Working with graphic editors is a lot of trouble. Especially if users want to initialize additional tools in their respective programs. Next, we’ll try to figure out how to install the action in Photoshop. What is required for this? We will try to fully understand all this. Walkthroughs help you shed light on a related topic. Installing an action will not cause any real difficulties.
Action is ...
What is an action for Photoshop? This tool can greatly facilitate the work with a graphical editor.
An action is a sequence of actions recorded by a user. Such tools allow one or another result to be achieved without performing certain actions in stages. For example, through an action, a person can quickly add a watermark to an image. Very comfortably!
But how to install the action in Photoshop? There are various options for the development of events. Below are all possible manipulations to solve the problem.
Initialization Methods
How to install action in Photoshop SS? As already mentioned, users can cope with the idea in different ways. It all depends on the preferences of each user.
To date, the following methods for installing actions are distinguished:
- standard (correct);
- manual;
- custom.
The first case is in great demand. It allows you to avoid unnecessary problems and failures when working with the tool.
Standard solution
How to set the action in Photoshop CS6? Let's start with the simplest scenario. It is used by the bulk of users. This is a normal tool initialization.
To do this, you need to perform the following manipulations:
- Find the finished action. This is a .atn document. It is in this interpretation that a person will be able to download the tool into the application.
- Open Photoshop.
- Go to the "Window" menu item. It is located at the top of the dialog box.
- Go to the "Operations" section.
- Click on the button that opens the toolbox functional menu. This is the control in the upper right corner of the Operations section.
- Click on the line that says "Download operations ...".
- Specify the path to the previously unpacked file with the action.
- Confirm procedure.
After a few seconds, the tool will be loaded into the graphics editor. You don’t have to do anything else. If you wish, you can restart Photoshop and start working with the action.
Important: to quickly go to the "Operations" menu, you can press the key combination Alt + F9.
Manual initialization
The second trick is manual installation. This option is often used, but it can lead to errors.
It is proposed to act in such a way:
- Unzip the finished action file. It must be in .atn format.
- Close Photoshop. This is an extremely important point. If you neglect this operation, the installation of the tool may occur with errors.
- Double-click on an action document prepared in advance.
- Wait a while.
As a rule, this technique does not cause any difficulties. If at the time of initialization the user was working in Photoshop, he will have to restart the utility. Only after this will the tool be pumped.
Custom method
And how else can you install the action in Photoshop? The last suggestion is to carry out all the manipulations yourself. The reception is not as popular as the previously proposed instructions. It can lead to errors, and in some cases this solution does not work at all.
Instructions for "custom" action initialization are as follows:
- Unpack the finished action.
- Copy the file to the computer clipboard.
- Open the folder in which Photoshop is installed. Usually it is located on drive C, in "Program Files" / "Adobe" / "Adobe Photoshop" / "Presents". We need the Actions section.
- Paste action from clipboard.
- Launch Photoshop and wait a bit.