How To Use Custom Photoshop Actions – Guide

Photoshop actions are a set of “recorded” commands that you can use to apply the same set of processes to many files quickly. You can record and create your own actions in Photoshop or download and install them from other websites. Photoshop actions are intended to save you time during the editing process by automating tasks you frequently perform. For multi-step editing, this is the ideal method. It is important to note that settings applied to a recorded action may behave differently in other files, especially if the image sizes or resolutions are different. ..

If you want to learn how to use Photoshop, Adobe’s help site has excellent instructions, including a video lesson that walks you through the process.

How to install Photoshop Actions

  1. Open Photoshop and click the File menu and select New Action.
  2. In the New Action dialog, enter a name for your action and click the OK button.
  3. Click the OK button again to close the New Action dialog.
  4. Open your document and click on the Actions tab in the left panel of Photoshop.
  5. Click on the Add action button to add a new Photoshop action to your document.
  6. In the Add Action dialog, enter a name for your action and click on the OK button to add it to your document.

Open the action file you downloaded. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software. ..

Open Photoshop and navigate to Window then Actions. The action panel will open. (In most workspaces, the default placement is the upper-right corner.)

To install an action from the menu, follow these steps:

  1. From the main menu, select Load Actions.
  2. Navigate to the saved and unzipped action you want to install and select it.
  3. The file you want to install will have a .atn extension.
  4. Many download actions also include readme or instruction files that cannot be installed. ..

The installation of the action is now complete and usable.

How to use Photoshop actions

To run an action in Photoshop, follow these steps:

  1. Open the action you want to use.
  2. In the Actions panel, click on the “Run” button.
  3. In the “Run Options” dialog box, make sure that the “Start In” and “End In” fields are set to the appropriate frames of your video or image.
  4. Click on the “OK” button to run the action. ..

In the Actions panel, find the desired action to perform.

The triangle to the left of the name provides a list of available actions.

To play a game, click on the game button located at the bottom of the Actions panel. ..

The image will be adjusted according to the user’s settings. ..

Final note

How to use custom Photoshop actions can be a great way to speed up your workflow. In this guide, we’ll show you how to create and use custom actions, and answer any questions you might have. ..