Question about "actions"

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Deborah_Meyer
May 17, 2005
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I just finished taking a photography class. The last night of class and during the last 10 minutes he started showing us "actions" in Photoshop. I about dropped my teeth. I’m so excited to learn more. Is there a good online site for information or a book that I could buy that tells about actions, how to make them, how to use them, etc? I use Photoshop Elements 2. Thank you.
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Colin Walls
May 17, 2005
Sorry. PSE does not support the creation of actions – that’s only available in the full PS. If someone gives you an action file, you may be able to run it in PSE, but not change it.
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Deborah_Meyer
May 17, 2005
Thanks for the answer. Is there somewhere that I can buy actions that I like for Elements and use them as is? Also, if I were to upgrade my Photoshop what would you suggest? I’m an amatuer photography. I started into photography 2 years ago and I’m becoming passionate about it but nevertheless still an amatuer. Thanks for your help.
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Colin Walls
May 17, 2005
Theer are very many sites offering actions for sale or for free – a bit of Googling will find them. You just need to be careful about whether a particular one is compatible with PSE.

You can find info on using actions with PSE here: <http://homepage.mac.com/bbrundage/FileSharing5.html>

I would doubt whether the expense and trouble of getting full PS is worth it just to get actions. It depends, I guess, on what you want to do. I too am an amateur photographer. I have been using various versions of PS for about 7 years and have rarely found a need for actions.
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Roger_Gidon_Whitehead
May 17, 2005
Is there somewhere that I can buy actions that I like for Elements and use them as is?

Two places I would recommend are:

– Ling’s snapActions page (http://www.geocities.com/rnlnero/PE2stuff2.html )

– virtualPhotographer (http://www.optikvervelabs.com/download.asp 0

Both offer free tools that you can have lots of fun with, and learn while you’re doing it. SnapActions work only with PE1 and PE2; virtualPhotographer works with PE3 as well.

In addition, you might also like to get the relevant actions for your camera from PTLens (http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/index.html ). These do a good job of correcting lens distortions. They’re also free and will work with PE2 and PE3.

Regards,

Roger
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Deborah_Meyer
May 17, 2005
Wow, thanks for all the great info. Regarding the lens distortion site. I use an iMac. Will these download fine for me? Thought I’d ask before I got into trouble.
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Roger Whitehead
May 17, 2005
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Regarding the lens distortion site. I use an iMac.

As I understand it, actions are independent of operating system but someone more expert than I might be able to give you a definitive answer. (I’m using PE under WinXP.)

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Roger
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Roger_Gidon_Whitehead
May 17, 2005
Regarding the lens distortion site. I use an iMac.

As I understand it, actions are independent of operating system but someone more expert than I might be able to give you a definitive answer.

I’m using PE under WinXP.

Regards,

Roger
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Wendy_E_Williams
May 17, 2005
Deborah,

The Lens distortion is a Plug In not an action … and plugs in are usually platform dependant.

In this case it is Windows only although they say that they are working on a Mac one 🙂

Wendy
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Roger_Gidon_Whitehead
May 17, 2005
There you have it, Deborah. Sorry to have raised your hopes in vain.

Regards,

Roger
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Barbara_Brundage
May 17, 2005
A great place for free actions is atncentral.com. Not allof them work in PE, but many do.

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