How to Create Professional Photoshop Actions

[@KarlKreationHD]

I just love how Aaron think about what a viewer might wondering while watching his videos like " What if i want to change this setting later ?" and answer these questions. Phlearn Phorever ! Thanks Aaron !

[@IkeJr2008]

This is one of my favorite tutorials. Discovered something recently all you pros knew about - playing another Action within and Action. I wanted to make an Action that would resize my image, then add a watermark. Already had an Action for the watermark and didn't want to "re-invent the wheel." So I started the recording for resizing image, then I selected my watermark Action and click Play. It added the watermark. Stopped recording and ran the test. HUZZAHS! Listed in the Action was Play action "Watermark."

[@benjaminofperrin]

Just a quick tip. If you create a new layer through the menu (not through a keyboard shortcut) you can name the layer as you create it. By giving it a specific name you'll easily be able to select it whilst recording an action with no conflicts. Selecting a previous layer is not always going to work on the more complex actions. Great tutorial though. Thanks.

[@BrianPex]

Any topic regarding photoshop is best explained and shown by Aaron - either paid or right here. The pro tutorials take it to a new level. This guys is the source for photoshop tutorials. Not really a need to look elsewhere.

[@UbzUnclemax]

You're mature, professional, funny, have a great knowledge of what you're doing, talk fluently... As far as I can recall, Phlearn is the best KZbin channel for Photoshop and photography in my subscribers list, which has a bunch of Photo(shop)(graphy) channels in it.

[@cherietrowler3982]

Agreed!

The "select forward and backward layer" was a real life saving tip. I had gotten as far as to name the layers in the action, but that didn´t help when I had to repeat that action in the same document. Thanks so much!

[@supagonb]

I gave up creating action months ago because I didn't use shortcut to select layer and everything was messing up, but you just saved my life. Sir You are always amazing. Thank You

[@kearress7350]

The reason the Vignette action in the beginning did not work is because it says: Vignette (selection). Since you had no selection it could not Feather it and thus could not complete the action. Other than that: great tutorial, as always!

[@pdukes41]

I love Phlearn for the simple reason of when I'm stuck on something, I come to KZbin and you guys never fail to have an amazing video to help!

[@D300Dave]

Thanks to your tutorial I was able to create an action to flatten a PSD file, duplicate the background layer, crop the image to the dimensions specified by the user, sharpen with unsharp mask to the specifications of the user, and save a copy of the image as a JPEG with filename and location specified by the user. In addition I was able to insert stops to add messages to the user pertaining to cropping, image sizing, sharpening, and saving the image as a jpeg. Many thanks - this will be a game changer to my editing workflow. My next challenge is to modify the action to add levels and brightness contrast adjustments. I'm now a subscriber!

[@RedDirtAlleyPhotography]

Thank you Aaron and #Phlearn peeps! Exactly what I was looking for!!

[@RedDirtAlleyPhotography]

*****

[@SJmoonie]

i learn at least 20 new things every time i see your videos

[@domitabs]

+Zhiona And you are a Kpop fan also? :)

[@louwegee]

I learned how to make an action, how to group items with in an action, warm up my photos and a different way of using high pass. Thanks teacher. Now we all need to give you an apple.

[@starbright5449]

I love all your tutorials. Thanks for all your help!

[@hellocortneypeters]

This is one of the best photoshop tutorials I've stumbled upon. Thanks man, very easy to follow.

[@kaviisuri9997]

I am addicted to yyour videos !!!

[@bivas108]

Thanks Aaron .... was seeking how to do exactly what you taught .... awesome man.

[@virtualzen]

I thought I knew my way around Photoshop reasonably well, but you keep showing me cool new menus and features I've never touched. And you explain them very clearly! Thank you!

[@jackie62]

Great tutorial.. not only learned more about actions but about not effecting colour when sharpening... thanks so much

[@jamesharvey9365]

Brilliant tutorials as always but the premium Tuts are well worth buying. I have learnt so much from Phlearn.

[@NosaSharaf]

Amazing Phlearn , thank you so much

[@erik1836]

Thank you. This was exxxxtremely! helpful to me. I was getting frustrated that my actions weren't acting as I wished them to act. You teaching style is excellent, engaging and fun to watch.

[@olamijidekayode6872]

I can't believe I've been searching wrongly for a good tutorial Channel all over KZbin until now, You the greatest, thanks so much. I love your tutorials

[@benjovi007]

Am learning a lot from you. Thank you. I sure will look at all your tutorials and see what I can buy for in-depth learning.

[@speel1959]

That's the best explanation and demonstration of actions I've seen since I started using Photoshop many years ago. many thanks Aaron for another excellent episode.

[@Oxy_Code]

I have two words 4 you , THANK YOU 🤗 . YOU'VE just made Photoshop a bit easier to use . 👍👍

[@nataliekitaboudoir6776]

Most helpful video on KZbin!

[@craftycub]

This was a great help, I have found so much information tonight that has really helped me. I was trying to find the quickest way to stroke a path and delete it without it asking for confirmations all the time or having to change brushes. And found out you can assign the play action to a button on my intuos pen. edit> keyboard shortcuts>actions> play, and set the play shortcut you want then assign that to my pen. All done with one click now!! Thanks so much!

[@damjansavic]

I´ve been using Ps Actions for some time now, but never knew that it´s possible to create them in non specific way. Great tutorial !!! thanks Aaaron.

[@RobertAWallace]

Awesome...................The Photoshop learning curve continues in leaps ans bounds...............Thanks for the Lessons

[@SheldonCarvalhosc]

Dayum that shortcut to select the layer below and above change how I save some of my actions. I had issues with my frequency separation action but this fixed it. Thank you, Aaron.

[@00Franky00]

Great presentation, great sound and visuals! Just a dam GREAT job! Definitely a must have Channel!!

[@marklehrbass9333]

Thank you very much for your tutorials, it's made all the difference in knowing what I don't know in Photoshop.

[@truthsetsufree]

Awesome, I made my own action previously but did not know about the double click with no specifics...you ROCK Aaron. I have been suggesting you to people in photo groups on FB.

[@Ian.Treherne]

You are simply awesome Mr A! Keep up the good work.

[@NinaAteCocaiNoe]

It's so easy to understand, when you put it this way, thank you

[@trentgarverick9345]

Nice! Answered all of my questions about creating actions.

[@christine3071]

You are the best. Easy to understand, easy to follow. You teach well!

[@bgdbaby]

I've been watching your tutorials for the past whole week. Now I'm sharing Phlearn YT page to my friends with a reference GOD. :D Thank you so much for your time and effort, it means a world! Best of luck and keep these to the point tutorials coming! Regards from Serbia (not Siberia) :D!

[@maximusdoomed]

Wow...thats so good; Ive gotta watch 10 more times to just absorb it all! Some real MAJOR LEAGUE NEXT LEVEL STUFF. Wish I had found this a long time ago.

[@jean-francois2180]

Thanks so much for this super clear rundown of action. Now I feel like an action figure so I subscribed!!

[@VirendraKalra]

truly professional and accurate tutorial among the crowd -thnx

[@AlexanderNejadeh]

A lot better explanation than my basic photoshop learning class at school.

[@crihala]

You are so good man ! Thanks a lot for all the tutorials ! Greetings from Romania !

[@catanasi]

This is soooooo cool and easy to follow. Thanks a million!

[@deotiiemusic1062]

thank you soo much, u ar so good at teaching

[@TommyPi88]

I didn't know about actions until now, cannot wait to try it out. Great tutorial :)

[@1andDONEson]

Dude, you are AWESOME!!!! I can't top watching your videos....

[@MTRP]

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[@jorgegiron4164]

Me ayudó mucho este vídeo. Gracias. (Guayaquil, Ecuador)

[@CarlFreitag]

Very cool. I don't know when i will usw this feature, but it's well explained. Thanks Aaron. You' re great

[@LeKoArtsDE]

I´m really happy to see you teaching Photoshop Actions the right way! I´ve seen and downloaded so many actions out there which don´t work for me - the people just ignored the fact that not every Photoshop is in the english language. I was happy to see something new (the forward/backward layer trick) ´cause my "technique" is to name every layer individually. When I create actions I don´t want the people to fail because they don´t have a german Photoshop! Maybe I´m changing my style to the forward/backward thing ...

[@Mumakuma]

I just wanted to thank you for the amazing tutorials, and tell you that I learned more by watching a couple of videos than in the 2 years I learned photoshop at school! You explain very well, and it's really easy to understand. Looking forward to see more awesome videos!

[@siannypops]

agh Aaron makes photoshop seem so easy! so inspired! thanks Phlearn! :)

[@ABEAST187]

Awesome! I never knew about this!

[@Filiku]

Very easy to follow along and understand. Thanks for this. Cool video

[@strangerdaysss]

+Phlearn Photoshop and Photography Tutorials where do i get the action? aaron stated it in the beginning.

[@MTRP]

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[@lekolora]

Wow, I've never seen so detailed tutorial. THANK YOU!

[@RobertMoran215]

I just learned about Actions and...voila...you have a tutorial. Thank you!

[@LisaNoble-Vivid]

Excellent! Actions have always been a little bit daunting to me... so I wouldn't even try to create them. Now maybe I will use them on a regular basis. Also, may I ask what app you are using to do your screen cast? I am thinking about using something like it to do website reviews for my web consulting business. You guys do such a great job of melding your video and screen casts together, I just wondered.

[@a4shinne1]

Thanks for your videos! I'm a newer user of Photoshop and have gotten so much better and faster at editing from watching your videos! Keep 'em coming!

[@TO3902]

Thank you for your detailed tutorial on actions! I feel like I can begin to create what I want in an action rather than depend upon others and their actions!

[@PapierCreatif]

Awesome tutorial, thank you!

[@chrisstocker]

Yes I make very very long actions for production work. Some times you have to select a path and deselect a path to make it work. Use keystrokes todays action was played on 300 files back from cutting out in india, some of the files had the background selected and some had the layer above selected so I used option +. to activate the layer on the very top of the image. The action then worked on files that either had the background selected or the one above the background selected. My actions resize and puts and image on own layer and creates a shadow then centres the image and so on, ends up with a shadow on a layer behind that has a mask and changes the swatch and brush tool to selectively brush in a shadow at the bottom of the image. Saves hours.

[@harrykramer7479]

Very usefull video. When I have a good start of an action (without problems with layernames, etc), then I just copy it and record from there. So I never have to think about bad actions again. I am a big Phlearn fan, but who is not?! Greatings from Harry Kramer Holland.

[@sunilkotyan4443]

Hello sir...U Are Awesome...I Wtching U r Tutorial When u Teaching Something Your Smile Make My Face Smiley...Thanq So Much...Love You Sir

[@rishirule1]

Wowww ...Very easy and cool ways to do things now On ..

[@shantnutomar5563]

the trick you taught was really amazing

[@ernestodesiderio7482]

You're great man thanks for this video tuts!

[@primal211]

Thoroughly enjoyed this lesson on actions. Than you Phlearn. Although I understood the basics, this has now given me a deeper knowledge which I can put into practice and use across many different images.

[@dallasroberts3206]

It's 2021. This was still helpful! Thanks!

[@markolinobar]

changing a blue color shirt to a red or any color its easy. Can any color shirt be change to white?

[@edogavinda1800]

nice video and good presentation.. thank you. i hope you can teach me again with another video.. thanks

[@EricBier]

Excellent! This is Guru-level teaching. Thank you.

[@EtchYT]

I work in a studio in Egypt and i use actions a lot, i was wondering how to stop the action and set a new value in crop or selctive color and this help me a lot thanks very much for sharing.

[@PikPikkabbu]

18:20 Excellent !!! I've been searching the way to do this for several days

[@rafaelabresillard454]

Thanks for tagging that, I was looking for it too!

[@maritimetribes7845]

Well done broseph, well done.

[@angeladpsp1]

Thank you vey much. I have been looking for a very thorough detailed tutorial on Creating Actions the right way and also how to add notes within an Action to no avail did I find one until I saw your tutorial in the KZbin search list. I am a Subscriber and I should know better by now if I want to learn something correctly that Phlearn is the number one place to go to. Again Thank you very much for making this tutorial and taking your time with being thorough. :)

[@samanthachow8870]

I love all your tutorials! I was just wondering if you can do a tutorial on how to touch up on senior people. For example, what we should and should not retouch on. Thanks!

[@brauer42]

This made my day! First, a trailer about the upcoming film about Stephen Hawking. I actually saw the full trailer. Then your face! I really enjoy your tutorials, but the contrast between an epic trailer and your opening scene really made me burst into laugh! Thank you! Also, neat tutorial!

[@smartwerker]

Good tute... much respect!

[@akstarification]

You people are literally amazing ! Videos are fun and informative :D..Thank you so much.:)

[@Justadude1904]

God damn this video answered every single question I had!! You are the man!

[@DigitalIllustrationTutorials]

Amazing tutorial . Explained very well all the things needed for building actions. Great stuff . Thanks for such an informative lesson

[@samratws]

very useful tutorial.. much appreciated.

[@peten4444]

This is a brilliant tutorial - I just need to watch it another 27 times so I fully understand it

[@miaanderson1301]

This was incredibly helpful. Thanks so much.

[@bravimedia]

Great tutorial. Thanks!

[@radu19d]

Amazing... this was unexpected tutorial. Can't wait to try what i have in mind...

[@finesketchdesignstudio]

Thank you... I've learned something awesome in a very easy way.

[@ceciliacobar5686]

Liked it very much and it helped mi a lot! Thanks!

[@db19812009]

Thanks for the tutorial. Is there a way to make it save a picture like on the desktop or another folder that resizes it say for media? Can you teach how to batch size photos?

[@manojv143]

Very nice Phlearn.

[@kittycohen]

AMAZING INFORMATION .. Thank you

[@deepakshinde6469]

Wonderful video...Thank you so much !!

[@cherietrowler3982]

You are the best.. Thanks for this.

[@HonorMacDonald]

o. m. g. ...the action specific keyboard shortcuts! Why does Adobe keep secrets from us? Why did I struggle with this so long before coming to watch your video? :)

Thank you so much for this great tutorial!

[@SimonHeimbuchner]

One more tip: Using "Command + #" and "Command + ?" you can move your layers up and down in your layers palette. Might be an interesting thing to do when you're creating actions.

[@luizwaguim]

Please, make a phlearn episode on how to make compositing fine art atmosphere. Thank you so much for the tutorials!

[@rajinderluthra]

Ammazing... You saved lot of my time

[@aurorapintore9356]

you are a good teacher. Thank you