PS - Editing Actions

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November 21, 2018
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I'll create an action go to use it & it doesn't work only to realize I forgot a step, is there a way to edit an action you created without deleting the whole thing & starting over? Also if a action is created & it works just fine can you re-assign another F-Key to it without having to create the action all over again? I try to group similar actions that I use together and at times find myself having to re-create a few actions with new F-Key's to put them where I want. Thanks for reading hope someone can shed some light on this for me.

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melissapiccone

Community Expert

I would have to take a look and CS2 was so long ago, but I don't think there have been any changes to actions in the last 10 years. Do you use Bridge? go to the Tools drop down menu in Bridge, choose Batch. You will get a diaglog box where you can run the action and choose the destination..

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jane-e

Community Expert

melissapiccone wrote
Do you use Bridge?... You will get a dialog box where you can run the action and choose the destination..

If not, then File > Automate > Batch from PS brings up the same dialog (but without Source: Bridge, where you can filter first.)

roisenp

Known Participant

Jane,

Thank you so much for the addition of File>Automate>batch line you added to melissapiccone's Bridge fix (I do not use Bridge but maybe something to explore later).

It was not exactly what I was expecting but it works very well. With the batch function I can save all the open photos back to the correct folder without having to send each one through the Action I had written (but was no longer sending them to original file). Saves time and steps.

Seems to me that I should be able to actually incorporate this into one of the steps of my Action. ???

God Bless.

Paul

Paul O. Roisen

jane-e

Community Expert

To add to what others have said, editing actions is more flexible than you initially think.

You can rearrange steps with drag and drop
You can hit record and record the one step without doing the others first
You can drag a step from one action to another — or copy with Option + drag
You can double-click a step to edit it
You can trash a step that doesn’t belong

Just be sure to create a Set (folder) first, then select that set and save it from the panel menu when you are finished. If you reset your actions (or your preferences), they will go back to the saved versions.