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December 17, 2018
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Exporting Actions

  • December 17, 2018
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How can i export my actions that we're recorded for my Photoshop illustrations? I can play them back but not export the playback as a video. does someone else know how to do this???

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Correct answer D Fosse

durachi  wrote

export the playback as a video

You misunderstand what actions do. This makes no sense.

As c.p. suggests, screen recording software is what you need.

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jane-e
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December 17, 2018

durachi  wrote

How can i export my actions that we're recorded for my Photoshop

Hi

To answer the first part of your question about “exporting” actions, you click on the name of the set (not the name of the action), then go to the Action panel menu and Save. It will be saved with an .atn exension, and can be shared with others.

I see one huge problem in your screen shot. You have an action called “mindset” (plus a couple of others) inside the set called “Default”. Create one (or more) new set(s) by clicking the folder at the bottom of the panel. Drag and drop your actions into a new set, then save that set. It is not a best practice to put them in Default.

~ Jane

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 17, 2018

durachi  wrote

export the playback as a video

You misunderstand what actions do. This makes no sense.

As c.p. suggests, screen recording software is what you need.

c.pfaffenbichler
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December 17, 2018

I suppose it might be possible to automate exporting a tif, jpg, … (or creating a new »Merge Visible«-Layer) after each Action step and assembling those in a new file with a Script but is it worth the hassle?

c.pfaffenbichler
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December 17, 2018

I can play them back but not export the playback as a video.

What exactly are you trying to do?

Does a plain screen recording not suffice?