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Googling I saw it used to be possible to convert actions (ATN files) to text
It seems I add to select the action then hold opt+md on my Mac and in the Actions button I would receive a message telling me SAVE AS with text option
Is this still available and if not any ways to do it?
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Press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS) when you
choose the Save Actions command to save the actions in a text file.
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I think xbytor provided a tool to convert atn-files to xml.
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Sorry but it seems as if this tool is for Windows and Iam on a Mac .... thanks anyway
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The tools might have been provided for some time. I am using
Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.7 20191017.r.87 2019/010/17: 1208010 x64
When I run the scripts trying to convert atn to xml, I got an error message :
Error 8:Syntax error.
Line 35 var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
Are there any newer tools ?
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Press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS) when you
choose the Save Actions command to save the actions in a text file.
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Thanks Jeff
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It does not seem save as text is available in Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.7 20191017.r.87 2019/010/17: 1208010 x64 running on Windows 10. Does it ?
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Appears to work here with photoshop cc 2019 20.0.7 running under windows 10 x64 1903.
Make sure you click on one of the the action set folders before saving.
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Tried again. ATN is the only "save as" file type available, TXT does not appear.
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How to convert the txt file to atn, please help, million thanks
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I don't know of a way to convert the .txt action set save into an action. I don't believe that this would be easy to do. I don't believe that the save as .txt option was intended to edit/convert back to an .atn file.
I don't know of a way to convert the .json action set save into an action. I would guess that this would be easier to do if the .json contained all of the required code. I have not explored this in any detail and it would be nice if somebody with advanced scripting knowledge could comment. I am not sure why the .json option was added, this came later.
Otherwise, I'd look at xtools 2.3 from xbytor if you wish to save/edit/convert an action through a text editor:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ps-scripts/files/xtools/v2.3/
Good luck!

