Installing Actions

Installing Actions to Photoshop

Step 1: Create an easy-to-find "Actions" folder where you will keep all of your actions

Step 2: Download and Extract Your Purchase

Step 3: Copy and paste the .atn file(s) from your extracted folder into your new "Actions" folder

Step 4: Open Photoshop (CS3-CS5)

Step 5: In your Actions Panel, click the tiny down-facing arrow located in the upper right hand corner of the box.

Step 6: In the drop-down menu, select "Load Actions..."

Step 7: Navigate to your "Actions" folder and select the action set you would like to load, then click "Load".

Step 8: You will now see your new actions loaded in the Actions Panel.

Step 9: To play an action, click on the Action set folder to expand and view the individual actions. Click on the action you would like to play, and click the green play button at the bottom of the Action Panel.

Installing Actions to Elements

Step 1: Close Photoshop Elements

Step 2: Download and Extract Your Purchase

Step 3: Copy all of the files within the folder (there will be three types: .atn, .png, .xml)

Step 4: Paste all of the files to the following location (find your operating system in the list below):

Mac: Hard Drive > Library > Application Support > Adobe > Photoshop Elements > x.0 > Photo Creations > Photo Effects

Windows XP: C: > Documents and Settings > All Users > Application Data > Adobe > Photoshop Elements > x.0 > Locale > en_US > Workflow Panels > actions

Windows Vista: C: > ProgramData > Adobe > Photoshop Elements > x.0 > Locale > en_US > Workflow Panels > actions

Windows 7: C: > ProgramData > Adobe > Photoshop Elements > x.0 > Photo Creations > Photo Effects

*IMPORTANT NOTE: If you cannot find the folders and are using Windows, go to "Hidden Files & Folders"

Go to Start/Control Panel/Classic View/Folder Options/Viewand select Show Hidden Files & Folders

Step 5: Open Photoshop Elements

Give elements a good bit of time to become functional again, as it must rebuild the Mediadatabase.db3 file before the actions can be used.

Once the actions are ready to use, Photoshop will act normally.

You may need to close and restart Photoshop to be able to view the actions.

Step 5: Begin Using Your Actions

To use your actions, open the Effects Panel. You will see thumbnails of the new actions. You can also select the dropdown menu with the various action sets to choose your actions.

Installing Presets to Lightroom

Step 1: In Lightroom, select Edit > Preferences (or simply click CTRL+,)

Step 2: In the pop-up screen, select the Presets tab

Step 3: Click the "Show Lightroom Presets Folder" button

Step 4: Double click on the Lightroom folder

Step 5: Next, double click on Develop Presets folder

Step 6: Copy the (unzipped) Bellevue Avenue Presets folder that you purchased into the Develop Presets folder

Step 7: Close & restart Lightroom

Step 8: Your newly installed presets are now ready to be used!