Playing Actions - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual

352 CHAPTER 16
Automating Tasks

Playing actions

When you play an action, Photoshop executes the
series of commands as you recorded them. But you
can begin with any command, exclude commands,
or play a single command in an action. If you have
inserted a modal control in your action, you can
specify values in a dialog box or reapply a modal
tool (any tool that requires you to press Enter or
Return to apply it) when the action pauses. (See
"Setting modal controls and excluding
commands" on page 351.)
In button view, clicking a button executes the
entire action—though commands previously
excluded are not executed.
To play an action or set on a single file:
1 Open the file.
2 Specify what to play:
To play a set of actions, select the set name.
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To play an entire action, select the action name.
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To play only part of an action, select the
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command from which you want the action
to start.
To exclude or include a command within an
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action from play, click the check box to the left of
the action name.
Click the Play button in the Actions palette or
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choose Play from the pop-up menu.
APPLYING AN ACTION
Original
Action applied
Note: Because an action is a series of commands,
using the File > Undo command, you can undo only
the last command in an action. However, you can
undo an entire action by taking a snapshot in the
History palette before you play an action, and then
selecting the snapshot to undo the action.