Install Actions in Photoshop Elements

What’s the Deal with Installing Actions on Lion?

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Mac is certainly making things difficult on us action lovers lately. First, there’s the mess regarding Elements purchased from the App Store, and how you can’t install most actions into it. Now, Lion is making it difficult for us to find the main Mac Hard Drive. If you’ve installed actions on a Mac before, you [...]

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Actions in Photoshop Elements: Installation Problems

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Action Makers:  You are so welcome to link to this information!  However, the following article is copyrighted, as are all articles on Texas Chicks Blogs and Pics.  It is not ok to copy it in any form into your product information, website, or anywhere else. Otherwise, I fully reserve the right to copy your actions! [...]

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Elements Crashes After Installing Actions

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As if it’s not hard enough to install actions into Photoshop Elements, every once in a while PSE will crash even though you’ve done everything right.  Have you ever seen this message after opening Elements? Just to be clear here, this is not the same as getting the “Not Responding” message while MediaDatabase is rebuilding.  [...]

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Organize Actions by Category in PSE 7 and 8 – Free Template

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We Photoshop Elements action junkies have tons of actions in our Effects palette.  Scrolling down a long list to look for the action you need can be a drawn-out pain in the patootie, can’t it? Would you like to organize your actions using folders accessible through the pick list, like this image? If you look [...]

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Install Actions in Photoshop Elements 8

December 2, 2009

I know some of you have been waiting on pins and needles for information about installing actions in Photoshop Elements 8.  Here’s the bad news: It’s no easier to install actions in PSE8 than it was in PSE7. Here’s the good news: It’s no harder in PSE 8 than it was in PSE7. Installing actions [...]

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Update to Installing Actions in Photoshop Elements 7

October 14, 2008

Thanks to the very smart people at Elements Village, I have updated my instructions for installing actions in Photoshop Elements. This tip that I read about in the Elements Village forum is a great timesaver.  You usually do not need to delete the two database files to refresh your Effects Palette and find your new [...]

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A Few Tips on Using Actions in Photoshop Elements 7

October 8, 2008

For some strange reason I have a compulsion to get my new Photoshop Elements in perfect working order before I can actually start using it.  That means that I needed to transfer my actions and brushes from PSE 6 into PSE 7.  And boy, have I learned a lot!  I thought I’d share my discoveries [...]

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Viewing Your Installed Actions by Category in Photoshop Elements 7

October 8, 2008

Thanks to the very detailed work of Foulwater at Flickr, here is a method for categorizing the actions you have installed in Photoshop Elements 7. Categorizing Actions in Photoshop Elements 7 Open a text editor like Notepad or Word.  You need to be able to save a file as an XML in this editor.  I [...]

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Installing Actions in Photoshop Elements 7

October 3, 2008

Ok, I received my new Photoshop Elements, version 7 yesterday.  I am so excited, but haven’t had a chance to check out the new features yet.  So glad it’s Friday – maybe I can play with it tomorrow!  I did notice a new Action Player in the Guided Edit section.  And one of the actions [...]

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