PS Actions for different versions...

I want to make some actions that will be able to work in different versions of PS (I think the 3 that we use are 5, 7, and LE). Don't worry, most of the actions will be select all, copy, paste, save, ect. Simple things that are open in all vers.
(Am I remembering right that LE doesn't have actions?)
Any who, how could I make actions work in all of these different versions? Make the actions in 5 and load them into 7? I would prefer to make them in 7, but if that is not possible...
Hope I am clear in what I want.
Thanks for the help!

Matthew

[Scott W.]

You are correct that LE doesn't support actions, at least to the best of my recollection.

You can make your actions in 7 just don't use an 7-specific featuress like styles, layer sets... that sort of thing. Use key combinations as much as possible to avoid any problem with menu items being moved. Actions are really just text files, they'll open in a text editor. They should load just fine in 5 and work. If you do use a 7-specific feature the action will just present an error at that step in 5.

[sPECtre]

No, Scott, actions written in V6 and after won't open in V5.5 and before. Indeed, LE does not support actions. PS elements can be modified to accept actions.
I am sorry, but I guess that you will have to upgrade the V5...

Make a search on "hidden elements"

I recommend reading the mother of all actions tutorials: http://www.atncentral.com/tutorials.htm

[Scott W.]

I could swear the did they were just feature specific. Well, they were between 5, 5.5 and 6 and then again between 6 and 7. But I'll take your word for it. I've not tried v5 in years.

[dannyraphael]

As a former PS 5.5 user I can confirm actions written in PS6 and later cannot be loaded into PS 5.x.

In this case the actions could be written in PS 5, saved as Action Set Files (.atn) via Save Actions... command and loaded into PS 7 via Load Actions... command. I've done that many times.

You'd just have to remember all modifications to the actions must be made in 5 and ported to 7, not the other way around.

~Danny~

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