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platform and can be shared with others. If you create an Action

on your Mac OS computer, anyone using the Windows version

of Photoshop can load and apply your original Action to his or

her images. In Mac OS or Windows form, Actions fi les use the

.atn extension.

The Actions palette (Windows > Actions) is your key to creating

and using Photoshop Actions. The palette has two modes: List

Before you can record an Action,
the palette must be in List View.
To do that, access the Action
menu and deselect Button Mode.
To play an action, no matter
where it came from, the Actions
palette must be in Button Mode.