Record Action - Make New Document using Preset Clipboard

[emmanuelc51313331]

In the new photoshop (version 26.9.0), I am no longer able to record an action with making a new document using preset "Clipboard". Photoshop now records the exact dimensions instead of the clipboard preset.

Now:

Used to be:

Anyway to make it records "Preset: Clipboard" again?

[creative explorer]

@emmanuelc51313331 I hate to say it but you are absolutely correct a change in behavior in a recent versions of Photoshop. When you record an action to create a new document using the "Clipboard" preset, Photoshop now records the specific pixel dimensions of the item on the clipboard at the time of recording, rather than the dynamic Clipboard preset itself.

[emmanuelc51313331]

Alright thanks, so it is not me haha. Do you know if it's a bug that I should report or it is Adobe's intention of how it should work? 

[Bojan Živković]

That's my experience too in the 26.8.1 release.

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

If there is no solution in actions, you could script the step, perhaps that isn't broken:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/feature-request-auto-paste-when-creating-cl...

#target photoshop

try {
    // New Doc from Clipboard - Courtesy of the late Michael L. Hale
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
    var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc1.putString(stringIDToTypeID("preset"), "Clipboard");
    desc.putObject(charIDToTypeID("Nw  "), charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), desc1);
    executeAction(charIDToTypeID("Mk  "), desc, DialogModes.NO);

} catch (error) {
    alert("The clipboard is empty or does not have suitable content to create a new document!");
}

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html 

[jazz-y · Accepted solution]

26.9.0 Everything ok

When recording an action, do not change options in the document creation window. As soon as you change at least one value, the window will switch from clipboard mode to custom and will be recorded exactly as on your screenshot.