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Fotomaker01RA
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November 29, 2022
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How Do I Backup/Save All My Ps (2022) Actions B4 Updating to Ps 2023?

  • November 29, 2022
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I have a long list of actions that are a mix of custom ones I've created & some I've downloaded from the Web.

 

Before I update to Ps 2023 (I planned to do it tomorrow - 11/29) I'm making sure Ps elements like my Actions, Brushes, Skies for Sky Replacement, etc. are backed up/saved to elsewhere on my PC so I don't 'accidentally' lose anything I care about having port forward to the new Ps release.

 

I work on a Win 11 Pro desktop PC.

 

Because I have lots of actions, brushes, skies, plugins, etc. I can't try to save or back them up 1 at a time.

How do I either locate & copy files or save/backup the diff. elements of concern from inside Ps each as their own full set of assets vs one at a time?

 

BTW, I already looked under my C: AppData > Roaming > Presets > Actions folder hierarchy (I looked in the correct place even if I'm missing a layer while typing here...) and there was zero content at the end of the folder hierarchy.

 

Thx in advance for any help!

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Bojan Živković11378569
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Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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November 29, 2022

Save actions in default location or save them anywhere on your computer then load them in Photoshop, thats simplest answer. If you save in default ofered location Photoshop won't delete them when uninstalling previous/installing new version.

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Fotomaker01RAAuthor
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November 29, 2022

Thx, but it is the 'how to' do the saves/backups for the full sets (vs 1 x 1 saves) vs a 'where to' that I need to understand.... Can you advise on the part I don't know also? That would be great,

Bojan Živković11378569
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Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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November 29, 2022

You mean how to backup or save everything using one click? There isn't built in option to save all action sets from once if thats your question, perhaps script can do that.

    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    November 29, 2022

    You can manually save each action set to .atn file, or a script can automate this for you. You can also try the .psp file route, however, this isn't a replacement for saving to .atn file.

     

    More here:

    https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/01/photoshop-custom-action-file-backup.html

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      Fotomaker01RAAuthor
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      November 29, 2022

      Thx Stephen! I'll chk that out.

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