Tutorial Submitted by © 2003 Laura Vanderbeek
It's really handy! We made actions for things we need to repeat often.
When you pull up the actions menu in photoshop you can see Tyler's Actions (rename it to whatever you want, that's just my husband's name). You must then assign a key to each action. You can do that
by clicking on actions, then right click in the blank area just right of and next to the name of the action. Then a little box will come up. If you are already using all of your F keys for actions that you already have, then just click the box that says shift or ctrl. That way each key can have up to three actions each. After you have set a key for the action you never have to do it again. You only have to press the assigned keys for it to take affect. If you are very confused after giving it a try, email me.
For example:
If you want to Rotate an image Counter Clock Wise, the key strokewe use is F4. To Rotate ClockWise we press shift and F4 at the same time.
If you want to turn an image black and white just press F2 (but do this before you create any layers because it will flatten them).
My Favorite Action of all is:
F3: Guasian Blur.
It gives you the blur on a second layer and a layers mask. Then all you must do is select a brush in the size you want and you can bring as much back through or as little by changing the opacity of the brush before you use it. Beware, when you go over the same area twice at 50% (after you've clicked the mouse)you are un-blurring it 100%, so be careful how many times you go over an area. If you click and hold, you are fine.
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