tcthome Loc: NJ

Thanks for the time put in & including me on the tutorial. Some valid points added like labeling your mask, I could see where it would be easy to get lost. I have not yet tried masks but know I will be in the hopefully near future. Once again, thank you.

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

JD, thank you very much for your time and interest in the topic!

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Photoshop Actions are a great way to speed up repetitive steps. If running the Create New Layers Action is something you do every time you open a new document then why not take it a step further and have Photoshop do that automatically for you without having to think about it. Here's how.

Go to FILE>SCRIPTS>SCRIPTS EVENTS MANAGER

1. Check the box at the top: Enable Events to Run Scripts/Actions:
2. Click on the Drop Down Arrow of the PHOTOSHOP EVENT and Choose START APPLICATION
3. Click on the little circle to the Left of ACTION.
4. In the first box, click on the drop down arrow. There will be a list of Actions to run. Examples: Default
Actions etc. If when you created your ACTION you put it in a Sub-folder then click on the name of your
sub-folder. Example: When I create new custom Actions I put it under a Folder called:My Actions:
5. So in this example, I would click on " My Actions" then in the box, I would click on the drop down arrow
and find my action and click on it.
6. So now in the big box at the top, I would see this type of wording:
OPEN DOCUMENT:DUP LAYER ON OPENING ACTION(MY ACTIONS)
7. Click Done and then try opening an image to see if your action ran with all the layers that you wanted.

This is an automation time saving script that will run everytime you open an image.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Thank you for that. I did not know about the scripts function.

That is a great idea for new images, but it needs to be limited to new images. Reopening an existing psd file the layers have already been created. So I’m wondering how does one limit the script to new images?

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

I saw a suggestion on the “How best to present tutorials” thread on including a downloadable or printable copy of the tutorial as well.

So, below is a printable copy of the tutorial.

Printable Tutorial
Attached file:
(Download)

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Fabulous! I'm going to repost this in your opening, as well, since this topic is linked in the PP Forum tutorials section (which I forgot to do, but it's there now ).

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Great. What program did you use to create your tutorial document?

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

I generally use Microsoft Office on my windows machine, and LibreOffice on my Linux machines.

Both LibreOffice and OpenOffice have free applications for both Window's and Linux. I'm not a Mac user.

To create a PDF all that is needed is a PDF driver. There are many free options available online. LibreOffice has a standard export to PDF option.

Hope this helps!

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

It does, thanks.

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

Awesome!

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee

This tutorial helped me. Thank you for taking the time to put it together.

Crichmond Loc: Loveland, CO

Awesome!