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Can I add a PLAY or Continue button in my Panel?

Aug 1, 2012 8:59 AM

Some of my actions have a stop in them so that I can make some adjustments. How can I continue the action to complete it? Right now I need to go back to the regular action set and press the play button. Can I add a PLAY button in Configurator?

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  • R_Kelly
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    1. R_Kelly,
    Aug 2, 2012 3:11 AM   in reply to ocphotog
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    I don't know if you can put a universal play button in configurator, unless someone knows how to script such a thing.

     

    You could put a play button for each action that plays the action from your stopping point by using the script listener to get the code.

     

    Or if it's just on your own machine you could assign a keyboard shortcut for play and not have make any extra buttons in your configurator panel.

     
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  • ocphotog
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    2. ocphotog,
    Aug 2, 2012 7:31 AM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    Thanks for replying. I've made a keyboard shortcut for it but was hoping to have in incorporated in the panel.

     

    It would be a nice add-on to the panel. In fact someone requested it back in 2008 but I guess it was never implimented.

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    3. R_Kelly,
    Aug 2, 2012 12:29 PM   in reply to ocphotog
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    It's possible someone over on the photoshop scripting forum knows the code for scripting such a button.:

     

     

    http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_scripting

     
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  • ocphotog
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    4. ocphotog,
    Aug 2, 2012 1:30 PM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    Good idea! I posted it over there too.

    Thanks!

     
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  • Yanwen Ju
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    5. Yanwen Ju,
    Aug 8, 2012 12:47 AM   in reply to ocphotog
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    Did you try the "Action" button under "Action/Script" in left tree of Configurator? Just specify the attributes "Action Name" and "Action Set" for the "Action" button.

     
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  • ocphotog
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    6. ocphotog,
    Aug 8, 2012 3:25 AM   in reply to Yanwen Ju
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    That's how I made all my actions but I have a couple of actions that need to do a merge of only certain layers so a regular merge button will not work. I think I might have to make a special button to do those special merge steps.

     
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  • Yanwen Ju
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    7. Yanwen Ju,
    Aug 8, 2012 3:47 AM   in reply to ocphotog
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    You can add a "Script" and add the text like below in the script attribute.

     

    app.doAction("actionSet1", "actionName1");

    app.doAction("actionSet2", "actionName2");

    app.doAction("actionSet3", "actionName3");

    app.doAction("actionSet4", "actionName4");

     
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  • ocphotog
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    8. ocphotog,
    Aug 8, 2012 5:31 AM   in reply to Yanwen Ju
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    Thanks! I made a short action to select the correct layer, do a merge, select the next layer and merge. Seems to work like I need.

     
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