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Photoshop CS Automator Actions 3.0
Function: Extensive Suite of Photoshop CS Actions.
Author: Complete Digital Photography
Notes: The download contains only the CS2 version; for the CS1 version and other updates, check here.
Updates:
Version 3.0 of the Action Pack includes 11 new actions - Add Layer, Add Empty Adjustment Layer, Add Graphic Watermark, Channel Mixer, Duplicate Current Layer, Paint Daubs, Photo Filter, Resize to File Size, Scale to X by 10%, Swap Colors, Exposure, and Reduce Noise. In addition, Version 3 now allows you to open any Camera Raw files supported by the version of Photoshop that you’re using. When opening Raw files using the Action Pack, Photoshop will automatically read any previously stored conversion settings and convert your document accordingly. This means you can now use an Automator workflow to batch process raw files that you’ve already configured in Camera Raw. Version 3 of the Action Pack also includes many new features to facilitate non-destructive editing, such as the creation of Adjustment Layers. CS2 users now have access to Photoshop’s Save for Web feature from the Action Pack, for creating highly optimized JPEG and GIF files.
May 31, 2006: Version 2.2 adds full compatibility with Intel-based Macs (with version 2, roughly a dozen actions were unfunctional on Intel Macs) as well as 2 new actions and more. A full list of bug fixes and feature changes is included here, and you’ll also find a copy in the included 61-page manual.
March 10, 2006: Version 2.0 of the Action Pack includes a dozen new actions and an entirely new architecture that completely eliminates several shortcomings of the first version.
Version 2 also packs a number of bug fixes, and many existing actions sport new features. A full list of bug fixes and feature changes is included, and you’ll also find a copy in the included 61-page manual.
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They should appear when you put them in /Library/Automator or ~/Library/Automator. Are you using the right actions? There’s a set for CS and CS2.
Comment by Steve — August 22, 2005 @ 7:59 pm
any tips on installing the actions? automator doesn’t recognize the pack after I put in into the photoshop CS folder or the library/automator folder (and restart)
Comment by john t — August 22, 2005 @ 7:52 pm
Alrighty guys, I think I got Wil’s problem fixed. The issue is that Automator doesn’t take each item and run it through the entire workflow, it goes to each Action and performs that on the entire batch that you’re working with.
I’ve changed the Filters so that they now offer a choice of Close Filtered, Close All, or None. So, if you’re using Photoshop as a Filter to parse a batch of files for processing by other applications in your workflow, you can now have the Filter Action close each document as you go, so Photoshop never has to have any docs open.
You can download these - along with the rest of the actions - by grabbing the latest version that’s on my site.
If you can’t get these to work, or find that there’s still some logic problem to this plan, lemme know, and we’ll figure out something else.
Thanks for the feedback! Great to get these kinds of suggestions.
Comment by Ben Long — August 12, 2005 @ 6:13 pm
I ran across that too, Ben (what Wil said…).
Comment by andertoons — August 12, 2005 @ 3:49 pm
Hi Wil, I’ll look into this problem and see what I can figure out. Thanks! –Ben
Comment by Ben Long — August 12, 2005 @ 12:08 pm