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lvartist
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August 23, 2025
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Creative Magazine Watercolor Action Set

  • August 23, 2025
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I often used this action set in the past.  But not recently.  Yesterday was was working in Photoshop 26.10.0 using the firefly 3.0 tools.  Decided to try the old Watercolor Action set on the image produced in Firefly 3.0.  The result was nothing like I used to see with this action set. I was in the Creative Cloud for a least an hour this morning trying to locate a new version of the watercolor action if a new version exists.  No success. 

Has Adobe discontinued this action set? If a new action set exists, where is it? 

Thanks

 

 

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creative explorer
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creative explorerCommunity Expert
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August 24, 2025

@lvartist The reason you're getting a different result with your old action set is likely due to compatibility issues. An action records a specific sequence of commands and settings. If a filter or a step in that sequence has been updated or behaves differently in a new version of Photoshop, the action can produce an unexpected outcome or even fail to run completely. The new Firefly-generated images also have their own unique characteristics which might not be compatible with the old action's steps.

With regards to the Creative Magazine Watercolor Action Set, here is a link to that 

I would Google Water Color Action Sets for Photoshop as well. I use brushes from Brusheezy. But you can here as a starting point. 

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lvartistAuthor
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August 24, 2025

Your reply can be broken down into 3 segments:

 

Segment 1:Firefly 3.0 has nothing to do with the issue I reported. You would have known that if you had the watercolor set installed on your computer. Is it installed? I tried the action set on and unmodified photo and an painted image. The result was the same. The Watercolor Action Set did NOT work. You also referenced a post from 2020. This is 2025. A post in 2020 is not likely to apply to an issue in 2025. The 2020 post does not apply! Something you should have know!

 

Segment 2 Did you download the WC Action Set assuming you did not have the set on your computer. How did that go? Did you find the SET in the Creative Cloud?

 

Segment 3. “here is a link to that “

 

The link has nothing to do with my post.

 

Adobe employees monitor posts on this forum. I am hopeful that an employee will comment on this thread in the next 24 hours. If not I will contact Adobe support Monday morning for clarification.

 

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