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August 17, 2021

P: Photoshop 22.5 - Add to Selection not working in Action

  • August 17, 2021
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I have an action which starts by using the magic wand to create a selection. I've used it for a few years over multiple versions of Photoshop on Windows.

 

Its now just not working at all, either running the action or double-clicking that step. If I delete the step and manually record the Magic Wand clicking the canvas, the step is added to the action and the selection works as expected.

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    Mohit Goyal
    Community Manager
    Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    September 14, 2021

    Hi all,

     

    We're happy to announce the release of Photoshop 22.5.1 which includes the fix for this issue. Check the list of other fixed issues here

     

    To update Photoshop to 22.5.1, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop app next to Photoshop. More detailed instructions for updating

     

    Please feel free to share your feedback with us.

    Thanks,

    Mohit

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    Vigo&Alessi
    Participating Frequently
    September 13, 2021

    You will have to use an older version of Photoshop. You can install old versions from the cloud app. I had to do it so I could continue to work. Every single image I use has to go through an action with the magic wand so I couldn't do a workaround.

    Create360
    Create360
    Participant
    September 13, 2021

    i have several actions that depend on the magic wand working in actions. adobe, when will we have a fix?

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    September 11, 2021

    If you did not find it yet, click 'Upvote' on the right side of the thread title.

    shellyrosenberg
    shellyrosenberg
    Participant
    September 11, 2021

    How do I vote to fix a bug?




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    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    September 11, 2021

    As 'Set Selection' item before 'Expand' item in your action uses 'Magic Wand Tool', vote to fix this bug.

    shellyrosenberg
    shellyrosenberg
    Participant
    September 11, 2021

    I (and many members of the Kaleidoscope FaceBook group use an action to create kaleidoscopes using Photoshop. When one upgrades to PS 22.5 the action stops with an error regarding the expand command. I downgraded to 22.4.3 of PS so that works fine. Please fix that error in future versions of PS. See image of error.

    Shelly Rosenberg

    davescm
    Community Expert
    davescmCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 11, 2021

    Step through your action and see why it is stopping. The usual reason for Expand not being available is that there is no selection made to expand. So take a look closely at the preceding action (twirl it open) is it resulting a selection?

     

    Dave

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    September 9, 2021

    I have some very old complex actions, about 300 steps that is ran sequentially. I never rewrote it to script and now I'm experiencing problem as in some parts it's based on Magic Wand. I have to use CS6 to bypass this bug!

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    Vigo&Alessi
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2021

    Also not working here. I am having to use an older version of Photoshop until this is fixed because the magic wand selection action is absolutely vital to my workflow. I had no idea I was so dependant on a specific skill. Using the select color doesn't work for me in this case (dang)

     

    I spent over an hour before I figured out exactly what was going wrong. Rerecorded that section of the action multiple times, made a few new actions, etc.

     

    There have been two Photoshop updates since this problem happened, I got excited each time but it wasn't fixed. (sad)

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