Adobe Photoshop CS2 On Demand [Electronic resources]

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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