Recording actions

Keep in mind the following guidelines when recording actions:You can record most--but not all--commands in an action. You can record operations that you perform with the marquee, move, polygon, lasso, magic wand, crop, slice, magic eraser, gradient, paint bucket, type, shape, notes, eyedropper, and color sampler tools--as well as those that you perform in the History, Swatches, Color, Paths, Channels, Layers, Styles, and Actions palettes. In ImageReady, you can drag a command from the History palette to the action in the Actions palette in which you want the command recorded. You cannot drag italicized commands from the History palette to the Actions palette. (Commands in italics are nonactionable.)Results depend on file and program setting variables, such as the active layer...

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Creating a droplet from an action

Actions are the basis for creating droplets--you must create the desired action in the Actions palette prior to creating a droplet. (See Recording actions.)In ImageReady, you can also create droplets with the Optimize palette, so that you can apply Optimize palette settings to single images or batches of images.To create a droplet from an action (Photoshop):Choose File > Automate > Create Droplet. Click Choose in the Save Droplet In section of the dialog box, and select a location to save the droplet. Select the desired set and action from the Set and Action menus. Set Play options for the droplet: Select Override Action...

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