![]() Note: a red modal control icon shows you that some (one or more) dialogs are enabled within that specific action. When you toggle on modal dialog, it is indicated by a white modal control icon. When the Action Panel shows an empty box, it indicates that modal dialogs for the action/step are disabled, and the Photoshop action will go with the standard settings used when recording the action. You can enable the command dialog for a whole action set, an action with all steps within it, or just a particular step depending on where you toggle the modal control on/off. However, you can easily enable/disable the modal dialogs by toggling the small dialog icon on the left side of the Action Panel. ![]() In that case, it makes sense to enable the modal dialog for the step that applies the gradient map command.īy default, all dialogs are disabled for actions. To be able to modify the settings used by a Photoshop action, you can enable the command’s dialog window to appear.įor instance, you might want to play with the gradient bar, when running an action that applies a Sephia effect to your image. In some cases, you want to have full control of what a particular step in the action does. Quick tip: If you only want to play a single action step hold down Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Win) and double-click on the particular action step you want to run. Note: If instead of selecting an entire action, you choose a single of the sub-steps and hit the Play button Photoshop will begin running the action from the selected step and run until the last action step in the action. You play the action by selecting it and click the Play button. After that test it on another image to get a similar effect or treatment. It is best to test it first on the same image, to see if it actually does what you intended. Step 5: Test Your ActionĪfter recording your action in Photoshop, you will want to test it. If you at some point need to pause the recording you can also use the Stop button and when you are ready to continue just hit the record button to finish recording your Photoshop action. You can also press the Esc key instead of using the Stop button in the Action Panel. Press the Stop button to end recording or end playing an action that continues to run for a long time, which you for some reason want to cancel. Otherwise, it will continue to record everything you do in Photoshop until you press stop. Step 4: Stop RecordingĪfter finishing the steps you want to include in your action, you can stop it by using the stop button. ![]() You don’t have to start over again, but only need to find out where you’ve made the mistake and correct that. Quick tip: It will often happen that you make small mistakes when recording your actions. If instead of choosing a whole action, select a specific step within an action, Photoshop will insert new steps or commands after the selected action step. Photoshop will then append the steps you record to the currently selected action. Note to modify a previously recorded or imported action you need to select the action and click the Record button. Finally, you can also assign a color to the action, but this will only be visible in button mode. You can also assign a Function key or key combination. The New Action button will open the New Action dialog, where you can give the new Photoshop action a Name and assign it to an Action Set (which we will cover later). To create a new Photoshop action click the New Action button (looks like a page icon, and you will find it next to the trashcan icon). Step 3: Start Recording Your First Photoshop Action You can always rename the set later by double-clicking on the name. Quick tip : If you use the Alt key (Win) or Option key (Mac) when you click on the New Set button, you will skip the dialog and go with the default name. In the dialog type a name for the set that tells you that this is where your own Photoshop actions are stored. So you need to create your first Action Set where you will put all your Photoshop actions.Ĭlick the folder icon at the bottom of the Action Panel to create a New Set. This also helps you keeping organized, especially if you plan on using Photoshop Actions a lot. Photoshop actions can only exist within a folder, which is called an Action Set in Photoshop.
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