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lucienp8924865
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January 20, 2017
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I just finished a tutorial that required selecting Handshake image and pasting into new image. I recorded my Actions while going thru the tutorial and played it back. No. problem. I did noticed that it recorded every correction I made in adding and subtracting to refine selection. Can I delete any of said entries?  Thanks for looking. Lucie

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Correct answer PanosFX8450410

You can delete any action steps by selecting them and then clicking on the trash icon, at the bottom of the actions panel. To select multiple steps you can hold down the Ctrl key (PC) or the cmd key (Mac) and click on each step.

But, are you sure you don't need these steps? The action recorded every step you took to refine the selection. If you delete these commands, the selection will look different when you run the action again.

My recommendation:

First deactivate (exclude) the particular steps instead of deleting them. To deactivate a step, click the check mark to the left of the action step:

Then run the action again. Are you happy with the result? Then delete the excluded steps. If not, activate them again.

Regards

Panos Efstathiadis

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PanosFX8450410Correct answer
Inspiring
January 21, 2017

You can delete any action steps by selecting them and then clicking on the trash icon, at the bottom of the actions panel. To select multiple steps you can hold down the Ctrl key (PC) or the cmd key (Mac) and click on each step.

But, are you sure you don't need these steps? The action recorded every step you took to refine the selection. If you delete these commands, the selection will look different when you run the action again.

My recommendation:

First deactivate (exclude) the particular steps instead of deleting them. To deactivate a step, click the check mark to the left of the action step:

Then run the action again. Are you happy with the result? Then delete the excluded steps. If not, activate them again.

Regards

Panos Efstathiadis

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    lucienp8924865Author
    Inspiring
    January 21, 2017

    Thanks so much. The tutorial required selecting an image, recording every stroke. Your response was most helpful. I am finally getting a feel for Photoshop--thanks to all the great tutorials and to this forum.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    January 21, 2017

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      lucienp8924865Author
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      January 21, 2017

      Wow, thanks so much. I can't wait to go through the links you provided. I will get back to you soon and, again, many thanks.

      davescm
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      davescmCommunity Expert
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      January 21, 2017

      Hi

      If you want to delete steps within a recorded action :

      Click on the step to highlight it.

      Go to the top right of the actions panel and click to get the drop down menu

      Click on delete

      I hope that helps you

      Dave

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        lucienp8924865Author
        Inspiring
        January 21, 2017

        Dave, thanks so much for your response. I am just now going through Photoshop Essentials tutorials for the second time. I had to step back for a bit because there was much to remember. I now have a better understanding of the Selection tools, Recording Actions and saving to desktop. Just discovered Filter, Render, Lighting Effects (love it). Best yet I can Add/Subtract using the various Lasso tools. I actually don't know why I need to learn Photoshop at all, but I just want to. When I am a bit more comfortable, I will try applying some of this knowledge to the many family photos I have saved on my desktop.

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