CM - WaterColor Painting Effect 318721

HOW TO USE THE ACTION

Open a photo to work with

Leave the photo layer locked and set as the background. Also make sure your photo is in RGB color mode. To check this, go to the 'Image' menu, then select 'Mode' and ensure 'RGB' is selected.

Create a new layer above the background layer called 'brush'

With the 'brush' layer selected, brush onto the areas of your photo that you want to apply this effect. Use a hard brush and you can use any color.

Once you have brushed the areas you wish to fade, go into the actions panel

Now hit the play button found at the bottom of the action panel!