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TuckMan092
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July 13, 2017
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Pause action, move layer and continue [2017]

  • July 13, 2017
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I want to make an action that stops, allows me to move a layer, and then continue.  Doing a stop will not work and I can't check the box next to the action item.  Whca can I do?

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Correct answer JJMack

I have years of experance creating and editint action. What you write is not correct. You can also make an interactive steps where you the user has control  to perform a transform.

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paul3.14159
paul3.14159
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August 17, 2023

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

Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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August 17, 2023
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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

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    desono5000000
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    December 15, 2023

    How does one "turn on a modal control"? I'm trying to move an anchor point during my action to copy rotate a shape, but as soon as I hit enter, the anchor point goes back to the location where it was when I recorded the action.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    July 13, 2017

    A stop message should work.  There is no box you want to check.  You want the action to stop so you can move the layer. You move the layer then click Play ant the action continue.  That the way stop works. The action stops in the stop step.  You do what you want to do then click Play and the action continues from the step after the stop step.

    JJMack
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    TuckMan092Author
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    July 13, 2017

    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

    Tucker Creative Photo

     

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      JJMack
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      JJMackCommunity Expert
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      October 30, 2018

      JJMack​ - Ok, it is possible.  Sounds good.  Now can you tell us how to do that?


      You can turn on steps dialog  to make a step interactive by checking the steps dialog box you want to make interactive or you add stop messages so the action will stop so you can do steps not in the action then you click play to continue the action.  You can make more than one step interactive and you can have more than one stop message steps.  The is also a stop with continue step where you have an option to stop the action or just continue its play.

      JJMack
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