I've got some fantastic news for you photoshop people. My insanely talented graphic design friend, Riley, pointed me toward some photoshop actions I think you'll all like--Instagram ones. Yes, what you're thinking is right. You can now use those Instagram filters on your nice, non-cell-phone pictures. Rejoice!
All you have to do is go here, to this awesome guy's site. He's the one that created them. I don't know him, but I feel like I love him to death for creating these for us and letting us use them for free. Woop!
If you've never used Photoshop actions before, here's a super fast rundown.
1. Download the action
2. In Photoshop, open your Actions panel. It's this one. (Or you can go to Window > Actions)
3. Click on the little menu at the top of your Actions pane and select Load Actions.
4. Navigate to wherever you saved the actions on your computer and select Load.
5. Your actions are now in Photoshop. To use them, just open your photo and click the Play button at the bottom of the Actions Pane. Magic ensues!
Photoshop actions are the bessssst. The lovely Jill from Lune posted some awesome ones on her blog a little bit ago. These are probably my favorite set yet.
Have fun actioning it up, champs!
this is great! i currently use pixlr's o-matic feature to get vintag-y looks for my photographs, but it's always good to have options
thanks for sharing!
wow! awesome, thanks for sharing these. I hope this'll finally teach me how to use actions - its the motivation i needed!
-Andrea
That is so amazing! I am always secretly jealous of the Instagram photos I see
So it's so nice for us Droid folks to feel included! Hehe, I'm definitely looking forward to trying this 
Holy! This just made me SO happy! I only just got CS5 and I'm learning slowly slowly slowly but actions inspire me to keep pushing!
i love the early bird, such a great effect!
xo,
cb
love this. I need to lock myself in a closet to figure out photoshop. So over my head.
love this! so awesome! just made my day! thank you!! <3
Ok I did a little happy dance!! Seriously, I was just wishing I could figure out how to use those filters on regular photos.
You're a mind reader!
Ooooh hell yeah! On my way, right away!
thank youuuuu
I love Photoshop actions. Seriously, I'm addicted to them. <3
Ummm, thanks for changing my LIFE with this!
OMG I LOVE BOTH OF YOU! Thanks for posting this
YESSSSS! This makes me really happy. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for posting this! So awesome!!!
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This is super helpful. Thanks a lot for being a great resource -- this was exactly what I was looking for. Cheers!
this is amazing. THANK YOU! <3
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Thank you so much for this link! I used to create a holiday maternity photo! Woot! http://christenheartspinterest.wordpress.com/2011...
Does anyone know similar ways to get this on Pixlr. I use that since I don't have the money or space on my computer to have Photoshop. Thanks!
this just came up on pinterest from a totally random friend. way to goooooo VIRAL!
Do they work in Photoshop Elements?
oh my! thanks so much!!! i am such a beginner at photoshop and this is a lifesaver!