Action won’t record nudge

Y
Posted By
YN2K
Jan 16, 2009
Views
612
Replies
11
Status
Closed
Hi. I’m *really* new to Photoshop, and have just got CS4. I’ve searched through the forums for an answer to this, but did not find any. If the answer does already exist, and I just didn’t find it, I’m sorry for the repetition.

I’m trying to create an action which places my logo layer on the image in the corner. I have used the Align menu commands in the action, which aligns it to the edge. However, I would like to nudge the layer a few pixels in so that it’s not completely at the edge. No matter what I try, I can’t get the nudge events to get recorded into the action. Is this just not possible? Any workarounds? Something I’m doing wrong?

Help appreciated.

-Yaz
Related Tags
action record

How to Improve Photoshop Performance

Learn how to optimize Photoshop for maximum speed, troubleshoot common issues, and keep your projects organized so that you can work faster than ever before!

LB
Lewis Buttress
Jan 16, 2009
On Jan 16, 7:43 am, wrote:
Hi. I’m *really* new to Photoshop, and have just got CS4. I’ve searched through the forums for an answer to this, but did not find any. If the answer does already exist, and I just didn’t find it, I’m sorry for the repetition.

I’m trying to create an action which places my logo layer on the image in the corner. I have used the Align menu commands in the action, which aligns it to the edge. However, I would like to nudge the layer a few pixels in so that it’s not completely at the edge. No matter what I try, I can’t get the nudge events to get recorded into the action. Is this just not possible? Any workarounds? Something I’m doing wrong?

Help appreciated.

-Yaz

By this you mean using a watermark. I find it best practice to use adobe Bridge (which you should have installed too) to run a batch command once you add a watermark layer in. If someone hasnt already answered feel free to let me know and i will advise.

Cheers
P
Phosphor
Jan 16, 2009
Odd. It should work. Are you using the Arrow keys?
P
Phosphor
Jan 16, 2009
Hmmm. Try Selecting All on the Layer first. Don’t know why it does that.
SB
Sandy Birrell
Jan 16, 2009
Ed Hannigan wrote:
Hmmm. Try Selecting All on the Layer first. Don’t know why it does that.

Try this http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/BrandingSM.mov it might be what you are looking for.

—

Don`t Worry, Be Happy

Sandy
—

E-Mail:-
Website:- http://www.ftscotland.co.uk
Looking for a webhost? Try http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=2966019 Fishing Wild at http://www.wild-fishing-scotland.co.uk/
P
Phosphor
Jan 16, 2009
Instead of "nudging" you could record moving your layer object via "Free Transform" and numeric input from the Options Bar.

I’ve done this plenty of times, and I know for sure that it works.
KB
Kim_B
Jan 18, 2009
Nudging records fine … but it is not shown in action list until you make another action (or stops recording). The reason is, it "sums up" all your nudging in one action
Y
YN2K
Jan 26, 2009
Yes, I am using the arrow keys. The history shows ‘nudge’ but the recording list does not show this. To verify, I stopped recording, and tested a ‘play’ on the action, and it does not do the nudge steps.
DR
Danny_Raphael
Jan 29, 2009
Once you complete the nudges, record any other step, e.g., Ctrl + A (select all). This ‘next step’ (whatever it is) in effect tells PS "you’re done nudging," so it will then record the last (nudge) step as well as the current one.

You’d think upon clicking STOP (to terminate the record process) that PS would record the nudge, but as you discovered it don’t. Go figure.

You can then delete the unnecessary ‘select all’ step from the action.
Y
YN2K
Mar 3, 2009
Thank you, Danny. Doing a CTRL-A did the trick. Sorry for the delayed response, I was out of town for a while and (for several really unimportant reasons) didn’t get back in to CS4 to test this until now.

While testing this, (since I am now able to move on to my next step), I found one other step that does not record: When I ‘drag a layer’ from one image file to another, it only records the ‘select previous document’, but not the ‘drag layer’ (as it appears in the history). Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
DR
Danny_Raphael
Mar 3, 2009
Welcome back. Glad you’re back in the saddle again.

To my knowledge the "drag/drop layer from image A to image B" proceess has never been recordable in an action. But "the old fashioned way" works:
* Source image: Ctrl + A (Select all), Ctrl + C (Copy)
* Click on destination image to make it active
* Ctrl + V (Paste)

….you’re done. 🙂
Y
YN2K
Mar 5, 2009
Thanks, Danny.

Copy/Paste does not copy the layer styles, which is why I was doing the drag layer. However, I guess I can always copy and paste the layer styles after the Ctrl-V. 🙂

Thanks!

Yaz

Master Retouching Hair

Learn how to rescue details, remove flyaways, add volume, and enhance the definition of hair in any photo. We break down every tool and technique in Photoshop to get picture-perfect hair, every time.

Related Discussion Topics

Nice and short text about related topics in discussion sections