Changing Layer Opacity in an Action

An action that I created uses and preserves adjustment layers. The action will not recognize the changes In opacity that I've made to the layers. How can I get the action to record the opacity changes?

Actually it should record that with no problem.
The step should appear as »Set current layer« (see attachment).
Please explain in more detail how you created the Action: Did you for example change opacity immediately after layer creation and how (via keyboard shortcut or slider), do you work with a non english version of Photoshop?

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Hello!
I want to create a script that decreases current layer opacity by 5. Here's what I have now:
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.opacity -= 5;
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It also breaks at 24% (24 -> 18), if that matters.
I use Adobe Photoshop CS6 on Windows 8.1 (x64).
Why is this happening (decrease by 6 when I have 5 in my code)? Am I doing something wrong? Sorry if this question is stupid, I am just new to Photoshop scripting...

ahawktom,
opacity is not a rounded value and opacity works with percent.
Try something like this:
if (app.activeDocument.activeLayer.opacity > 5) {
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.opacity = Math.round(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.opacity) -5;
Have fun

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Are able Layer opacity change through shortcut?
Thanks!

Your question is very terse, but insofar as you can assign a shortcut key to an action or script, and an action can do just about anything you can do, then the short answer is yes.
If you do choose to create an action to help you manage layer opacity, you'll have to make some assumptions about the document you're working on, and the conditions in which you're working. An action can't really make decisions - for example it can't take one of two paths of execution based on whether the layer is an adjustment layer or an image layer. A script, by contrast, can do conditional execution.
With something as simple as current layer opacity, an action should be able to affect a variety of different kinds of layers, so assuming you want a shortcut key to set the current layer to a fixed level of opacity - e.g., 50% - I'd try the action approach first.
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Hi! I wanted to create a slider in custom panel which changes the for eg opacity of the current layer.
Here is what I used in HTML5
<div>
<input type="range" min="0" max="100" value="0" step="1" id="opacity" name="opacity" onChange="sliderChange(this.value)"/>
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Hi thanks alot for replying. Unfortunately it's still not working.
js/main.js
var csInterface = new CSInterface();
function outputUpdate(value) {
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jsx/Photoshop.jsx
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index.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="./ext.js"></script>
<script src="./lib/CSInterface-4.0.0.js"></script>
<link id="ppstyle" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css">
<title>Test</title>
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</body>
<script src=’js/main.js’></script>
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Slider is displaying in photoshop also moving but doing nothing.

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Simple: AE will use a higher precision than Photoshop even in the 8bpc/16bpc modes, let alone 32bpc. Photoshop will surely use the same values internally, but it doesn't display them. Dunno why, but PS being the old dog it is, I'm not really wondering... More of a question for that forum for sure. Could of course also be a problem with different color profiles/ color space settings between the apps, so this might be worth checking. Maybe you are using an outdated version of a profile in one of them... A simple solution inside AE would be to simply nail down those values with expressions, e.g.
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Charles,
Thanks for your reply but I discovered the problem. Gamut warning! I inadvertently must have hit shift-command-Y and unchecked the Gamut Warning under the View menu.
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I knew it was just me hitting some random setting that screwed it up. User error as usual. Not sure why the gamut warning needs a keyboard shortcut, but whatever.

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Hi Darrell,
Thank you for your answer. When I double click on the layer name, it opens for a second, then closes. I have tried to close the app, shut down my workstation, throw out the preferences, and, nothing seems to work. Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you, again, for your timly answer. Really appreciate your help.
Lain

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Photoshop CC Mac - Changer l'opacité par les chiffres sur Macbook Pro Retina.

Bonsoir,
récent propriétaire d'un Macbook Pro Retina (version française AZERTY), je ne peux trouver un moyen de changer l'opacité en entrant les chiffres, comme 1 pour 10% ou 8 pour 80%.
Je pense que le problème vient du fait que je n'ai pas de pavé numérique.
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Sur l'outil de déplacement, si j'entre 1 (en appuyant sur Shift + &), l'opacité du calque actif ne change pas.
Dois-je acheter un pavé numérique additionnel ?
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Bon, je pense avoir trouver une application incroyable qui résoud le problème, à la condition d'avoir un iPhone.
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Ainsi la connection se fait via le wifi.
Et ca marche !
Je peux désormais contrôler de mon iPhone, l'opacité et le flow de mes calques et de mes brushes !!
Je n'en reviens toujours pas... en croisant tout de même les doigts que cela ne fera point planter Photoshop.
Bien à vous.

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Thank you both for your help and questions.
I am using several effects including bevel and emboss, inner shadow, inner glow, satin, etc. If I lower the layer opacity then everything is affected and I want my highlights, etc. to stay crisp and still be able to see through the object as if it were colored glass.
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