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May 4, 2023
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Help with a Photoshop Action, please.

  • May 4, 2023
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Hi Photoshop Community, 

 

I am hopeful that there is a Photoshop action expert in the ecosystem who can help direct me. 

 

I'm on a Mac in the lastest version of Photoshop and I have a Photoshop action that consists of ~37,000 lines of code when viewed as an .xml file. I've used Xtools to convert the action to a .xml file in order to edit it. Once in .xml format, I use UltraEdit or TextEdit to open the file and to edit the file name, the Action File key, and Action Set name. Once saved, I use Xtools to convert the .xml file back to a Photoshop Action .atn file. 

 

The problem is this: when I run the action in RGB, 8-bit, with a flattened image of background, the file glitches on a specific Set function whereby a dialog box pops up that says "the command Set is currently not available.". When I look at the specific Set Function step in the actions panel within Photoshop, I can locate the issue which is the Set Selection states "to: <unknown>" when it should state "to: none". I've looked at the code in .xml and .jsx format and see no difference between either the original action (which works fine) and the renamed action -- the codes look identical and both show "none" in the code correctly. I've reset preferences and uninstalled and reinstalled Photoshop and neither of these did anything to solve it. 


Other than the pop-up window for the Set Function happening in multiple instances of the same "to:<unknown>", everything else in the actions plays correctly. Any ideas?

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Correct answer Jeff Arola

You can edit that one step by selecting that step, doing a Select>All, hitting the Record button, doing a Select>Deselect, stop recording, then delete the unknown step. If any of the other unknown steps are the same you can copy the recorded step by holding down the Opt key while moving the step.

 

Then if the action works you can save the action as you would any other.

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Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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May 4, 2023

You can edit that one step by selecting that step, doing a Select>All, hitting the Record button, doing a Select>Deselect, stop recording, then delete the unknown step. If any of the other unknown steps are the same you can copy the recorded step by holding down the Opt key while moving the step.

 

Then if the action works you can save the action as you would any other.

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robf25469352Author
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May 4, 2023

Thank you for the reply, Jeff. Much appreciated. I don't see an option to Select>All in either the Edit drop down menu or the expanded Actions menu (see attached). 

Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
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May 4, 2023

In the main photoshop menu Select>All

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