With ACTION (.ATN) Files
What’s up with Photoshop’s ACTION files?
Action files can be compared to a video recording or a voice record. But instead of recording voice or images, Photoshop records the “actions” that you perform. For example, if you have developed your own system of editing color in Photoshop you can record those actions while performing them. The next time you are going to edit a picture to change its color, all you have to do is play the recording of the actions for color editing and let Photoshop do almost all of the work.
In short it lets you automate your tasks making it easier to perform editing tasks in Photoshop that you usually apply repeatedly. It also includes STOPS that allows you to do the tasks that cannot be recorded or even write instructions for others to follow.
How can ACTION files help me edit pictures or texts in Photoshop?
What’s also great about actions files is that you can download a lot of it from the net. So if you don’t know how to create a certain text effect that you like you can definitely try to search an available action file, download it & open it in Photoshop. Play it in the Actions Palette & you have your instant text effect! It also works for photo effects so just Google the effects you like and I’m pretty sure that somebody out there offers a free download of an action file to suite your editing needs. Even a newbie can create exciting effects using ready made, downloadable ACTION files!
Accessing Actions Palette
To display the ACTIONs Palette, choose WINDOW>ACTIONS
Here is what it looks like:
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