Saving actions in Photoshop CS2

Frederix <frederix[PLEURWEG]@xs4all.nl> wrote:

Hi,

Who knows Photoshop CS2 saves ownmade actions. If I re-install Photoshop I’ll lose my own made actions and have to record them again.

I have never created any action myself, but I think everyone (well, almost <bg>) knows Photoshop can save one’s own action.

I know it because I am using some actions saved and given to public by many Photoshop users.

Frederix <frederix[PLEURWEG]@xs4all.nl> wrote:

Hi,

Who knows Photoshop CS2 saves ownmade actions. If I re-install Photoshop I’ll lose my own made actions and have to record them again.

met vriendelijke groet

Frederix
www.fotosvanfred.nl

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Select the action SET, not one action, and choose ‘Save Actions’ from the fly-out menu of the actions palette. This is how you save them. From the same fly-out menu you can choose ‘Load Actions’ to get them back after a reinstall or an upgrade.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:34:09 +0200, (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:

Frederix <frederix[PLEURWEG]@xs4all.nl> wrote:

Hi,

Who knows Photoshop CS2 saves ownmade actions. If I re-install Photoshop I’ll lose my own made actions and have to record them again.

met vriendelijke groet

Frederix
www.fotosvanfred.nl

PS Pleur [PLEURWEG] weg voor reageren!

Select the action SET, not one action, and choose ‘Save Actions’ from the fly-out menu of the actions palette. This is how you save them. From the same fly-out menu you can choose ‘Load Actions’ to get them back after a reinstall or an upgrade.

Hi Johan, thanx a lot.

met vriendelijke groet

Frederix
www.fotosvanfred.nl

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Frederix wrote:

Hi,

Who knows Photoshop CS2 saves ownmade actions. If I re-install Photoshop I’ll lose my own made actions and have to record them again.

met vriendelijke groet

Frederix
www.fotosvanfred.nl

PS Pleur [PLEURWEG] weg voor reageren!

Search for your plugins that you have made by the name. then you should know exactly which folder they are saved in.

Generally in this one.

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins

Rob wrote:

Frederix wrote:

Hi,

Who knows Photoshop CS2 saves ownmade actions. If I re-install Photoshop I’ll lose my own made actions and have to record them again.

met vriendelijke groet

Frederix
www.fotosvanfred.nl

PS Pleur [PLEURWEG] weg voor reageren!

Search for your plugins that you have made by the name. then you should know exactly which folder they are saved in.

Generally in this one.

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins

He’s talking about Actions, not plugins. Actions are saved in some general preference file, so you won’t find them by searching by their names. You have to save them manually in the way I described.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 00:10:10 +0200, (Johan W. Elzenga)
wrote:

He’s talking about Actions, not plugins. Actions are saved in some general preference file, so you won’t find them by searching by their names. You have to save them manually in the way I described.

Actually there’s 2 ways to save actions.
Myself, I just create a new action folder called mine, under the default actions.

Then you can just right click somewhere on the actions box, and get the SAVE dialog. Or just quit PS, and the action saves automatically under your new action folder name.
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wrote:

On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 00:10:10 +0200, (Johan W. Elzenga)
wrote:

He’s talking about Actions, not plugins. Actions are saved in some general preference file, so you won’t find them by searching by their names. You have to save them manually in the way I described.

Actually there’s 2 ways to save actions.
Myself, I just create a new action folder called mine, under the default actions.

Then you can just right click somewhere on the actions box, and get the SAVE dialog.

That’s what I already described.

Or just quit PS, and the action saves automatically under your new action folder name.

Nope. Photoshop won’t do that. Your action will be in the action palette, but it won’t be saved in such a way you can easily retrieve it for importing on another computer. Instead, Photoshop saves the action in some obscure preference file you won’t easily locate.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:10:38 +0200, (Johan W. Elzenga)
wrote:

Actually there’s 2 ways to save actions.
Myself, I just create a new action folder called mine, under the default actions.

Then you can just right click somewhere on the actions box, and get the SAVE dialog.

That’s what I already described.

I missed it.

Or just quit PS, and the action saves automatically under your new action folder name.

Nope. Photoshop won’t do that. Your action will be in the action palette, but it won’t be saved in such a way you can easily retrieve it for importing on another computer. Instead, Photoshop saves the action in some obscure preference file you won’t easily locate.

Obscure or not, it’s still there next time you boot up.
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wrote:

Nope. Photoshop won’t do that. Your action will be in the action palette, but it won’t be saved in such a way you can easily retrieve it for importing on another computer. Instead, Photoshop saves the action in some obscure preference file you won’t easily locate.

Obscure or not, it’s still there next time you boot up.

Of course it is, but that wasn’t the question. The question was how to store the actions in such a way that they survive a re-install of Photoshop. They don’t if you do not save them manually.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

(Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

wrote:

Nope. Photoshop won’t do that. Your action will be in the action palette, but it won’t be saved in such a way you can easily retrieve it for importing on another computer. Instead, Photoshop saves the action in some obscure preference file you won’t easily locate.

Obscure or not, it’s still there next time you boot up.

Of course it is, but that wasn’t the question. The question was how to store the actions in such a way that they survive a re-install of Photoshop. They don’t if you do not save them manually.

I don’t do action to have much to say, but by reading this thread I don’t see any good reason why you have to against some valid information (or method) uses by other. Or as long as it works then we just accept and learn to benefit from it.

Me, I don’t store my Plug-Ins and Actions in the default folders, but I create the folders OUTSIDE of Photoshop. This way I can enjoy a wider, brighter world of Photoshoping. Cuz

– If I have to reinstall, remove Photoshop or whatever reason it won’t effect my Plug-Ins and Actions. Or I won’t have to reinstall them

– If I have more than one version of Photoshop installed at same time, I can have them both shared the same Plug-Ins & Actions folders.

That’s just an example, and I think we may want to learn more (from other users) than what we already know.

Joel wrote:

Obscure or not, it’s still there next time you boot up.

Of course it is, but that wasn’t the question. The question was how to store the actions in such a way that they survive a re-install of Photoshop. They don’t if you do not save them manually.

I don’t do action to have much to say, but by reading this thread I don’t see any good reason why you have to against some valid information (or method) uses by other. Or as long as it works then we just accept and learn to benefit from it.

Because it does NOT work. The original question was: how do you save your actions so that they are still there when you have to re-install Photoshop. Andf that is exactly the problem: if you only let the action stay in the palette, it will be gone when you re-install Photoshop. That’s why I’m trying to explain to this person that you have to save the action set manually to accomplish what the OP wants.

Me, I don’t store my Plug-Ins and Actions in the default folders, but I create the folders OUTSIDE of Photoshop. This way I can enjoy a wider, brighter world of Photoshoping. Cuz

Which means that you do exactly what I advise: you save your action sets manually. That is what I do too.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

(Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

Joel wrote:

Obscure or not, it’s still there next time you boot up.

Of course it is, but that wasn’t the question. The question was how to store the actions in such a way that they survive a re-install of Photoshop. They don’t if you do not save them manually.

I don’t do action to have much to say, but by reading this thread I don’t see any good reason why you have to against some valid information (or method) uses by other. Or as long as it works then we just accept and learn to benefit from it.

Because it does NOT work. The original question was: how do you save your actions so that they are still there when you have to re-install Photoshop. Andf that is exactly the problem: if you only let the action stay in the palette, it will be gone when you re-install Photoshop. That’s why I’m trying to explain to this person that you have to save the action set manually to accomplish what the OP wants.

And I didn’t see the other member mentioned anything about reinstalling Photoshop. I read Photoshop will SAVE the action when you EXIT photoshop (I guess as default name), and you can rename and save to any folder you wish. That’s what I understand.

Me, I don’t store my Plug-Ins and Actions in the default folders, but I create the folders OUTSIDE of Photoshop. This way I can enjoy a wider, brighter world of Photoshoping. Cuz

Which means that you do exactly what I advise: you save your action sets manually. That is what I do too.

I didn’t do what you advise, because like I said I don’t create Action, and what I did have nothing to do with manually. I said I *INSTALL* on some specific folder *outside* of Photoshop (not sub-folder under Photoshop.

Joel wrote:

And I didn’t see the other member mentioned anything about reinstalling Photoshop.

Read the original question.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

(Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

Joel wrote:

And I didn’t see the other member mentioned anything about reinstalling Photoshop.

Read the original question.

I don’t know if there is another original message that you have but I don’t, but this is what I see at my end.

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He’s talking about Actions, not plugins. Actions are saved in some general preference file, so you won’t find them by searching by their names. You have to save them manually in the way I described.

Actually there’s 2 ways to save actions.
Myself, I just create a new action folder called mine, under the default actions.

Then you can just right click somewhere on the actions box, and get the SAVE dialog. Or just quit PS, and the action saves automatically under your new action folder name.
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On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:10:38 +0200, (Johan W. Elzenga)
wrote:

Actually there’s 2 ways to save actions.
Myself, I just create a new action folder called mine, under the default actions.

Then you can just right click somewhere on the actions box, and get the SAVE dialog.

That’s what I already described.

I missed it.

Or just quit PS, and the action saves automatically under your new action folder name.

Nope. Photoshop won’t do that. Your action will be in the action palette, but it won’t be saved in such a way you can easily retrieve it for importing on another computer. Instead, Photoshop saves the action in some obscure preference file you won’t easily locate.

Obscure or not, it’s still there next time you boot up.
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