The video will demonstrate how to use the action and how you can optimize 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.


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 low resolution images. For the best results, use Photos between
2000px - 4500px high/wide.


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.

1. Go to File -> Open, choose your photo and click "Open".
2. Go to Layer -> New -> Layer...
4. Take a "Brush Tool (B)", pick some Soft brush and brush the areas that you want to stay in focus. Rename the layer to "brush" (Important:  all letters must be lower case). To do that, double click on layer name and type "brush".
5. Now open  the "Dark Fantasy" action folder, choose the "Dark Fantasy" action and click on "Play button".