Actions - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual

6 Select the Preview option in the dialog box, drag
the top slider away from Cyan toward Red, and
click OK. The horn turns more red.
Now you'll remove a scratch on the horn with the
rubber stamp tool. This tool lets you sample part
of an image and then paint with a copy of the
sampled area.
Double-click the rubber stamp tool ( ) to
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display its Options palette, and select the Aligned
option. Then choose a small feathered brush in the
second row of the Brushes palette.
Place the rubber stamp tool over the horn next
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to the scratch. Hold down Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS), and click to sample this area.
Release the Alt/Option key. Then drag the rubber
stamp tool to paint over the scratch.
Choose File > Save.
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Actions

The Actions palette lets you combine a set of
commands into a single command or action and
then execute the action on a single file or multiple
files within a folder. With the Actions palette, you
can record, play, edit, and delete commands to
easily automate common techniques.
Adobe Photoshop offers some ready-made actions
you can run on a file or set of files. You'll use one
of these actions to add a vignette effect to the
image. But first, to get the best results from the
vignette, you'll flatten the file's layers into one
layer. Then you'll make a selection to set the
vignette's border.
Choose Layer > Flatten Image.
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Hold down the mouse button on the elliptical
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marquee tool, and drag to the rectangular
marquee tool. Then click approximately 1/8 inch
in from the upper left corner of the image, and
drag diagonally to 1/8 inch in from the lower right
corner.
You can now apply the vignette action.
3 To display the Actions palette, choose Window>
Show Actions.
In the Actions palette, select Vignette (selection)
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by clicking on its name.
Click the Play button ( ) at the bottom of the
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palette.
In the Feather Selection dialog box, accept the
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default feather radius of 5 pixels, and click OK.
The action is then run on the image, creating the
vignette.
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