Curtain Action – Friday Freebie
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Friday freebie so lets put that right with a Photoshop action.
This Action creates a set of beautiful curtains in a theatrical style with a single click of your mouse. There’s four colours to choose from and it’s a brilliant way to frame your vintage style images. The curtains are created from scratch using standard Photoshop filters and effects and to add an extra touch of realism they have a ragged edge and a gentle bow.
Full download instructions are below but you can also Download the Curtain Action
Once downloaded just unzip and install the action into Photoshop. Unfortunately this action is unsuitable for Photoshop Elements
To use the action, start with the photo you wish to use already open in Photoshop and then play one of the four actions in this set. The first thing it does is make a copy of your photo so the original will be untouched and safe. There’s a lot of things for Photoshop to do with this action so it may take a minute or two to run through.
DO NOT switch to another image whilst running the action.
There are no options or controls for this action but at the end you may need to use Free Transform (CTRL+T) to re-size and re-positing your photo under the curtains
The action will work with Photoshop CC2014, CC, CS6, CS5 and CS4
If you create a photo using the Friday Freebie then let me (and everyone else) know by leaving the link in the comments below.
Usage rules
The action is copyright Gavin Hoey 2015. Use is limited to any personal but non-commercial purposes. Please share the Friday Freebie by linking back to this page. Do not redistribute the original image without my permission.
Download instructions
he direct link to download the actions is https://www.gavtrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Cutains-Gavtrain.zip
You must UNZIP the action before installing it in Photoshop
No support is provided with the Friday Freebies. If you need help Google or YouTube the question and you’ll almost certainly find the answer 
Another fun trick from a true master of them! I am a real estate photographer, and I find tiny bathrooms to be one of the most difficult rooms to shoot. I applied the curtains action to a small bathroom and found it gives a nice sense of movement. I don’t think it will work for my real estate clients, but I have an idea that these curtains may be very useful in a variety of closed-in shots, as there is a feeling of movement expanding our view when, in reality, there is nothing more to see.
Hi Gavin
thought it as fun to use
https://www.flickr.com/photos/56737568@N05/20350076354/in/dateposted-public/
Good Job Lynda 🙂
Cool Nice effect.
sorry might sound really stupid , but having problems unzipping and installing to cs6
any help would be greatly appreciated Thankyou
Thank you so much for your great lessons and free effects