more Ink effect play Ink-More-Medium
2.You want more Ink effect play Ink-More-Long
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