So in my first video on actions, I walked us through the creation of a simple b/w action. We even tested it and it ran perfectly on the next file we opened. But if anyone actually created an action like the one in the video, you would know that it wouldn’t work on folders. So how do we get it to run on a batch folder?
By reading the rest of this post! [Read more →]
Lawrence Lightner recently offered me eternal gratitude for a walk through on actions. So I made a flash video. I figure he now owes me his eternal soul. The rest of you have no such burden. Well, not really. . .
I have a pet peeve: I hate doing small tasks repetitively. I’ll spend an hour figuring out how to automate something rather than just sit down and do it, even if it would have only taken half an hour to do it the long way. Even knowing this, I’ll still spend the hour to figure out the most efficient way to do something. Why?
Because the very next time I have to do a similar task, I can automate it! We all do this, though in different aspects of our lives, and for different reasons. A good example of this is Bill Pay. We all have the same bills to pay each month, so rather than sit down once or twice a month to write out checks, and plan a visit to the post office, we automate it through our bank accounts, saving us time. So why not apply this thinking to Photoshop? [Read more →]