Photoshop Tutorial 09: Photoshop Recorder In the actual process of processing images, we often need to use the same operation on a large number of images. If we process them one by one, not only will the speed be very slow, but many parameter settings will often be wrong. If we could combine a series of Photoshop drawing commands into a collection, we could just click a button to perform a series of operations when we need them. Wouldn’t it be much more convenient? The action panel is set up for this purpose. You can use Photoshop’s built-in action set, or you can “record” the action set yourself for later use. The so-called batch processing refers to using the ready-made action set to edit a picture or a group of pictures. Batch images are processed automatically. Many friends who often use Photoshop often overlook the action panel known as the “Photoshop recorder”. Actions allow you to combine a series of Photoshop drawing commands into a new command group – actions. Using these command groups, you can automatically execute all the commands stored in them in one step (press the play button), much like the DOS era. The batch processing is more like the VCD next to the TV. For example, you can press the record command in the action panel to record a series of drawing commands, and then play it back on another computer like a DVD.
Action Panel
The action panel is shown in Figure 9-1. The action panel has a file directory-like structure, just like a folder has a “root directory”, “subdirectory”, and “file”. Here it is also Similar structures can be seen. The line with a triangle is the directory line. The downward triangle indicates that the directory is open and you can see the files and subdirectories inside. The triangle to the right indicates that the directory is not open yet and you can click on it. The lines without triangles are “files”, which are specific execution commands. In this example, the top row of Default Actions is the directory row, that is, the root directory. This is a built-in Action set directory in Photoshop. There are also some action sets, which can be called by clicking the black triangle in the upper right corner of the control window and selecting the load menu command in the pop-up menu to the directory. I’ll tell you more in detail in the following sections.
Figure 9-01
Us Let’s first take a look at the different function buttons on the panel:
(1) Expand and collapse of actions
In the action control panel, each action set is included in a small file package logo. Click the small The triangle mark to the left of the file package logoMaking it standing can expand and collapse each command, as shown in Figure 9-1 Click the inverted triangle on the left side of the action return imgzoom(this,700);” onclick=”javascript:window.open(this.src);” style=”cursor: pointer;”/>Make it stand to expand the action with parameter settings to view the default parameters set up.
(2) The check mark and box on the left side of the action panel
The check mark on the left side of the action panel means that some commands in the command set are not selected, that is, they are not executed when the action is played. If all the check marks are selected, all commands in the command set will be executed. The box to the right of the check mark indicates that the parameter setting dialog box will pop up when the command is executed. The box is red, indicating that the parameter setting dialog box will not pop up for some commands or all commands during execution, and the default parameter values will be used.
(3) Function keys under the action panel
As shown in Figure 9-4, the five buttons are stop, record, play, create new action package, create new action, and delete. When you want to record your own actions, it is recommended to create a new action package, and then record your new actions in this package.
Figure 9-04
( 4) The small triangle in the upper right corner of the action panel
The black triangle in the upper right corner of the action panel, click to open the action panel drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 9-6.
Figure 9-06
New Action
Before creating a new action, we must first create a new sequence, so that the actions we create can be saved in the sequence, different from other actions and sequences that come with Photoshop, so that we can edit or delete them later. Actions created by yourself, such asAs shown in ��9-7.
Figure 9-07
Click Create a new action button in the action panel, the second to last button among the six buttons in the bottom row, pops up as shown in Figure 9- In the dialog box shown in 12, enter the name of the action. The hotkey for the action can be set in the function key. You can select F2-F12 or leave it unselected. The color selected in the option can only be displayed in button mode. Default is gray button. After setting, click
Start recording. At this time, every step you perform in photoshop will be recorded and become a new action set. Click
Stop recording. In addition, if you continue recording on the original action, just click
Button.
Figure 9-12
Use Action
After we finish recording the action, to apply it in practice, we can also use Photoshop’s default action. It can be divided into two types, namely using actions for a single image and using the same action for a large number of images.
When using actions, you must first open an image. This can be done through the panel shown in Figure 9-14. In button mode, just double-click the button. In list mode, click , as shown in Figure 9-15, two All methods can achieve the effect shown in Figure 9-16, where a border is added to the image.
Figure 9-14
Figure 9-15
Figure 9-16
Editing action
We are executing the action During the process, you may feel that the speed of action execution is not particularly suitable, or if you want to understand how its related settings work, it is necessary to learn how to edit actions.
(1) Rename action – Double-click the name of the action in list mode, and the dialog box shown in Figure 9-17 will pop up. Just re-enter the name of the action, set the sequence and display color, etc.
Figure 9-17
( 2) Move action – click an action with the mouse and drag it to the appropriate position.
(3) Copy action – select the action and drag it to the icon on the panel to complete the copy , or use the drop-down menu
Complete copying.
(4) Delete action – select the action to be deleted and click the icon on the screenThat is Can. Or select
command, pop up the dialog box and confirm. Or directly use the mouse to drag the action to
That’s it.
(5) Edit action content – the command to start recording is to execute this option in the menu. You can add new recording actions to the selected actions, that is, insert new operations on the basis of the original actions. In the default mode, new actions can only appear behind the selected action. The record command again is used to modify the settings of some parameters in the action to make it more in line with our requirements.
(6) Insert menu item – click this command, a dialog box as shown in Figure 9-23 will pop up, prompting you to use the mouse to select an operation in the window. Note that these operations can only be performed on the upper part of the page. in various drop-down menus.
Figure 9-23
( 7) Insert stop – When executing an action, we can use this option if we encounter some steps that cannot be recorded. When the setting is stopped, a dialog box will pop up, as shown in Figure 9-24. You can consider setting some prompt information. This information can remind you what operations should be done next time this action is used. Allowing to continue refers to whether to continue the following operations without performing any operations. Figure 9-25 and Figure 9-26 are different dialog windows when this box is checked or not.
Figure 9-24
Figure 9-25
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Action options
Playback options, as shown in the figure As shown in 9-27.
Figure 9-27
Dialog Acceleration, step-by-step, and pause on the box represent different speeds respectively. When accelerating, the default mode is the fastest execution speed. Step by step is helpful to clearly see the operation effect of each step. Pause can adjust the pause time after each operation is completed. If you select the Pause sound annotation check box, a sound will be emitted during the pause.
Saving and loading actions
(1) Save actions – the data information after the action plug-in package is completed is stored by default in \Goodies\Actions\Actions.pdf in the photoshop installation directory. Of course we need It is just this separate action plug-in package, so it should be taken out and saved (the format of the action is *.atn). First select your action package (select the action package with a small folder appearance in front, rather than selecting a single action command), open the action menu, click Save Action, in the pop-up dialog box, as shown in Figure 9-28 , select the path and file name you need to save. You can also save directly to a floppy disk.
Figure 9-28
( 2) Loading action – the same process as saving. Click to load the action. A similar dialog box will pop up.
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