Record your actions for future use.

March 24, 2008

In real life, you encounter situations when someone would ask you a particular question which you would respond with all enthusiasm. A few minutes later, another person asks and you reply with the same answer you gave the previous person. Then another person come with the same question. And another… and another… Then you came to a point where you would wish you could have just recorded your first response and play the record for the next person inquiring.

Unfortunately, that would be rude. But it’s not with Adobe Photoshop.

How to create and record a Photoshop Action in 7 simple steps.

1. In the Actions Panel, create a new Action Set.

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How to explain Photoshop Action Scripts without causing nasal hemorrhage to your readers

March 19, 2008

Photoshop Action scripts are the not-so-geeky stuff that you make so you won’t have to repeat the same procedures again and again for multiple images. For example, you have four (4) photos and you want to put the same water mark on each of the photos, you could use Action Script functions to record all the actions or process you will make on the first photo and apply the same actions on the remaining ones without having to repeat all the actions from step 1.

Did that made your nose bleed? If yes, I will elaborate my example.

I have 4 photos (Photo A, B, C and D). I want to upload these five photos on my photoblog but first, I want to place a watermark on each of them.

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