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To exclude or include all commands except the selected command, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) its check mark.
To indicate that some of the commands within the action are excluded, in Photoshop the check mark of the parent action turns red; in
Illustrator the check mark of the parent action becomes dimmed.
Specify playback speed
You can adjust an action’s playback speed or pause it to help you debug an action.
1. Choose Playback Options from the Actions panel menu.
2. Specify a speed, and click OK:
Accelerated Plays the action at normal speed (the default).
Note: When you play an action at accelerated speed, the screen may not update as the action executes—files may be opened, modified,
saved, and closed without ever appearing on-screen, enabling the action to execute more quickly. If you want to see the files on-screen as
the action executes, specify the Step By Step speed instead.
Step By Step Completes each command and redraws the image before going on to the next command in the action.
Pause For __ Seconds Specifies the amount of time the application should pause between carrying out each command in the action.
Edit and rerecord actions
It is easy to edit and customize actions. You can tweak the settings of any specific command within an action, add commands to an existing
action, or step through an entire action and change any or all settings.
Add commands to an action
1. Do one of the following:
Select the action name to insert a new command at the end of the action.
Select a command in the action to insert a command after it.
2. Click the Begin Recording button, or choose Start Recording from the Actions panel menu.
3. Record the additional commands.
4. When finished, click the Stop Playing/Recording button in the Actions panel or choose Stop Recording from the panel menu.
Rearrange commands within an action
In the Actions panel, drag a command to its new location within the same or another action. When the highlighted line appears in the desired
position, release the mouse button.
Record an action again
1. Select an action, and choose Record Again from the Actions panel menu.
2. If a modal tool appears, use the tool to create a different result, and press Enter or Return, or just press Enter or Return to retain the same
settings.
3. If a dialog box appears, change the settings, and click OK to record them, or click Cancel to retain the same values.
Record a single task again
1. Select an object of the same type for which you want to rerecord the action. For example, if a task is only available for vector objects, you
must have a vector object selected when you rerecord.
2. In the Actions panel, double-click the command.
3. Enter the new values and click OK.
Manage action sets
You can create and organize sets of task-related actions that can be saved to disk and transferred to other computers.
Note: Any actions that you create are automatically listed in the Actions panel, but to truly save an action and not risk losing it if you delete your
preferences file (Illustrator) or Actions panel file (Photoshop), you have to save it as part of an action set.
Save a set of actions
1. Select a set.
If you want to save a single action, first create an action set and move the action to the new set.
2. Choose Save Actions from the Actions panel menu.
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