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scotwllm
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September 11, 2021
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Creating Actions Questions

  • September 11, 2021
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Hi all --

 

I want to create an action that selects each of the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. The attached shows the script Adobe created when I selected the orange hues 15-44. I have tried multiple times to record the rest of the colors the same way, but things always break down  and the resulting script is unusable. 

 

Can I edit this in a text editor? You know, copy this code 11 more times and then change the numbers and names accordingly?

 

Scott

 

Also, why are the colors expressed in LAB format? I was using RGB, and now I have to go and learn a new color system for no apparent reason.

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 11, 2021

That appears to be the Actions Panel, so why are you talking about Scripts? (Though Scripts may indeed provide a better approach.) 

What is the actual goal here? 

 

»Also, why are the colors expressed in LAB format? I was using RGB, and now I have to go and learn a new color system for no apparent reason.«

Assuming there is »no apparent reason« to understand Lab would seem to miss the point, Lab is the PCS after all. 

RGB numbers do not describe actual color appearance unless they are accompanied by a Color Space definition, usually an ICC Profile. 

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    September 11, 2021

    Regarding scripts in place of actions, ask him if he is French 😉 If not then that's probably mistake.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 11, 2021

      The menu appears to be in english in the screenshot, but it is a possibility. 

       

      In any case it seems likely that Scripting might provide a better approach. 

      But I am not certain what the ultimate goal is because the screenshot does not seem to show tertiary colors; and if isolating primary and secondary colors is the goal I wonder if simply using the Channel Calculations or Selections based on the Channels might not be easier. 

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