Re-Select previously selected layer in custom action

[Jan5E8E]

Hi,

I would like to create a custom action in Photoshop which is supposed to do the following steps:

1. Select group "overlay-main"

2. Set its opacity to 50%

3. Select the layer (or group) which had been selected when the action was triggered (i.e. before step 1).

Is something like that possible with actions? An alternative would be an action-step which changes the opacity of a specific group ("overlay-main" in my case) without selecting it, i.e. without changing the layer selection at all. Is that maybe possible?

Or would I have to use the plugin API and write a plugin to achieve something like that?

Thanks,

Jan

[c.pfaffenbichler]

For the time being a Script (in JavaScript) would suffice. 

[Jan5E8E]

Good idea, thanks - didn't know that there's a simple JS scripting API. I'll check that out for sure, a first glance at the provided scripts shows me that it's probably quite easy.

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[Kukurykus]

Moderator please mark above comment as the spam (unless that has sense I can't see).

[Jan5E8E]

I was thinking the same - either a stroke (I hope not) or a bot...

[Kukurykus]

He liked 2 posts of me in this thread, including the above one, so probably not a bot 😉

If that's the user it's okay. Let's him explain what he means by his comment...

[jazz-y · Accepted solution]

 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

A nifty work-around! 

But if more than one Layer were selected at the beginning I think Scripting would be hard to avoid. 

[jazz-y]

If such layers go one after another, then we can create a group, and then ungroup it. If the selection of layers is arbitrary, yes, I think only with a script. But, I think, @Jan5E8E  does not need it.

[Jan5E8E]

Cool, thanks! I'll use that for now and look into scripting later with a bit more time!

[Kukurykus]

'Layer via Copy' is something I would suggest as well for described problem 😉