how to Create an action after you have already edited the photo

[TheDonLeeBoy]

Is it possible to create an action after the image was already edited and saved?

Usually you have to record the action before you start editing but is it possible to already have the edited photo and then record or gather that edit's settings?

[JJMack]

I have never used the record history feature.  It logs what you do in Photoshop perhaps if you log what you do in Photoshop you lane be able to read the log see whet you edited the images and gather the information you need to record the steps and step setting.  All things you doe  in Photoshop can not be recorded into Actions.  I do not know what is logged into the History log. I have never used this feature. There are options ins you Photoshop's preferences

I have never used it.my preferences look like this

[Barb Binder]

No, but you can record them using a new photo. And if you haven't closed the edited file, you can review what you already did (the last 50 steps anyway) in Window > History.

~Barb

[JJMack]

You can see what step you did but there is no information about the setting used these steps in the the history palette

[TheDonLeeBoy]

I am unable to even see that. i guess once you close the file you can no longer go back to that files history

[Ussnorway]

  wrote

I am unable to even see that. i guess once you close the file you can no longer go back to that files history

correct

[TheDonLeeBoy]

I believe i've closed the file already and re-opened it. so i d not think i am able to see anything when i open window> history

[JJMack]

thedonleeboy  wrote

I believe i've closed the file already and re-opened it. so i d not think i am able to see anything when i open window> history

Correct however if you configure your Photoshop Histort Log preference what you did would have been logged into your "Photoshop Edit Log.txt" in whatever folder you configured in your Preferences. In there you wous see data like this.

2018-08-26 09:52:48 Photoshop quit
2018-08-26 09:52:53 Photoshop launched
2018-08-26 09:53:31 File LO2G5037.CR2 opened
2018-08-26 09:53:32 File LO2G5037-1 opened
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Right: 1923 pixels
Fill
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Using: foreground color
Opacity: 100%
Mode: normal
Deselect
Set Selection
To: none
Custom Shape Tool
Set Work Path
To: custom shape
Name:  “Chris”
Top: 1332 pixels
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Right: 1354 pixels
Undo
Custom Shape Tool
Make fill layer
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With Dither
Angle: 90°
Type: linear
Gradient: gradient
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Type: user specified color
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Midpoint: 50
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Location: 0
Midpoint: 50
transparency stop
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Midpoint: 50
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Name:  “Chris”
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Stroke Miter Limit: 100
Stroke Line Cap: Butt Cap
Stroke Line Join: Miter Join
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Without Stroke Scale Lock
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Stroke Blend Mode: normal
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solid color
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Modification: Remove
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As: Photoshop
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In: C:\Users\jjmac\Desktop\Output Folder\
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2018-08-26 09:56:26 File LO2G5037-1.psd closed
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