Creating Actions, page 5
Recording an Action, continued
Click the Create new action button at the bottom of the Actions palette.
In the New Action dialog box as shown in Figure 4, enter a name for the action,
and assign a keyboard shortcut for the action, if you want to. You can also select a color for the
action. When you’re finished recording, the action appears in that color in the Actions palette.
Figure 4: Use the New Action dialog box to name the action, assign a keyboard shortcut,
and color for the action.
Click Record to close the New Action dialog box and start recording.
Select the commands that you want to record, applying them as you normally would.
If you enter values in text boxes, they are recorded. If you cancel out of a dialog box,
the canceled item is not recorded. There are several tools that cannot be used when
recording an action. Check out the sidebar “What can I record?” to find out which ones they are.
When you are finished applying commands, click the Stop button on the Actions palette or press Esc.
The recording stops and your custom action appears in the Actions palette. If you look at
your action, you’ll see all the commands that you recorded listed under the action’s name.
There are many tools and palette that can be used when recording an action and a few that
cannot. Take a look at Table 1 to see where the items you want to use are listed.
Table 1: FEATURES THAT CAN AND CANNOT BE RECORDED |
Can be used
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Tools: all selection tools, Crop, Eyedropper, Gradient, Magic Eraser, Move, Notes, Paint Bucket, all shape tools,
Slice, all Type tools.
Palettes: Actions, Channels, Color, History, Layers, Paths, Styles, Swatches.
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Cannot be used
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Tools: Blur, Brush, Burn, Clone Stamp, Dodge, Pattern Stamp, Pencil, Sharpen, Sponge.
Commands found on the View menu and Window menu.
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