Copy and paste query in CS3 Action

Hi
Some help for an inexperienced user please.
My plan is to open a main image, plus 4 additional images, then record an action to be used with 5 images open. I have a "Stop" inserted at the beginning reminding me to have 5 images open before proceeding.
It will initially copy each of the 4 additional images and paste the content as a new layer in the main image, then close the additional image. This stage will end with only 1 image open with the 4 new layers, ready for the next stage.
In essence I have it working, but it is causing some problems.
Sometimes the Action script says "Select document +4", other times "Select Document -4", and other times "Select Previous document".
I'm kinda assuming the the problem comes from the "referencing" of the docs, but unlike layers, I presume I cannot give trhem specific names for use in the action.
Does it matter in what order I open the 5 images? Since the action is being written using the "main" image, it is always on top and selected when I start.
It also seems to matter in what order I do things. Am I right in assuming I should wait till all 4 layers are pasted before I close any images, as this seems to be causing an issue as once I close 1 image there are only 4 left, so the "referencing" is corrupted.
It should be simple, but when I try it with different images it does not work.
Any commnets welcome.
Thanks
Colin

Just spotted that some of the images have a copyright symbol in the file name at the top line and along the status bar of the document window. This symbol is NOT in the file name. The images are all taken by myself and my wife, so I know they are ours. Not sure if Lightroom is "adding this" or where it comes from, or more importantly what effect it has.
Could this be anything to do with my problem?
Colin

Similar Messages

  • Copy and paste frames is CS3

    I'm going from mx to cs3 and can't find the copy and paste
    frames option that used to be in the edit menu. Can anyone help
    with that?

    select all the frames you want to copy, right click, copy
    frames.. in new doc, right click on a frame, paste frames

  • Can't Copy and Paste into Illustrator CS3 from Firefox 3!

    I read these things all the time, but first time posting, so you KNOW this problem is annoying me.
    I could always copy and paste from Firefox 2 into Illustrator CS2/CS3. However, once I upgraded to Firefox 3 I no longer can! I get the annoying "Quicktime and a decompressor are needed to see this picture." I can't believe more people aren't complaining more about this. Save your time posting about "Illustrator is a vector program, and Photoshop is pixel based," I know I have been able to do it before so that is not the issue. Any light that could be shed on the situation would be great! Thanks in advance.

    I found that FF3 originally renamed .jpegs to the JFIF format when draging and dropping to the desktop, and it was not until March when the code was finalized that that you could drag and drop to your desktop without the conversion. You get around the illustrator CS3 problem a number of ways...drap and drop to the desktop and then to illustrator CS3, Drap and drop to photoshop CS3 and then to Illustrator CS3 or save as to the desk top, or use an older version of Firefox. I am currently tyring to determine if the JFIF renaming issue is what is preventing the direct drag and drop to Illustrator, and if there is a fix for issue. Any help out there or ideas would be helpful.

  • Copy and Paste Query

    Does anyone know how to copy a query from one infocube to another?  I tried trans code RSZC but it did not work as I anticipated.
    As always, thank you in advance for your help!

    Hi Shelly,
    RSZC will only work if the cube that you are copying the query to (target) has all the InfoObjects (chars and KF and Nav Attr) of the cube from which you are copying the query (source). This is required even if all of these are not being used in the query. When you try using RSZC, the system will point out what is different...if it is something just like nav attr then you can easily maintain that in the target cube for the sake of copying the query, but with missing chars or KF this may not be possible to do...in that case you will just have to recreate the query.
    Another option is to create a multiprovider based on both these cubes, copy the query from Sourec cube to Multiprovider, remove the source cube from the multiptovider, and then copy the query from multprovider to the target cube.
    Hope this helps...

  • How to Copy and Paste object in InDesignServer CS3.

    Hi All:
    Is there a method to copy and paste object in InDesignServer CS3?
    Thanks in advanced.

    search forum - workaround - export snippet
    robin
    www.adobescripts.com

  • Copy and paste action sequence?

    i have an action sequence set to play on application start, but i also want to set it up to play whenever a user navigates to that specific page

    Hello.
    You can't copy-and-paste action sequences yet.
    But you can if you were to open it in Flash Builder, but this would require a lot of 'fiddling about' with.

  • CS3 - Copy and Paste from InDesign to Illustrator NOT working

    I am trying to copy and paste some graphical elements from InDesign to Illustrator. The Paste command is active in Illustrator, but when I evoke the command, nothing is pasted. What is wrong?

    Apparently it is an issue with Leopard (and Illustrator)
    Workarounds:
    1) Export from InDesign as eps or PDF, or
    2) Copy paste into Photoshop as a Smartobject, and then double click the layer to edit smart object (it will open in Illustrator)
    I know, it's a pain.
    Ian

  • Photoshop CS3 & Outlook 2007 - Can't copy and Paste

    I've recently converted to win7 and office 2007.  Under vista and office 2003 I could select an embedded image in an email, copy it to the clipboard, and then do a file/new in photoshop and paste the image.  Every since going to vista and office 2007, this will not work.  I can select the image and copy it, but photoshop cannot paste it.  The paste command remains greyed out.
    I tried copy and past into Microsoft Paint and that works.  I tried copy and paste in Paint Shop Pro XI and that works.  I tried copy and paste from Paint Shop to photoshop and that works.  I just can't copy and paste from outlook 2007 to photoshop.
    Is this another "feature" from microsoft?

    I just made a quick test with Outlook 2007 and Photoshop CS5 64 and 32 bit on Windows7 64 bit.
    From the embedded images that I tried in Outlook there are 2 kinds of selections, one that works and another that doesn't. I'm not familiar at all with designing emails and don't even know what programs, scripting, programing, etc is used for creating and designing emails (I won't mind if someone enlightens me) but when I right click on a image and choose copy on some of the images appear selection handles similar to the transformation box in Photoshop and I can even move the handles in Outlook as if it is going to scale the images but it does nothing at the end. When I copy images with such selection handles they cannot be pasted in Photoshop where Paste menu is dimmed, but can be pasted in other programs like Microsoft Paint and even in other Adobe programs like Illustrator, Flash, and Dreamweaver, but not in InDesign where pasting produced an empty text box. Then if I copy the pasted image from any of these programs I can paste it without a problem in Photoshop.
    Now here's the trick, copy and paste works from Outlook to Photoshop if the image doesn't show these slection handlles when I right click and choose copy, but when it does, if I select it in a different way, like a text by dragging between before and end of image to highlight it, then right clicking and choosing copy works without a problem when pasting it in Photoshop.
    Have you tried reporting this issue to Adobe?  I have made feature requests in the forum for that on this site but I have never reported bugs and don't know what are the channels. If it hasn't been reported, I think they will be interested to know this issue.

  • [b]HOW TO:[/b]  Copy and Paste THE Filename AND its PATH from Finder

    HOW TO DO THIS: Copy and Paste THE selected Filename AND its entire PATH from Finder to another application as in document footer reference, or document database which has a path field to aid in locating the file later.
    Finder, Spotlight and File Info (can be used to display Path) or using Command F, command I, etc. but user is not allowed to copy the path to clipboard.
    This is rudimentary, yet the word Path, is unknown to Mac Help.
    Message was edited by: jbov

    AJ,
    Isn't it amazing....There is no Command Key for this action? Apple Care was confounded too. And thanx, it'll be a help....
    Jim
    its tedious, but this should work:
    open a terminal window.
    Drag and drop the icon for the file in the terminal
    window.
    This will put the full path including the filename on
    the command line.
    Copy the path from the command line, and paste
    (wherever).
    Close the terminal window.

  • How to copy and paste the same answer choices multiple times

    I am making testing forms and each question has the same multiple choice answer selection.  I have been having to type each one of them individually instead of being able to duplicate it for each question.  How can I do what in Word would just be a "copy and paste" function?

    So you want the user/person to do the "cut&paste" action (ie. ctrlc ctrlv) and have the data paste itself across rows correctly much like Excel does. I don't think this "intelligence" is built into Adobe table controls as it is in Excel (and Excel is smart enough to even handle it different ways depending on how the user selects cells).
    The only thing I can think of is that you could "capture" the user trying to paste into a cell/row in your table (maybe in the onFocus or onClick events), then grab the data, parse it out (but looking for some character) and then have your code distribute the data across the rows. However, I personally think that would be a lot of overkill and prone to other issues and errors.

  • Can no longer copy and paste from MS apps

    Could be a nightmare a-brewin'.
    As webmaster for a transit company, I'm responsible for
    updating the schedules for our 50+ bus routes three times a year on
    piercetransit.org. So I opened one up today in Dreamweaver 8 and
    launched our brand new version of Excel Mac 2008 to copy and paste
    schedule times into a web page. And it didn't work!
    Up til now, Excel has been an irreplaceable tool for
    converting data from our weird, 70's-era bus scheduling software
    [Hastus] into something Dreamweaver can understand. But no matter
    how much I fiddle with options under Copy and Paste preferences,
    today I got nothing -- literally. It's as if there's nothing
    whatsoever on the clipboard. Earlier, I'd noticed the same problem
    with our new version of Word, but since I rarely paste anything
    into Dreamweaver from Word, I was only mildly irked by it. Given
    the thousands of bus arrival and departure times on our site,
    however, the inability to insert data from Excel into DMW would be
    a disaster!
    Am I just missing something, or is this some kind of "How
    dare you use anything other than one of OUR products?"
    gotcha from Evilco?

    This has been an issue with Office 2008 for Mac even with the
    CS3 version of Dreamweaver. I believe the only workaround is to do
    a paste special as text only but you will lose formatting this way.
    You can do a search on this forum also for other suggestions
    because I didn't follow the old topics before because I didn't
    upgrade till recently, but there might be some other tricks around
    here.

  • How do I copy and paste pics from one event to another in iPhoto?

    I'm trying to copy and paste in iPhoto, but every time I get to the paste part nothing happens.  The word "paste" even appears on the screen, but it's grayed out. Any suggestions?

    Hi Mel,
    From the picture in your post, it seems that you are using SharePoint 2010 workflow platform.
    If that is the case, I recommend to use Copy List Item action to copy the current item to other lists instead.
    If you still want to use Create List Item action, could you please provide more details about the two steps in your workflow:
    I am not sure why you need to set the workflow variable to get the ID in the Checklist2.
    Best regards.
    Thanks
    Victoria Xia
    TechNet Community Support

  • How to copy and  paste the data directly from the excel to the PDF?

    hi,
    I have found the same question on the link:
    How to copy excel sheet to pdf form?
    But I didnt get my answer through that forum.
    My requirement is dat I should copy the data from excel sheet and directly paste it to PDF form.
    When I am trying to copy and paste ..all the data is getting pasted into a single block only.
    Kindly help.
    Thanks & Regards,
    Lina

    So you want the user/person to do the "cut&paste" action (ie. ctrlc ctrlv) and have the data paste itself across rows correctly much like Excel does. I don't think this "intelligence" is built into Adobe table controls as it is in Excel (and Excel is smart enough to even handle it different ways depending on how the user selects cells).
    The only thing I can think of is that you could "capture" the user trying to paste into a cell/row in your table (maybe in the onFocus or onClick events), then grab the data, parse it out (but looking for some character) and then have your code distribute the data across the rows. However, I personally think that would be a lot of overkill and prone to other issues and errors.

  • CS4 problems copying and pasting masked items

    The problem: Copying and pasting a placed image combined with other Illustrator art with multiple gausian blurs that have been masked/grouped. Placed image type does not matter. PDF, JPG, TIFF, etc placed in Illustrator CS4 (or 3). Some images are complex and others are not.
    What happens: After copying and pasting, the masked (grouped) image breaks apart into separate components that are no longer masked/grouped. Happens with different files with different images on different computers. WIth or without text in document. Sometimes image pastes correctly but most times it does not.
    Hardware/OS: 3 separate iMacs (20" and two 23") all with intel chips but different processing speeds. All running latest and most updated version of Leopard. All with 4 MB Ram and more than a 100 GB of free hard drive space.
    Software: Illustrator CS4 (latest update) and CS3 on one of the 23" iMacs.
    Solutions tried so far: Ran Onyx, repaired permissions, scripts, cleaned caches, zapped PRAM and on one iMac, ran Disk Warrior. Tried in Safe boot mode and tired with a new user account. Created new files with new images and tried old files. Tried opening files from the server and from the desktop. Threw out illustrator prefs and emptied trash.
    Thought it may have to do with font conflicts but some files don't have fonts. Turned off font management programs (Suitcase on one iMac, Font Explorer Pro on others, all updated to latest version) and restarted so only system fonts loaded. No luck. Turned on fonts used in various documents, still no luck.
    Thought it may have to do with memory issues after copying masked items. Sometimes the copied image would paste correctly and then the next time I pasted it, it would not. Before pasting a second time I would copy a small item (to clear the memory) and then paste it and then recopy the masked item and paste that. Still no luck.
    Checked activity monitor but nothing looks to be a memory hog or out of place. Happens on all three iMacs and while the OS and Illustrator are common to all three, Fonts and font management tools are not. No weird plug-ins or third party extensions installed. Plus it happened in safe boot mode so all extraneous fonts and such should have been deactivated.
    Curiously, if I drag copy the masked item using the option key, the masked item copies fine. I know this can be used as a work-around but I would like to resolve this as sometimes the designers need/want to use command-c/command-v.
    Not sure what else to try. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks you.

    This might work, this might not. I have copy paste problems
    on a regular basis and all that works for me is closing Captivate
    down and then re open and continue. At worst, a reboot tends to
    solve this glitch in my experience.
    Good Luck

  • Cannot copy and paste from Firefox 3.5 into Dreamweaver

    I cannot copy and paste text from a website displayed in Firefox 3.5 into Dreamweaver. I can copy and paste URIs from the address bar fine. I have Dreamweaver CS3 on Mac OS X 10.4.

    Select view source and copy/paste from there.
    PZ

Maybe you are looking for