How to change the anchor point interactively in an action...

Question

I'd like to be able to create 11 copies of a selected portion of an image, rotated around a single point, and I'd like to choose that single anchor point while running the script. Here is my action, which is run after I choose to select "subject" in the original image:

The problem I'm having is that there doesn't seem to be a way to pause the action so that I can choose the rotation point during the action.

As you can see from the action that I've posted, the anchor point is recorded as a fixed point, and there doesn't seem to be a way to assign a new anchor point with the cursor as the action runs.

Thanks for your input.

Jeff

c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted Answer

The only remaining issue is that I have to figure out how to tuck in the last copy behind the first copy so that all copies overlap the same way. 🙂

Duplicate the lowermost of the Layers, move it to the top and Clipping Mask it to the »last« Layer.

Edit:

desono5000000 · Answer

I figured it out using the following action steps. The trick is to move the anchor point BEFORE entering the angle of rotation. Also, the recorded "Transform Current Layer" cannot be interactively changed, so I used the "Select Rotate Menu Item" instead and that allows me to interactively change the anchor point location to anywhere I wish, and then set the rotation angle to 30 degrees (or whatever you wish to). Thanks for everyone's input.

The only remaining issue is that I have to figure out how to tuck in the last copy behind the first copy so that all copies overlap the same way. 🙂

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