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Peter A Lund
Peter A Lund
Inspiring
October 30, 2023
Question

Hey > Shotcuts for finding image (layer) in finder

  • October 30, 2023
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Today i found out that there is no shortcut for some of the menu Items that we excecute with the right mouse. 

 

One of them is : "show in finder" (in german "Im finder zeigen"

 

I am not sure why, but this is to me a very important function. 

And if you are working with many images its nice to at least have the option on how to excecute this. 

(groundhog day) 

 

As my last entry > "keyboard shortcut search" 

this falls into the same category of efficiency. 

 

I hope that a lot of people agree and let´s see how long it takes to enable this little feature. 

 

cheers Peter 

 

 

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    Myra Ferguson
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    Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 30, 2023

    In your subject, you mention that you're looking for the image that is on a layer, so it sounds like it's a linked smart object. If that's the case, then you can already add a keyboard shortcut for it.

     

    Right-clicking on a the linked smart object to select Reveal in Finder/Reveal in Explorer is the same as going to Layer > Smart Objects > Reveal in Finder (macOS) or Layer > Smart Objects > Reveal in Explorer (Windows). That menu item doesn't have a keyboard shortcut by default, but you can add one by going to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts... set the Shortcuts For dropdown menu to Application Menus, find the command in the Layer option below, and assign a key or key combination to it.

     

    Here's more information about customizing keyboard shortcuts:

     

      Peter A Lund
      Peter A LundAuthor
      Inspiring
      October 30, 2023

      No its not a smart object. 

      I have seen the menu point for that too. 

       

      I am refering to an image that has one layer that I enhance in Topaz and then I jump back to PS. 

      After this I need to save the Image and then replace the Image in Premiere Pro. 

       

      I recoment to do this for 1000 Images in a row and then you will understand why I am asking to be able to 

      set a shortcut. 

      It´s a very tedious work. 

       

      And I can´t outsource this to a assitant. 

       

      But thanxs. 

       

      I will give the smartobject reveal in finder a look. 

       

      cheers Pete 

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      Stephen Marsh
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      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 30, 2023

       

      @Peter A Lund – To clarify, can you please provide a screenshot of the layer in question selected in the layers panel? I don't use Topaz.

       

      A linked smart object is the only thing that initially makes sense to me.

       

      It could be scripted:

       

      app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID("placedLayerRevealInOS"));

       

      However, as there is already a keyboard shortcut that would be pointless unless it was part of deeper automation. 

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