Playing Actions - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

• Percent to constrain proportions using the new
percent value.
5 Select Do Not Enlarge to prevent images that
are smaller than the new dimensions from being
sized up.
6 Click OK and continue recording the action.
Inserting optimization settings for
selected slices (ImageReady)
When you record a Save Optimized action step,
ImageReady includes optimization settings for the
entire image. You can insert optimization settings
for individual slices using the Insert Set Optimi-
zation Settings command.
To insert optimization settings in an action:
1 Select the slice or slices for which you want to
record optimization settings. (See "Selecting
slices" on page 276.)
2 Select the action in which you want to insert the
optimization settings.
3 Do one of the following:
• Choose Insert Set Optimization Settings to
current file format from the Actions palette menu.
(The command indicates the optimization file
format currently applied to the selected slice.)
• Drag the droplet icon (
palette onto the Actions palette.
) from the Optimize

Playing actions

Playing an action executes the series of commands
you recorded in the active document. You can
exclude specific commands from an action or play
a single command. If the action includes a modal
control, you can specify values in a dialog box or
use a modal tool when the action pauses.
Note: In button mode, clicking a button executes the
entire action—though commands previously
excluded are not executed.
To play an action on a file:
Open the file.
1
Do one of the following:
2
To play an entire action, select the action name,
•
and click the Play button ( ) in the Actions
palette, or choose Play from the palette menu.
If you assigned a key combination to the action,
•
press that combination to play the action
automatically.
To play part of an action, select the command
•
from which you want to start playing, and click the
Play button in the Actions palette, or choose Play
from the palette menu.
To play a single command in an action:
Select the command you want to play.
1
Do one of the following:
2
Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click
•
(Mac OS) the Play button in the Actions palette.
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