Place a Library Asset With an Action?

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April 2, 2017
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I was looking at the Page Curl thread yesterday, and looked at an approach making the effect as a Smart Object, and placing it a CC Library. I then tried to place it on an image using an Action, but was unable to record the Place step in the action. A look at the Help pages gave me the impression that I'd need to set up asset sharing, which is more trouble than I'd want to go to, so is there a simple way to place a Library asset using an Action in Photoshop CC?

BTW I tried placing linked and embedded. I have Shared the item which now has THIS LINK but I am not sure how to use that link in an Action.

Thanks

Incidentally, sharing items via CC Libraries would be a useful way to share image assets with other forum members. I haven't tried it, but you could turn a lot of layers into a Smart Object, and place in a Library. Methinks I'll have to test that idea.

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Adrian Santa

Participant

Hello, i know this is an old topic, but it is very frustrating that it still doesnt work.

I found a simple workaround to this problem : i make a new document at the same size as the item from library, i put all the layers on that document, and save it as a psd. In the action i use place embeded and then convert to layer. The actions work really ok like this. Extra steps for a simple thing, but at least it's something.

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Susheel C

Participant

Thank you! This helped so much.

PECourtejoie

Community Expert

Trevor, did you place a feature request on Feedback for that?

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Q0093C-PC

Inspiring

Hi Trevor,

Did you ever figure out how to record placing a cc library asset into the layers panel of photoshop using an action?

I am stuck with the exact same dilema. It would be great if some one could assist with a solution to this.

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StreetwiseCreative

Known Participant

Same issue here. It seems like you can't place library items in a layer as an action. The action just ignores that. 😞

Trevor.Dennis

Author

Community Expert

I don't think I can test the shared assets idea because I'm thinking it needs to be accessed via another user's library. Grabbing the item from the shared link just gets you a single rasterized layer, albeit a layer with transparency intact. If anyone out there feels like sharing something from their library, I'd appreciate the chance to test it. Ta