Saving Actions as Files
When you create a new set of actions, Photoshop displays the actions in the Actions palette, but the actions are not permanently saved to the hard drive. That means if you delete an unsaved action or action set, they will be gone forever. To stop that from happening, you need to save the sets. Not only does this give you the ability to save your precious actions, it lets you share you actions with other Photoshop users. For example, you have a friend that's having trouble performing color correction to an image. The problem is she lives 800 miles away. So you create an action that performs color correction, save the action as a file, and e-mail her the file. Now, all she has to do is click the Actions Options button, and then click Load Actions. She now has the action to color correct her images.

Save Actions as Files
Select the Actions palette.
Click the set you want to save.
Click the Actions Options button, and then click the Save Actions .
Enter a name for the action set. The default name will be the original name of the set.
Click the Where (Mac) or Save In (Win) list arrow, and then click where to save the set.
Click Save .
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Did You Know?You can access your new Action Set directly from the Actions dialog box. If you save the new action set in the Photoshop Actions folder, the actions appears at the bottom of the Actions Options dialog box. |