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How to: Create your own Photoshop script
Are you often repeating the same action, as such as resizing a picture to 200*200 pixels? If yes, you’ll save a lot of time by creating a Photoshop script to automatize this process. If you want to know more, just read on!
- On Photoshop menu, go to Window and click on Actions to display the Actions window.
- On the Actions window, click on the fifth button to create a new script. Don’t forget to give it a name to make sure you’ll remember it later.
- Now, you cann see that the second button is activated: From now, all your actions are recorded within the script.
- Once you’re done, click on the first button to stop recording actions. Your script is created and can be reused when you want.
Interested in scripts? We will soon provide free scripts to help you saving time.
Mar 30 at 16:02
Scripts and Actions are not the same thing.
Mar 30 at 19:36
@Stephen: thanks for the remark. However I’d say you are playing with words here: indeed scripts and actions can be different. In Photoshop, Actions are scripts but scripts are not necessarily actions. Am I correct?
All in all I guess you got the point of what we are talking about here: automate actions you would need to perform regularly with Photoshop! And I think that’s helpful sometimes!
Jul 20 at 01:30
Um… all due respect, Stephen is right. If you’re wanting to create a website which gives it’s readers the sense that you’re a Photoshop expert (i.e. psdrecipes.com) then the least you can do is not mislead new users of Photoshop into thinking scripts are actions are scripts. Those words are not interchangeable in PS because they are specific features in PS. Scripts are far more robust than Actions will ever be. They are not in the same ballpark. It would be like calling a recorded macro a full-blown program. Plus, based on your response to Stephen it’s clear that you’re not an expert and don’t understand that there’s a difference. Read up on it. You may suprise yourself.
Nov 25 at 20:40
i have to agree. i found this page in a search and it’s NOT what i’m looking for. not only that, you said it yourself:
“Actions are scripts but scripts are not necessarily actions”
these are actions. they’re comparable to macros. they are NOT scripts.
moving on…