After you complete the task, click the Play button in the Actions panel to complete the action. You can also display a short message when the action reaches the stop as a reminder of what needs to be done before continuing with the action. You can include a Continue button in the message box in case no other task needs to be done. By default, actions are completed using the values specified when they were originally recorded. If you want to change the settings for a command within an action, you can insert a modal control.
A modal control pauses an action so that you can specify values in a dialog box or use a modal tool. A modal tool requires pressing Enter or Return to apply its effect—once you press Enter or Return, the action resumes its tasks. A modal control is indicated by a dialog box icon to the left of a command, action, or set in the Actions panel. A red dialog box icon indicates an action or set in which some, but not all, commands are modal.
To enable a modal control for a command within an action, click the box to the left of the command name.
Click again to disable the modal control. To enable or disable modal controls for all commands in an action, click the box to the left of the action name.
To enable or disable modal controls for all actions in a set, click the box to the left of the set name. To exclude a single command, click to clear the check mark to the left of the command name. Click again to include the command. To exclude or include all commands or actions in an action or set, click the check mark to the left of the action or set name. To exclude or include all commands except the selected command, Alt-click Windows or Option-click Mac OS its check mark.
To indicate that some of the commands within the action are excluded, the check mark of the parent action turns red. You cannot record the painting and toning tools, tool options, View commands, and Window commands. However, you can insert many non-recordable commands into an action using the Insert Menu Item command. You can insert a command when recording an action, or after it has been recorded.
No values for the command are recorded in the action. If the command opens a dialog box, the dialog box appears during playback, and the action pauses until you click OK or Cancel.
When you use the Insert Menu Item command to insert a command that opens a dialog box, you cannot disable the modal control in the Actions panel.
You can tweak the settings of any specific command within an action, add commands to an existing action, or step through an entire action and change any or all settings. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Buy now. Not all of the functions you record now can apply to all images. Perform the commands you want to repeat. Stop recording the Action. Look at the steps of your Action in the Actions panel.
Click the arrow next to your new Action to expand all of the steps. You can rearrange steps in the Action by dragging its name to another location in the list.
To delete a step in the Action, click the step once to select it, and then click the Trash icon. Method 2. Open an image on which to play the action. The Action can then be run with a single click or key combination. If the Action you want to run opens an image, you can skip this step. To expand a list of steps in an Action, click the triangle next to its name.
Create a snapshot of the current image. Otherwise, undoing an Action requires undoing each step separately. Run the Action. Play only a part of an Action. You can run only one step in an Action rather than the entire thing. First, click the triangle next to the Action name to view a list of all steps in the Action. Click to choose that step you want to run. Click the Play button the triangle pointing right.
Undo an Action. Note: Alt-drag-and-drop an existing action step to duplicate it. This is equivalent to choosing Duplicate from the Actions palette menu. Note: You may change the parameters for a command by double-clicking on its associated action step or by choosing Record Again from the Actions palette menu. If available, the command dialog will appear, allowing you to enter new values. If enabled, a small dialog icon will appear to indicate that Photoshop should pause the action at the designated step to prompt the user for the desired values.
The default is to not display a dialog box indicated by an empty checkbox , but instead, to use the values that were recorded for the command when the action was created. Note: Enabling or disabling the dialog checkbox for a set turns on or off all dialogs for all actions within the set.
Similarly, enabling or disabling the dialog checkbox for an action turns on or off all dialogs for all applicable commands within the specified action but does not affect any other actions within the current set.
A red dialog icon indicates that one or more but not all dialogs have been enabled within an action or set. A grey or ghosted dialog icon indicates one of two things: either the dialog box has been enabled, but the command, action or set has been excluded; or, the command was inserted, without values, via the Insert Menu Item command see below.
In the case of the latter, the user will be prompted for values when the action is executed. By default, all commands have a small checkmark icon, indicating that the commands are to be included when an action is played. An empty checkbox indicates that the command has been disabled or excluded , meaning that Photoshop will skip over it when executing the action. Note: Enabling or disabling the include checkbox for a set turns on or off all steps for all actions within the set.
Similarly, enabling or disabling the include checkbox for an action turns on or off all steps within the specified action but does not affect any other actions within the current set. A red checkmark icon indicates that one or more but not all steps within an action or set have been disabled. Actions Palette Menu In addition to the many controls discussed above, the Actions palette menu accessed by clicking the button also contains several commands that are very useful for creating and editing actions.
Dock to Palette Well Quite simply, this command stores or "docks" the Actions palette in the Palette Well on the right side of the Options palette. This is equivalent to manually dragging the Actions palette into the Palette Well.
Button Mode turns each action into a button displaying the name, color and keyboard shortcut assigned to it in the Action Options dialog. Simply click a button to play its corresponding action.
Despite how easy Button Mode is to use, its usefulness is limited because you cannot create, edit or modify actions in any way while in this mode. Two key uses for this command are: to insert commands that may otherwise be unavailable or inaccessible while in record mode such as showing or hiding palettes ; or, to insert a command without values so as to prompt the user for input when the action is played.
Insert Stop Despite its name, a stop does not actually stop an action; it simply pauses the action to display a user-defined message box of up to characters. About actions and the Actions panel Search. Make it. About actions. Actions panel overview.
Expand and collapse sets, actions, and commands. Click the triangle to the left of the set, action, or command in the Actions panel. Alt-click Windows or Option-click Mac OS the triangle to expand or collapse all actions in a set or all commands in an action. View actions by name only.
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