Creating an action

I have created an action and attached it to a function key. Is there a way I can copy this to other computers so that everyone in our group can utilize the command?

select the action folder that your action is in and from the options menu on the top right corner select Save Actions.
give the saved file to everyone. they can then use the Load Actions from the options on the top right corner to load your file

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How can I create an action that dynamically appends the filename, when saving?

I have created a batch file that watches a folder for .jpgs. When a jpg is found, it runs a Photoshop droplet that resizes and exports six different sizes of the same image, then closes the image. This all works fine, however the step I am stuck on is getting Photoshop to dynamically rename the files. What I mean is when I drop in a file named something like filename.jpg, I want the images to be named according to the width of resize. Exported files should be filename-1400.jpg, filename-1200.jpg, filename-800.jpg, etc. filename2.jpg would become filename2-1400.jpg, filename2-1200.jpg, filename-800.jpg. As it is now, Photoshop names the files the same names I saved them as, while creating the actions.
I am using Photoshop CS6.

What OS and verson of AI? Along with what Myle said, in the Actions panel is a column which allows the dialogs to be turned on/off. Make sure this is unchecked at all levels of the Action.

Is there a way to create an action or keyboard shortcut to set Crop tool to the front window size?

Is there any way to create an action or keyboard shortcut to set the Crop tool to the front window size in Photoshop CS6?
I find that I use that several times a day. I got used to it being the top choice in the Crop tool presets menu.
Thanks.

It depends on whether you have the cloud version or perpetual license version.
For the cloud version press I (eye)
For the perpectual version press F

Getting error while creating Business Action with EDI EDIFACT 837 document.

Hi,
When I am trying to create a business action with EDI 837 ‘.ecs’ file, I am getting a error. It is not creating the business action. Even it is not displaying any error details.
Please help me in resolving this issue as it's very urgent.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Jyotirmoy,
What error you are getting exactly while creating the business action? Did you try to create business action for any other protocol? If not, then please try to create business action for any other protocol and check whether you are getting the same error over there also.
Regards,
Anuj

CS3: Having problems creating an Action to "Save for Web"

Hello All,
I'm trying to create an Action to convert my psd. files to JPEG's suitable for the web. I'm using a Mac Pro running CS3. My workspace is Adobe RGB (1998), all files begin as Canon CR2 RAW, are edited at 16 bits, and then saved as psd. I created an Action the following way from an open psd. image in Photoshop:
1) Windows>Actions
2) Create New Action
3) Re-named "Save For Web" then clicked Record
4) Image>Duplicate>OK
5) Edit>Convert to Profile
6) Changed Destination Space to sRGB IEC61966-2.1>OK
7) File>Save As
8) Format> No JPEG option ?????????? What?
Everything seemed fine until I reached the Format stage. I had many choices, but JPEG was not one of them. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thank you!
Mike

Ramón G Castañeda wrote:
MJCarnegie wrote:
It never occured to me that I should convert back to 8-bit before saving, and truthfully I had no idea how to do that anyhow. I know, what a Newbie, huh?
Go to the Image menu in Photoshop:
Image > Mode > 8 bits. Pretty straight forward and fast.
MJCarnegie wrote:
…strange, in Matt's article…
I'll pass on that. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of the Scott Kelby crowd, so I don't follow them regularly.
Thanks again Ramon, I can't believe I've overlooked the Image>Mode>8 bit path for this long.
Cheers,
Mike

I can create an action but the droplet doesn't do anything when I drop a file on it. I am running Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 on a 64bit Windows7 PC.

I can create an action but the droplet doesn't do anything when I drop a file on it. I am running Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 on a 64 bit Windows7 PC. I exactly followed the steps on a youtube video on how to create an action and how to create a droplet.

Thanks for the reply, I tried that but i wasn't able to get it to work. I also tried to see if l could using the
function functionName()
and I was still unable to.
Silkrooster wrote:
I haven't tried it yet, so i could be way off. But since you assigned it to a variable I would say it won't do anything until to call that variable. I would assume there must be a show command or similar that is needed for it to display.
My experience is with actionscript and javascript but still I lean towards basic. I don't feel comfortable enough to say I am any higher yet as more experience is needed in my opinion.
So feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt.

Creating an action for a template

Hi, I'm in the middle of creating an action for a template I've created but have hit a couple of snags. The template I have created has a few blank layers that I wish to fill with different images by importing them and clipping them to the blank layer. My issues: 1) When I run the action I need to specifiy a folder and file location which gets stored in the action - when viewing that particular action will show up the full path of where to find that file - I do not want this. I would like the action to present to 'open' window to me to allow me to select a file of my choosing without having a predefined folder to go to... 2) When opening an image it will open on its own project window. When I select the image and copy + paste it into my template it requires me to select the template project. This action will insert a 'selection 2' action step when recording. Playing this back will cause a failure as it cannot find the project for an unknown reason. Is there a way of specifiying the project window name I wish to go to during recording? I hope that is clear enough to understand. Hope someone has some solution for me. Thanks, MJ

You may want to look at my Phtoshop package "Photo Collage Toolkit" It has four rules to follow when creating templates and some Photoshop Scripts. Scripting is much more powerful then actions. In the package there is a scripts to test templates your developing, A script to build a template, a script to populate a template with you images, a script to interactivly populate a template with your images, a script to batch populate a template with your images and a script to batch populate a single image template with your images.
Photo Collage Toolkit UPDATED Aug. 14, 2011 added a modified version of Rags Gardner www.rags-int-inc.com Copyright (c) 2006 CollageBuilder script.
Documentation and Examples
Download
Optional templates 8.5x11 - 16MB
Optional templates 8x10 - 51KB
Optional templates 11x14 - 23MB
Optional templates 12x12 - 12MB
Optional templates 13x19 - 37MB
Optional templates 16x16 - 4MB
Optional templates 16x20 - 91MB
Optional templates 20x24 - 125KB
Optional templates Multi-Image - 113MB
Optional templates One-Image - 106MB
Optional templates PhotoBoard-11x14 - 231KB

How do i create an action to crop to fit something?

Hello, I have a bunch or 3d renders which are a flat colour background with an object in the center.
I need to create an action to crop the flat colour around the object, leaving a specified space. Mantaining the aspect ratio of the picture would be nice, but no completelly necessary.
Maybe theres a plugin, script or other software for doing this?
I attached an example.
001.jpg (6.94 KiB) Viewed 1 time
HELP!

Keep in mind Trim will only work if the color is an exact match in all pixels, and things get complicated when you start re-expanding the image using a sampled color. It all falls apart if there's any variation in the background color. I don't think Trim it's the best choice.
However, one can imagine creating an action based on the Magic Wand tool and an appropriate tolerance value to get the job done. It would go something like this:
1. Click the Magic Wand in the upper-left corner. That selects virtually all of the background color.
2. Select - Inverse.
3. Select - Expand - XX pixels where XX is the amount of border you want.
4. Image - Crop.
5. Select - Deselect.
I even tried it to ensure it works. A sample version is here: http://Noel.ProDigitalSoftware.com/temp/Goblino.zip
-Noel

In Need of Help Creating an Action

Hello,
I need to create several thousand QR codes and I am trying to work out how to automate it so that I don't have to make them one at a time.
My idea was to download the EVEnX QR Code plugin for Photoshop and then make an action, or series of actions, to make the codes en mass. The information I need in each QR Code is a URL, with each code having a unique one that links to the products serial number.
So, I created a file roughly the size of the QR codes I needed and used vairables to insert the URL on text layer. I was hoping to be able to create an action that would copy that text, open the plugin (which works like a filter), paste the text, create the code and save/close the image.
However, I can't seem to get it to work. I don't know how to make an action to have it highlight the text layer or an action to paste it into the plugin.
Also, the plugin allows you to make a variable of certain information it pulls from the file but the closest I can get to what I need is file name, however I can't make the files named for the URL because of the slashes. They allows you to use file name, file path and the information like size and date.
Sorry for the long post but I HAVE to get this figured out as this project is for work and I am on a time limit. I don't have to use an action, any other way would be fine! I don't have much experience with scripts but if you can walk me through one that would work then I would be happy to try! PLEASE HELP!!!
Thanks!
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How to create new actions ? in the interaction record screen

Hi all,
I'm working with the IC web client.
In the interaction record screen the is a link to actions.
But how to create new actions ? schedule actions ?
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View "InrHeaderViewSet"

Hi Eran,
Gret is absolutely right ..The actions are transaction type specific and can be attached along in the customizing as mentioned above by gret , these can then be tested in the SAP gui first for their scheduled and start conditions and then in the ICWC.
There is no special settings for actions in ICWC if they are there in your transaction they will come in the ICWC.
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Creating an action link in a custom tag

What is the recommended way of creating an action url (and some parameters) through code, not through a netui tag? I'm writing a custom tag that is being used in a PageFlow application. Ultimately the tag puts out a set of links based on some data it collects. I want the links to be action links to the current pageflow and to 'play nice' with the current page flow and other tags.
Since it's in my own custom tag I don't really have the option of using the netui:anchor tag, I need to create the URL for the action invocation through code.
Thanks for any tips.
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Closing the thread...

Can I create an action link(drill through) to a Union report

hello experts,
Through my summary report I have created an action link to the detail report. My summary report is coming from one subject area; but my detail report is a union of 4 different subject areas. When I click on my action link to do to the detail report it gives me the whole repor, I am supposed to see just one line and not the whole detail report. Basically if click on order number 123, I should go to that particular order # specifically and not the whole report. Is this b'se of the union or something else?
I have set all my columns in both reports to "is prompted" I am still facing the same problem..
any idea
thx

With the JavaScript doc.print method: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.511.html
you can include the printer you want in the printParams object: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.1007.html

I am unable to create an Action to Export from .ai to .psd. The OPEN and EXPORT steps in the Action

I am unable to create an Action to Export from .ai to .psd.
The steps in the Action such as Open and Export seem inextricably linked to the file from which the original Action was recorded.
The steps in the Action do not seem to be generalized commands that I can apply to any folder of .ai files.

I'd recommend to exactly describe what you're doing. How did you set up your action? Which settings did you choose in the Batch Process dialog? What exactly went wrong? What did you expect instead?
Whatever issues you're suffering from, there is no way to provide a hasty answer and no way to give an elaborate answer without knowing the details.

How to create an action to insert hundreds of different numbers for limited edition prints?

Hi,
I sell limited edition prints of a run of between 350 and 500.
I am trying to get it set up so that my signature and the print number is included as part of the print. Here is an example:
You'll see at bottom left there is my signature and underneath is is the print number e.g. 110/350 (this is legible when printed at 18x12" size).
Inserting the signature and the "/350" is easy since it only needs to be done once per image.
The difficulty comes with inserting the actual print number e.g. "110"
At the moment I have 0 to 9 written out and scanned in as separate numbers. So to make "110" I use the "1" digit twice, plus the "0" digit. I.e. I haven't written out 1 to 500 and scanned them in all as separate numbers, I've just done the 10 digits and use those 10 digits to make all the different numbers I need.
Is there a way to create an action that will create say 350 JPEG copies of the original file, each one with its own unique print number inserted? (And ideally automatically saved with the print number as its file name!)
Many thanks in advance

This Script might be able to do some of what you wanted (the startNumber and endNumber would have to be set in the Script).
It needs a Layer Group named »numbers« to contain layers for the numbers named »0«, »1«, …
(script edited)
// this script saves jpg copies with numbers created from number-layers in a layer group;
// use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
// define the numbers to create;
var startNumber = 290;
var endNumber = 310;
// set to pixels;
var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
// get doc;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
// getting the name and location;
var docName = myDocument.name;
var baseName = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
//getting the location;
var docPath = myDocument.path;
// duplicate the image;
var thecopy = myDocument.duplicate (thecopy, false);
// jpg options;
var jpgopts = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgopts.embedProfile = true;
jpgopts.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
jpgopts.matte = MatteType.NONE;
jpgopts.quality = 9;
// get number layers;
var numberSet = thecopy.layers.getByName("numbers");
// collect in an array;
var theNumbers = [numberSet.layers.getByName("0"), numberSet.layers.getByName("1"), numberSet.layers.getByName("2"),
numberSet.layers.getByName("3"), numberSet.layers.getByName("4"), numberSet.layers.getByName("5"),
numberSet.layers.getByName("6"), numberSet.layers.getByName("7"), numberSet.layers.getByName("8"), numberSet.layers.getByName("9")];
numberSet.visible = true;
// proceed if all numbers have been found;
if (theNumbers.length == 10) {
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for (var n = 0; n < numberSet.layers.length; n++) {
numberSet.layers[n].visible = false
var theState = thecopy.activeHistoryState;
// process the numbers;
for (var m = startNumber; m < endNumber + 1; m++) {
// the position;
var theHor = 500;
// create an array for the new numbers;
var theArray = new Array;
// the number;
var thisString = String(m);
// duplicate layers to create the numbers;
for (var o = 0; o < thisString.length; o++) {
var theNumberLayer = theNumbers[Number(thisString[o])];
// create copy;
var theLayer = duplicateMoveRotateScale (theNumberLayer, theHor - Number(theNumberLayer.bounds[0]), 0, 100, 100, 0);
theNumberLayer.visible = false;
//alert (m+"_"+o+"\n"+theNumberLayer+"\n"+theLayer);
// set the hor to edge of the new layer;
var theHor = theLayer.bounds[2];
theArray.push(theLayer);
// get the number for the file name;
var theNumber = bufferNumberWithZeros(m, String(endNumber).length);
//save jpg;
thecopy.saveAs((new File(docPath+"/"+baseName+"_"+theNumber+".jpg")),jpgopts,true);
// remove copied layers;
//for (var p = theArray.length - 1; p >= 0; p--) {theArray[p].remove()};
thecopy.activeHistoryState = theState;
// close copy;
thecopy.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
// reset ruler;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits
//that’s it; thanks to xbytor;
////// buffer number with zeros //////
function bufferNumberWithZeros (number, places) {
          var theNumberString = String(number);
          for (var o = 0; o < (places - String(number).length); o++) {
                    theNumberString = String("0" + theNumberString)
          return theNumberString
////// duplicate layer and move, rotate and scale it //////
function duplicateMoveRotateScale (theLayer, theX, theY, theScaleX, theScaleY, theRotation) {
app.activeDocument.activeLayer = theLayer;
try{
// =======================================================
var idTrnf = charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" );
    var desc10 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref6 = new ActionReference();
        var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
        var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
        var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
        ref6.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt );
    desc10.putReference( idnull, ref6 );
    var idFTcs = charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" );
    var idQCSt = charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" );
    var idQcsa = charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" );
    desc10.putEnumerated( idFTcs, idQCSt, idQcsa );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
        var desc11 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idHrzn = charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc11.putUnitDouble( idHrzn, idPxl, theX );
        var idVrtc = charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc11.putUnitDouble( idVrtc, idPxl, theY );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
    desc10.putObject( idOfst, idOfst, desc11 );
    var idWdth = charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc10.putUnitDouble( idWdth, idPrc, theScaleX );
    var idHght = charIDToTypeID( "Hght" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc10.putUnitDouble( idHght, idPrc, theScaleY );
    var idAngl = charIDToTypeID( "Angl" );
    var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );
    desc10.putUnitDouble( idAngl, idAng, theRotation );
    var idIntr = charIDToTypeID( "Intr" );
    var idIntp = charIDToTypeID( "Intp" );
    var idbicubicAutomatic = stringIDToTypeID( "bicubicAutomatic" );
    desc10.putEnumerated( idIntr, idIntp, idbicubicAutomatic );
    var idCpy = charIDToTypeID( "Cpy " );
    desc10.putBoolean( idCpy, true );
executeAction( idTrnf, desc10, DialogModes.NO );
return app.activeDocument.activeLayer
} catch (e) {}
Edit: This Script just uses the layers’ horizontal bounds for orientation, so it does not address the issue I referred to earlier reagrding aesthetically pleasing spacing of the elements.

Create Business Action : Document Type Error

I am trying to create Create Business Action for X12 over Generic
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The error I am getting is access denied.
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