Allyson:
The results one gets by using a given action can depend on things like: * Image dimensions and/or resolution, e.g., 72 ppi vs. 300 ppi * Image characteristics such as degree of existing sharpness or color saturation * Image orientation (some actions are built for portrait orientation; others for landscape)
If you could further elaborate on what you mean by
…actions do not work properly?
and
…the end result is not what it should be.
….that would helpful in formulating suggestions applicable to your situation.
~Danny~
I have this problem as well. I set an action like how I did with PS7 to resize an image, save it, then resize it again and save it in another folder. After I do this to all the images I go back to find it never saved them at all. This worked for me in PS7 and then it suddenly stopped working. I then got PSCS2 and it hasn’t worked at all with actions.
resize an image, save it,
Do a Save AS and it should work.
If you do a save you are saving the resized picture and in effect replacing the other one.
I am doing save as. Still not working.
I set an action like how I did with PS7 to resize an image, save it, then resize it again and save it in another folder
You may want to look into running batches of two different actions, one for the first save and the other for the resize and save in another folder.
One thing about automation is that the best way to automate things does not always correspond to the best way to do it if you were doing it by hand
the thing is ps worked perfectly fine b4, why would it just stop working?
Hard to say wihtout more info…
How about you didn’t record the action exactly the same way?
re:
the thing is ps worked perfectly fine b4, why would it just stop working?
According to various forums I surf Adobe implemented a few subtle changes in CS2 that cause some actions that worked fine in PS7 to not get the same results in CS2. These actions need to be modified or just plain rewritten, depending on what they’re intended to do.
The good news: Added functionality/flexibility in CS2
The bad news: Sometimes these throw a wrench into previously written actions
Allyson & Ashley — you can play the action a step at a time to see exactly what steps are failing and need revision. This option is in the Actions palette’s flyout menu, under Playback Options.
