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Building Your Own Actions in Adobe Photoshop

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Lessons:16Length:1.4 hours
Adobe PhotoshopActionsPhoto Manipulation
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2.4 Shortcut Keys

As fast and convenient a feature as Actions are, they can be made even faster by assigning keyboard shortcuts. In this lesson we see how to do that and why it can shave precious time off your production workflow.

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1.Introduction
1 lesson, 01:41

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1.1
Introduction
01:41

2.Action Basics
5 lessons, 22:47

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2.1
Actions Panel
04:18

2.2
Recording Actions
05:23

2.3
Editing Recorded Actions
05:25

2.4
Shortcut Keys
03:50

2.5
Saving Actions
03:51

3.Advanced Action Techniques
4 lessons, 26:27

3.1
Conditional Statements
05:11

3.2
Capturing Brush Tools
07:39

3.3
Stops
06:05

3.4
Testing and Troubleshooting
07:32

4.Creating a Complex, Action-Driven Effect
5 lessons, 34:53

4.1
Planning the Effect
06:00

4.2
Recording the Effect, Part 1
08:56

4.3
Recording the Effect, Part 2
07:15

4.4
Recording the Effect, Part 3
08:11

4.5
Cleaning Up the Action
04:31

5.Conclusion
1 lesson, 00:53

5.1
Conclusion
00:53

Kirk Nelson
Kirk Nelson
I have been working as an all around graphics geek or “Visual Information Specialist” for the past 17 years around the Washington DC Metro area. With my career spanning across almost every aspect of the design industry, I have worked from web design, to 3d animation, to logo design, to photo retouching.