[SKETCHi]

[h1]Making and Using Actions[/h1]
In this tutorial you will learn how to make and use custom actions.

For the purpose of demonstration, I will be showing you how to add a colorizing action. Keep in mind you can add an action for almost any PhotoShop function.

1. Make a new doccument, size doesn't matter. Or open an image.
 a. Click the Actions tab, mine is next to the History tab. If you do not see your Actions tab, click Window > Actions on the top menu.
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 b. Click the New Action button at the bottom of the Actions panel.
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 c. Title your new action, I named mine Red.
 d. Select a Set for it to go under, I put mine under a custom Colorize set. You can save yours to the default set.
 e. Select a Function Key. I chose CMD + F2 (on Windows it might be Control instead of Command).
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 f. Click Record.

2. Recording your action.
 a. You know you are recording if the Record button at the bottom of the Actions panel is red and depressed.
 
 b. Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation - Check the Colorize box and set the different properties.
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 c. File > Save
 d. Close the doccument window. (This step is optional).
 e. Click the Stop button at the bottom of the Actions panel.
 

3. Function Keys and the Play button.
 a. Your Actions panel should now look something like this.
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 b. Open your next doccument.
 c. Select your action from the list.
 d. Click the Play button or press your Function Keys. This will repeat the action you recorded in the previous steps.
 

Finished! Thats it, you're done.

You now have a new custom action saved in your panel. You can access this action whenever you want and use it on any image.

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[SKETCHi]

Looks like this one got on good-tutorials... I wonder why the others haven't made it yet. =/

[Dem0n]

Good Job.

[ZT]

cool. Programming macro's sort of =D

[Grapes]

Nice finally i could add actions to my sigs that i make. Thanks

EDIT:

It seems like i am always having problems, ok when i go to make the action all goes well until i hit the adjustment parts, i tried duplicating the layer, everything and nothing seems to work. im going to keep trying but i dont know whats going wrong. Im trying to get the text in my sig to sparkle or change colors or sumthing, someone here had a sig like this with subzero on it and that was HOT!

[SKETCHi]

Oh... you want to animate your signature? This tutorial is not for that... this tutorial adds a set of actions that you can use to duplicate the same effect multiple times. It does not add an animated effect.

[Grapes]

OOOOH!!!! i thought that this was for animating your sig. does anyone know how to animate your sig? if they can make a tutorial or pm and tell me that would be great thankz

[Eki]

What kinda animation are you thinking of?