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Lyf Pixels
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January 3, 2021
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Photoshop Actions Folder Groupings

  • January 3, 2021
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Hi Folks  I need your Help

I start the recording

Created the layers I want as an action. 

Select all the layers and group them

Renamed the Group

Stopped recording. 

Works fine. 

But when I play the action twice, It nest all the previous folders into a single folder. 
Please how do I make it clean crisp without the nesting function

 

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Correct answer Lyf Pixels

Thanks, @JJMack 

I got my solution from your earlier post. This time I used the Shift + Ctrl + ] and it worked. The [ wasn't working and was creating some kind of different issue.

 

Thanks a lot. I appreciate 

 

Your Post that I used

you would need to record the action a little differently.   Do not create a new layer group and add layers into the group.  Instead  just create all the layers and name them that you want in the group. When the last layer you want in the grout is added that will be Photoshop targeted layer. Add the rest of the layer you added to the targeted layers.  It Is best to record this relatively using the shortcut Shift+Alt+[  for each layer added. The Shortcut add the Previous layer to the targeted layers.  Once all the layer are targeted record menu Layer>New>Group from Layers... . In the Pop-up dialog name the group. The group will be created and closed.

JJMack

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 3, 2021

From the description of your action it select all groups then makes a new groups containing the selected groups and names the new group. Running the action twice on a document should group the new group created in the first run into a new group the second run creates and names. 

 

Actions can not be nested Photoshop does not support that. An action can not play itself to nest the action.  You should not play the action on the document you recorded the action on. You should not play the action twice on adocument unless you have created addional groups after the first playing that you want to group into a new group.

JJMack
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Lyf PixelsAuthorCorrect answer
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January 3, 2021

Thanks, @JJMack 

I got my solution from your earlier post. This time I used the Shift + Ctrl + ] and it worked. The [ wasn't working and was creating some kind of different issue.

 

Thanks a lot. I appreciate 

 

Your Post that I used

you would need to record the action a little differently.   Do not create a new layer group and add layers into the group.  Instead  just create all the layers and name them that you want in the group. When the last layer you want in the grout is added that will be Photoshop targeted layer. Add the rest of the layer you added to the targeted layers.  It Is best to record this relatively using the shortcut Shift+Alt+[  for each layer added. The Shortcut add the Previous layer to the targeted layers.  Once all the layer are targeted record menu Layer>New>Group from Layers... . In the Pop-up dialog name the group. The group will be created and closed.

JJMack
Chuck Uebele
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Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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January 3, 2021

It looks like you selected all layers in your action, so when you run it again, it will select all layers, even the group that you just created. You need to create the action somehow by not actually clicking on a layer, which will generate a layer name in the action, but use keyboard shortcuts. As @c.pfaffenbichler mentioned create the layers group first, then add the layers to the group. Use KBSC like select next or previous layer, rather than clicking on the layer. Scripts are more versatile in this regard.

    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    January 3, 2021

    Actions reference certain elements by name, so your problem does not seem completely unexpected. 

    You may want to start by creating a group, then populating it with Layers instead. 

     

    But to clarify please post meaningful screenshots including the pertinent Panels. 

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