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EricHeathJohnson
EricHeathJohnson
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March 22, 2022
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Action playback mode set to Accelerated, but play back Step By Step

  • March 22, 2022
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Starting a day ago, all my actions now play back in Step By Step mode even though the Playback Mode is set to Accelerated.  

 

How can I get my actions to return to playing back in Accelerated mode as they have been doing for years? 

 

RESOLUTION FAILURE: I quit Photoshop 2022, moved my "Adobe Photoshop 2022 Prefs.psp" file, restarted Photoshop 2022 but my Actions remained stuck in Step By Step playback mode.  (I've copied back my old "Adobe Photoshop 2022 Prefs.psp" after quitting Photoshop 2022.) 

Correct answer EricHeathJohnson

Problem Resolved:  It turned out that when Actions' Show/Hide Dialog Box was set like this, it made the action run Step By Step.

The Actions have returned to running in Accelerated Mode now that I've toggled Show/Hide to this:

Thank you for your good attention to my problem!

 

 

 

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EricHeathJohnson
EricHeathJohnsonAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
March 23, 2022

Problem Resolved:  It turned out that when Actions' Show/Hide Dialog Box was set like this, it made the action run Step By Step.

The Actions have returned to running in Accelerated Mode now that I've toggled Show/Hide to this:

Thank you for your good attention to my problem!

 

 

 

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    March 23, 2022

    In which Photoshop menu I can find item that produces Midtone Contrast in Action?

     

    If I understand you it's still a bug, because this feature activates Step by Step mode?

     

    EricHeathJohnson
    EricHeathJohnsonAuthor
    Participant
    March 24, 2022

    As seen above, the problem has been resolved by toggling the action's show/hide option.

     

    The Midtone Contrast action was created by R. Mac Holbert, the father of fine art digital printing.  

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvpDHkr9TuI

    J
    J453
    Legend
    March 23, 2022

    I cannot repro. Changing the setting in the actions panel, and restoring prefs, to set the playback options to accelerated. Do you by chance have have a step in the actions you're playing back that has Set Playback Options in it?

     

      Stephen Marsh
      Community Expert
      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 22, 2022

      @EricHeathJohnson 

      This is more out of curiosity than anything, what happens if you use this script and change the referenced action/action set in lines 2 & 3?

       

      acceleratedPlayback();
var actionName = "Molten Lead"; // Action to run
var actionSet = "Default Actions"; // Action set to run
app.doAction(actionName, actionSet);
function acceleratedPlayback() {
	var s2t = function (s) {
		return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
	};
	var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
	var descriptor2 = new ActionDescriptor();
	var reference = new ActionReference();
	reference.putProperty( s2t( "property" ), s2t( "playbackOptions" ));
	reference.putEnumerated( s2t( "application" ), s2t( "ordinal" ), s2t( "targetEnum" ));
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "null" ), reference );
	descriptor2.putEnumerated( s2t( "performance" ), s2t( "performance" ), s2t( "accelerated" ));
	descriptor.putObject( s2t( "to" ), s2t( "playbackOptions" ), descriptor2 );
	executeAction(s2t( "set" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}

       

      https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

       

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