How to Create Your Own Action for Photoshop

01/13/2008 10:28:03 PM · #1

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'How to Create Your Own Action for Photoshop'
by Monique64

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smardaz

01/13/2008 10:30:47 PM · #2

thats a killer idea, i'm gonna give it a shot

fotomann_forever

01/13/2008 10:33:42 PM · #3

Well done, Monique.

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01/13/2008 10:39:38 PM · #4

Very cool...but an idea instead of recording the size to be 640...use File/Automate/Fit In...and put 640 in both boxes...so if you are doing a vertical and a horizontal it will keep them both under the 640 on the longest side.

Pug-H

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01/13/2008 10:58:49 PM · #5

Some day I'll get a new computer and something more than just Elements 5.

Some day.

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01/13/2008 11:11:44 PM · #6

Originally posted by Judi:

Good idea, I was thinking you could do an action for landscape and an action for protrait, but this is better.

Bear_Music

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01/13/2008 11:19:14 PM · #7

This is a great explanation of how to make an action, but there's a small problem: it doesn't allow for different amounts of sharpening after resizing. Different images require different sharpening to display properly.

R.

01/13/2008 11:25:05 PM · #8

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

You can actually allow for that within the action where it will stop and let you do it physically yourself. Not sure right now how that is done but I have read it up once. You can also set the action up so it doesn't close your pciture so that you can adjust any layers if you need to. There are other actions such as where you may be placing a copyright onto you picture which does not require sharpening. Good thought though.

Message edited by author 2008-01-13 23:26:13.

01/13/2008 11:37:20 PM · #9

Originally posted by Monique64:

Originally posted by Judi:
Very cool...but an idea instead of recording the size to be 640...use File/Automate/Fit In...and put 640 in both boxes...so if you are doing a vertical and a horizontal it will keep them both under the 640 on the longest side.

Good idea, I was thinking you could do an action for landscape and an action for protrait, but this is better.

Be careful...the Automate is great for doing resizing...but if you then include a border or a copyright placement (text size and nudging) and such in the same action...you will have unacceptable results. That is where you will need to split your images into Horizontal and Vertical folders.

Trust me...I do them by the thousands.

Nullix

01/13/2008 11:38:28 PM · #10

Well done. I did cover this one already tho. I guess no one checks.

Creating Photoshop Actions

01/13/2008 11:40:08 PM · #11

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

You can also open an image that you want to run an action on....(being lazy and not wanting to do another 20 steps for a standard result) and you can go to your action...but before you press start...if you know roughly how much sharpening you want (you get to know this with the different jobs you do), then you can double click on that step in the action...it will open up the window for that action...change the setting and press okay.

Then click undo on the photo....and that will remove the effect you just applied...but it has now kept those new settings in the action. Run the action now.

Be warned...if you close Adobe without going to the little triangle on the Action palette and choosing Save Actions...then you will likely lose those new settings.

01/13/2008 11:52:06 PM · #12

Originally posted by Nullix:

Well done. I did cover this one already tho. I guess no one checks.

Creating Photoshop Actions

Sorry Nullix. I thought I checked and did the tutorial. I then sent it to whoever does them and then realised that I had doubled up. So I did another tutorial called "Non-destructive Dodge and Burn" and sent it in with an apology about the double up. I was surprised to see them both there.

By the way, how do you put in a link for a thread or tutorial. The tutorial I am refering to is #71 but dont know how to insert it.

Non-destructive dodge and burn

01/13/2008 11:57:00 PM · #13

01/14/2008 12:10:49 AM · #14

Thanks Judi, could you tell me how?

01/14/2008 12:15:16 AM · #15

Copy the address of the Tutorial (located in the address bar). Click on this button above the post

and paste the address into it. Then press okay. The next window that comes up requires you to type the title or whatever you want.

Nullix

01/14/2008 12:36:49 AM · #16

Originally posted by Judi:

Copy the address of the Tutorial (located in the address bar). Click on this button above the post and paste the address into it. Then press okay. The next window that comes up requires you to type the title or whatever you want.

or you can type [ur l=//LINK]TEXT[/ur l]

LINK = The link you want to goto (//www.dpchallenge.com)
TEXT = The text you want to display (DPChallenge)

Also, the end tag is "url" without the space. That's the only way I can get it to show by putting in the space.

Here's what my example would give you:
DPChallenge

edit: oops, quoted the wrong person.
edit more: I messaged the SC to let them know about the duplicates. I hope you at least got 2 discounts for you work.

Message edited by author 2008-01-14 00:39:09.