Pause action, move layer and continue [2017]

This is still an issue - BIG PROBLEM - and what's labeled as a "correct answer" is absolutely unhelpful. PLEASE someone answer this!

By @paul3.14159

There are 2 options:

(A) One either inserts a stop. Then the user does something. Then they play the action from the stop point...

or

(B) Or one turns on the modal control for an interactive transform step.

Here I move the layer 1 pixel right, without the step modal control being active (this is a means to an end). This step is optional, it is really only there to illustrate the modal control being off, as opposed to on. If one is going to move or otherwise transform the layer, starting off with a 1 pixel move isn't a big deal.

Next, I move it 1 pixel left (so that they layer is back where it started) – with the modal control active to provide an interactive "pause". In effect the action is paused until the transform is completed, then the action will automatically continue playing until it hits another interactive modal,  stop step or the end of the action.

EDIT: I created a "null transform" action to start with a 0 position transform in case somebody finds it useful:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0v2bhbyhmec4519cyxtx8/Null-Transform.atn?rlkey=y6fz4qz78lxka4k2nc06ej59h&dl=0

That won't work but I did find a workaround. The problem is you can't do anything with moving a layer when the action is paused. The workaround is do a control t or free transform on the layer. Then you can do a pause and move as needed when you complete the transformation including the move it works fine

Bill Tucker

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