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lewisgodwincox
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February 18, 2019
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Actions repeating in multiple places

  • February 18, 2019
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Hello!

I'm not very familiar with actions so it may be a simple solution but i havent turned anything up from searching the forum.

I am placing a lot and i mean a lot of dots on a canvas for a project. its easy but time consuming. As far as i am aware actions will just repeat in the same place i recorded them. What i want really is to record an action and for it to repeat one inch to the right. then repeat again but even further to the left and so on until it is complete. Is this possible and if so what do i need to do?

Cheers everyone!

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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February 18, 2019

If you want to automate something like that you would need to write a Photoshop Script. Actions and not use logic without using some Photoshop scripting.

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lewisgodwincoxAuthor
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February 18, 2019

unfortunately i have no knowledge on scripting so that wouldnt get me very far, id have to learn it from scratch.

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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February 18, 2019

If you want to do something like the you can select the Canvas a fill it with a pattern. It may be cliped on the right and bottom if the pattern is not a multiple of the width and height some scaling of patterns is possible though.

JJMack
Bojan Živković11378569
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Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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February 18, 2019

You can record step(s) in action to duplicate layer then to move it to the right or left. Can you post screenshot of actual result which you want to achieve? It is not very clear to me what exactly you want.

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lewisgodwincoxAuthor
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February 18, 2019

This is what ive created manually, but i want to use actions to place each dot one by one. so if i record an action of me doing the first column can i use that action to do the rest?

Bojan Živković11378569
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Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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February 18, 2019

Yes you can. It is best to record two actions: one to create first column of dots and to group them in layer group. Second action should duplicate layer group several times and to move it for certain amount of space.

Are you aware of step and repeat in Photoshop, by the way? Watch video below

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