Place a Library Asset With an Action?

[Trevor.Dennis]

I was looking at the Page Curl thread yesterday, and looked at an approach making the effect as a Smart Object, and placing it a CC Library.  I then tried to place it on an image using an Action, but was unable to record the Place step in the action.  A look at the Help pages gave me the impression that I'd need to set up asset sharing, which is more trouble than I'd want to go to, so is there a simple way to place a Library asset using an Action in Photoshop CC?

BTW  I tried placing linked and embedded.  I have Shared the item which now has THIS LINK but I am not sure how to use that link in an Action.

Thanks

Incidentally, sharing items via CC Libraries would be a useful way to share image assets with other forum members.  I haven't tried it, but you could turn a lot of layers into a Smart Object, and place in a Library.  Methinks I'll have to test that idea.

[Trevor.Dennis]

I don't think I can test the shared assets idea because I'm thinking it needs to be accessed via another user's library.  Grabbing the item from the shared link just gets you a single rasterized layer, albeit a layer with transparency intact.  If anyone out there feels like sharing something from their library, I'd appreciate the chance to test it.  Ta

[Trevor.Dennis]

A few of mine that might be useful:

Vector Adobe logo

Adobe Creative Cloud

Canon logo

Adobe Creative Cloud

Sandisk

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop

Adobe Creative Cloud

Logitech G

Adobe Creative Cloud

[Trevor.Dennis]

ACP (Illustrator file)

https://adobe.ly/2o0EmiL

That's all of my universally useful Library assets.

[Trevor.Dennis]

I'd appreciate some help with this.  If you don't know how to record placing a Library object in an Action, then that's no biggie, but if someone wouldn't mind right clicking any object in a CC library and choosing Share.  (make it vector object if possible — a simple shape layer made a Smart Object will do)

When opens in a browser window click on the Private switch which will toggle to Public, and produce a link.  Either post the link here, or PM it to me.  I just want to see if I can use it in my library, and if yes, still as an editable vector object.  I don't know if the object would be linked back to your library, so edits would be reflected at your end.

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Conversely, can you try and use my asset links back up this thread.

Thanks

[Q0093C-PC]

Hi Trevor, 

Did you ever figure out how to record placing a cc library asset into the layers panel of photoshop using an action?

I am stuck with the exact same dilema. It would be great if some one could assist with a solution to this.

[StreetwiseCreative]

Same issue here. It seems like you can't place library items in a layer as an action. The action just ignores that. 😞

[PECourtejoie]

Trevor, did you place a feature request on Feedback for that?

[Adrian Santa]

Hello, i know this is an old topic, but it is very frustrating that it still doesnt work.

I found a simple workaround to this problem : i make a new document at the same size as the item from library, i put all the layers on that document, and save it as a psd. In the action i use place embeded and then convert to layer. The actions work really ok like this. Extra steps for a simple thing, but at least it's something.

[Susheel C]

Thank you! This helped so much.