Saving/Finding PS Actions on HD

[dsver1]

Hi,

I've recently created a set of actions that my coworkers and I commonly use at work (in TV news). However, we all use separate computers each with its own copy of PS or a network shared version.

My question is where does PS store the actions or action sets I have created on the HD and then how can I take those files and copy them to another computer. I also want to backup the actions on my home PC (i.e. save them to a disk and take them home). The only action file I can find is "default actions.atn" but I can't find any of my custom action sets. Also the only other way I can figure out how to copy and share actions is through the droplet measure, but it would be a lot easier for us to keep the process action-based (i.e. inside photoshop, not drag and drop)

Thanks,

DS

[Kevin Connery]

It can save them anywhere, but Photoshop normally just keeps track of actions internally. If the action set isn't explicitly saved, it's not a file that can be transfered. (and if Photoshop gets corrupted, all the actions may be lost. Save the actions explicitly!)

If you want to transfer existing actions, go into the Actions palette, select the action set (folder icon) you want to save, and use the flyout menu to Save Action... That'll bring up a file browser, and you can put it wherever you want.

Copy that to the other machine(s), and have the users there Load Action... from the same flyout Actions menu.

[sPECtre]

Kevin is right as always. If actions are important in your workflow, and you want to learn more about them, see this huge tutorial : http://www.atncentral.com/installing.htm

[dsver1]

Thanks guys, that helped a lot (in fact we did just lose a bunch of actions to a corrupted copy of PS)! That Actions tutorial is a beast, but I found the relevant material.

DS