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Repeating the same task using Actions
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An easy introduction into the sometimes complicated world of Actions. |
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Actions is a great tool and will save you loads of time if you need to apply the same effect to multiple images.
Take for example our original new homepage.
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This was the original white version given to us by the designer we contracted to produce our new look. It was OK as it was, just we always felt it was a little plain and would benefit from a bit of color... As my dear wife reiterated to me about two days before we were due to launch to new look.
Hang on I thought... You had weeks to mention this... I also thought that too but was a bit daunted at the thought of trying to recolor all the images used in the template.... But then.... I remembered Actions!!! And within minutes I had a whole new set of recolored blue images.
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So... Without further ado... Onto the tutorial! OK, lets open Photoshop and load up the original homepage image... Or an image of your own that you want to alter. Somewhere to the right you should see a small box with two tabs... History and Actions. Click the Actions tab.
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Then we need to basically record a new action and save it... So, hover over the icons in the actions box and find the one called 'Create New Action'. In my system it is the fourth icon along... When you have found it, click it and name it whatever you want and press record. Now we have started to record our new action.
Basically what we want to do is the same as in the other tutorial (adjusting color). So with the recording underway press 'CTRL + I' to invert the image, then 'CTRL + U' to open the Hue/Saturation menu.
Click colorise if you want that function, then have a fiddle with the sliders to find the setting you want for your image. Just refer to the other tutorial again to see the settings we used.
OK, with that done save and close the image then in the Actions box click the stop icon and you should now have a simple action that you have recored and can apply to any image you want to. To apply this simply to one image, open one up then go to the actions box again, select your action and press play.
To quickly apply an action to multiple images, gather them into one folder or subfolders within a folder and go to 'File > Automate > Batch'. Select your prerecorded action from the actions drop down box, browse to your source directory where the images you want to change are located using the choose button. Then alter whatever settings you want such as 'Include subfolders' if your images are in subfolders within the chosen directory, then press OK and you should get that action applied to all of the images in your folder.
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http://forum.teamphotoshop.com/showthread.php?t=25256
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