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The Great Photo Finish: How To's - Adobe Photoshop CS4 - January 22, 2010
Started January 22, 2010 @ 4:42pm by Kel
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Kel
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| The Great Photo Finish: How To's - Adobe Photoshop CS4 - January 22, 2010 | January 22, 2010 @ 4:42pm | In this episode of The Great Photo Finish Craig shows you how to record, save, share and load actions in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Click here to view the video.
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Wes
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| January 22, 2010 @ 8:04pm | Kudos to your great teaching talent, Craig. It is so great to see the content of TMELive constantly being updated. Huge thanks for your hard work and dedication.
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| Thank You | January 24, 2010 @ 8:57am | Craig,
This was another awesome tutorial. Your teaching style makes thing so clear and understandable. Recording actions is something I'm sure I will end up using. Thanks.
Do you know if we have to be careful for any .atn files that we download from the internet that might mess up our Photoshop settings unintentionally or any that might be malicious?
If an action is run that changes a setting in Photoshop and the program is later restarted, will that setting still be changed?
Thanks,
Curt
On the topic of settings, in case someone doesn't know this, You can reset just your tools or you can also reset all your settings to the way Photoshop was when you installed it.
To restore all your settings do one of the following:
Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Photoshop.
You have to do this quickly. Have your fingers ready on all three keys so you can push them down at the same time and hold them right after you click your program to start. You are then asked if you want to delete your current settings.
(Mac OS only) Open the Preferences folder in the Library folder, and drag the Adobe Photoshop CS Settings folder to the Trash.
New Preferences files are created the next time you start Photoshop.
PPY
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Craig
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| thank you | January 24, 2010 @ 10:33am | Hey Curt,
Thank you for the kind words of support and the tip.
Like all files downloaded from the internet its all about the source. As long as you get actions from folks that you know or are widely known you should be fine.
As far as an action changing a setting...the answer is complicated....yes that is possible.....for instance....if an action included a change of your interpolation method or a preference then it will stay that way when the action is finished playing.... but knowing that - you should record a change back to your normal preference settings in the action.
You can always click the down arrow button to see what all an action is actually doing..... and recording actions doesn't generally include changing photoshop preferences.
Hope that helps. Thanks for being here Curt!....Craig
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“The secret of life…is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” - Paulo Coelho, from The Alchemist
PPY
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Trish
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| January 24, 2010 @ 11:39am | Craig thank you so much for this one. I have just recorded my first action and I must have done it all right because it works. I am thrilled! Twice over!
Trish
PPY anytime and welcome
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April
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| January 24, 2010 @ 6:02pm | How timely!
I'm just beginning to explore black and white conversions. Based on your previous tutorials, but before watching this video, I recorded an Action to copy channels into layers. BUT! Your sequence is much more streamlined; that part about "click here to make it work" is key.
Thank you, again and again!
April (PPY)
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JPetty
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| January 25, 2010 @ 9:36am | Very well done tutorial.
You are an excellent teacher.
Janet
Go ahead and play with the images. I would ask that when you post them on other sites (such as Flikr, Photobucket, etc.) that you credit my photography. I would do the same for you! Other than that, I'm E Z T D B W. |
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Flo
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| January 25, 2010 @ 2:45pm | And if we don't have CS4 - and won't for the near future - will this method work in CS3?
Oh yes, I've been told that if I upgrade and have brushes, actions, etc, that I've made or downloaded from sources other than PS itself, I'll lose them unless I take them back out of CS3 and save them somewhere until the upgrade is finished installing?
Flo - PPY
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Craig
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| yes | January 25, 2010 @ 2:47pm |
Hey Flo,
Hope this finds you doing very well...and yes it will work in CS3....Craig
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” -Soren Kierkegaard
“The secret of life…is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” - Paulo Coelho, from The Alchemist
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JohnC
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| January 25, 2010 @ 3:29pm |
Quote (Flo)
Oh yes, I've been told that if I upgrade and have brushes, actions, etc, that I've made or downloaded from sources other than PS itself, I'll lose them unless I take them back out of CS3 and save them somewhere until the upgrade is finished installing? |
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That is not correct. An "upgrade" install of Photoshop is a totally new install. It doesn't remove (or even affect) the previous version(s). After you install the new one you can bring in the brushes, actions, etc. that you used in the prior version. You don't have to remove them from CS3, but you might want to copy them to a new folder and then install them in CS4. That way, when you do remove the old vesion, after getting up to speed on the new version, you don't wipe them out.
John Cornicello
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Flo
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| January 25, 2010 @ 5:25pm | Thanks, John, for clarifying what I mean to say, DUH! Yeah, do not delete the old version until you have rescued the stuff you want from it, lol. 
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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Wib
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| January 30, 2010 @ 2:25pm | Great tutorial, Craig. I appreciate your clear non-confusing style.
Wib - PPY
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rak05
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| The great photo finish - how to's | March 1, 2010 @ 1:47pm | Thank you Craig for another set of easy to use instructions. I used to convert to B&W by another way - but I like the 3 Channels approach better.
Thank you also for the "3 Channels" action set, appreciate it - it works just great!
Merci, Monsieur!
Ramesh,
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Last Edit: March 1, 2010 @ 1:48pm by rak05 | |
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