{"id":95,"date":"2016-06-14T11:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T11:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2016-06-14T15:04:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:04:39","slug":"how-to-create-an-action-on-adobe-photoshop-to-do-repetitive-tasks-very-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/14\/how-to-create-an-action-on-adobe-photoshop-to-do-repetitive-tasks-very-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an action on Adobe Photoshop to do repetitive tasks very quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we will describe how to create a simple action to change the width of a photo to 1000 pixels, and then save it as a high quality jpg to our hard disk.<\/p>\n<p>Suppose you have 20 images that you would like to resize all of them to equal width of 1000 px, and then save them as jpgs on your hard disk to upload to the internet. Instead of repeating the same procedure 20 times, once for each image, you can create an action and then just run the action on the 20 images, and the whole procedure would take a few seconds.<\/p>\n<p>An action is no more than a recording of what you want to do, and then it runs automatically whenever you need it. It is automating the work.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the steps of how to create an adobe Photoshop\u00a0action to set width of an image to 1000 px.<\/p>\n<p>Before you start the recording the action, you should do 2 things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>open adobe Photoshop<\/li>\n<li>open all the images that you want to change the width for.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now you are ready to create the action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on the Action symbol on the right panel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/actions-icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/actions-icon.jpg\" alt=\"actions-icon\" width=\"42\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>or click from main top menu: Window &gt; Actions<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of the Actions window there is a menu:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/actions-menu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/actions-menu.jpg\" alt=\"actions-menu\" width=\"212\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click the &#8216;create new action&#8217;:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/new.jpg\" alt=\"new\" width=\"36\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image 1\" width=\"900\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Give your action a name to identify the action so that you can reuse it in the future. In our example we named the action: width 1000<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a03<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click the &#8216;Record&#8217; Button<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a04<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now you are ready to start recording the action you want to automate. You should see the action record button turn red\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/record.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/record.jpg\" alt=\"record\" width=\"37\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this example we want to do 2 things:<\/p>\n<p>a- set the width of our images to 1000 px<\/p>\n<p>b- to save the image as a high quality jpg<\/p>\n<p>Click Menu <strong>Image &gt; Image Size<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a05<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set <strong>width\u00a0<\/strong>to 1000 Pixel, make sure the <strong>constrain proportions<\/strong> is selected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-780x439.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a06<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click<strong> OK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a07<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>now to save:<\/p>\n<p><strong>File &gt; Save for web ..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-768x441.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a08<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose the quality you need<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8-768x451.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Save<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose the folder where you want to save the images, and click <strong>save<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now you can close the image without overwriting it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>File &gt; Close<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11-768x399.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click<strong> No<\/strong> if you want to keep the original images<\/p>\n<p>OR click <strong>Yes<\/strong> if you want to overwrite the image<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-107\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now the action is finished, and you need to stop the recording.<\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>STOP Recording<\/strong> icon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/stop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/stop.jpg\" alt=\"stop\" width=\"29\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now to run the action on all the other images, simply click on the action name, in our example: <strong>width 1000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>then click on the &#8216;Run Action&#8217; icon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/run-action.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/run-action.jpg\" alt=\"run-action\" width=\"27\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and watch how adobe automatically resizes your image, saves it, and closes your file.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step\u00a016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>now click\u00a0on the &#8216;Run Action&#8217; icon again \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/run-action.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/run-action.jpg\" alt=\"run-action\" width=\"27\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and watch your next image resize, save and close.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16.jpg\" alt=\"Create Adobe Action to set width of an image \" width=\"900\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continue to click\u00a0on the &#8216;Run Action&#8217; icon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/run-action.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/dynamicdezyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/run-action.jpg\" alt=\"run-action\" width=\"27\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a>\u00a0on every image you have until all your images are done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we will describe how to create a simple action to change the width of a photo to 1000 pixels, and then save it as a high quality jpg to our hard disk. 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