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[ 119 ]EXPORT ACTION COMMANDS
Have you ever wanted to see a printed set of instructions from a Photoshop action
that includes every step and every setting? Did you know that actions can actually be
tutorials? Okay, here’s the cool thing: You can create a text file from all your actions.
Click on any action set (folder) in the Actions panel (Window>Actions). Hold down
Command-Option (PC: Ctrl-Alt), and choose Save Actions from the panel’s flyout
menu. Navigate to where you want to save the text file, and click Save. The steps in
every action in your Actions panel will now be saved in a single text file.
RESET BUTTON IN DIALOGS
I love using Curves because they’re
so precise, but it’s easy to get your
curves as messed up as an untended
fishing line (if you’ve ever tried to
untangle a fishing line, you’ll know
what I mean). If you apply Curves
as an adjustment (not an adjust-
ment layer), or any other function
that uses a dialog, perhaps you quit
out of the dialog and relaunched it,
nice and fresh. I have good news
for you: You don’t have to do that,
you can just hit the Reset button.
But I hear you say, “I can’t find the
Reset button.” This is one of those
hidden features. If you hold down
the Option (PC: Alt) key, the Cancel
button will turn into a Reset button.
Now, that’s handy!
Bonus Tip: If you apply Curves
as an adjustment layer, you’ll find a
handy reset button at the bottom of
the Properties panel. It’s the icon of
an underscored curved arrow.REMEMBERING SETTINGS
IN ADJUSTMENTS
Have you ever applied an adjust-
ment to a layer and then wanted to
apply the exact same adjustment to
another layer? Let’s say you applied
Color Balance, and for some reason
you applied it as an adjustment
rather than as an adjustment
layer (there are times when you’d
need to do this). Now you choose
another layer and want to apply the
exact same adjustment. You could
try and remember the settings, or