How To Add Actions To Photoshop – 2022
Welcome to GOGIVO Photoshop Actions!
Installing Photoshop Actions is extremely easy now. This article reveals the easiest way to install Photoshop action files in a few clicks, successfully tested, and works with all versions of Photoshop.
For advanced painting photoshop actions, you may need to install multiple files like Photoshop action, brushes, and Patterns. Let’s look into the easy way to install photoshop action files.
How to install actions to Photoshop
METHOD 1
Installing Photoshop actions is super simple. Follow the below steps:
1, Inside Photoshop, go to the File > Open…
Inside the Open window, navigate to the Photoshop action folder
2, Select the following files, Action (.atn file), Brush (.abr file), and Pattern (.pat file)(Depending on the action set that you’ve downloaded there could be 1 to 3 files to install.)
3, Click Open to load files in Photoshop.
Done! The action files are ready to use.
METHOD 2
There is an alternative way to install action files in Photoshop. In this case, you need to install action, brushes, and pattern files separately.
To install the Actions file:
- Go to the top menu WINDOW –> ACTIONS, to open the Actions panel.
2) On this panel click the menu icon at the top-right corner and select LOAD ACTIONS.
3) Select the action file(.atn) you wish to install and then click “Load”.
Your ACTION will now appear in the actions palette and are ready to be used.
To install the Brushes file:
1) Go to the top menu WINDOW –> BRUSHES, to open the Brushes panel.
2) On this panel click the menu icon at the top-right corner and select IMPORT BRUSHES.
3) Select the BRUSHES (.abr) you wish to install and then click “Load”.
Your “Brushes” will now appear in the brushes palette and are ready to be used.
To install the Patterns file:
1) Go to the top menu WINDOW –> PATTERNS, to open the Patterns panel.
2) On this panel click the menu icon at the top-right corner and select IMPORT PATTERNS.
3) Select the PATTERN (.pat) you wish to install and then click “Load”.
Your ” PATTERN ” will now appear in the PATTERN palette and are ready to be used.
Done! The action files are ready to use.
When you restart your computer brushes and patterns files installed this way tend to disappear. So please re-install Photoshop actions, brushes, and pattern files if you restart your computer.
How to use Photoshop actions in Photoshop
To apply and use Photoshop actions, the first step is to open the Actions palette. To open the Actions palette, go to “Window” and click on “Actions” from the dropdown menu.
Brush the Subject Area
(Leave this step if you are using a normal photo-editing action. So please confirm it by checking the detailed instructions provided with each action). For advanced painting Photoshop actions like Watercolor effect Photoshop action, the subject area of the photo needs to be brushed/marked before playing the action. Follow the below steps to brush the subject area.
- Create a new layer, go to Layer > New > Layer
- With this new layer selected, brush the subject area with any color
- Select the brush tool, On the top toolbar, make sure Mode is Normal, and both opacity and flow values are set to 100%.
Play Action
With the Photoshop actions already loaded, and the Subject area layer selected, play the action as shown below.
- Click the action you would like to run.
- Navigate to the bottom of the Actions palette.
- Click this “Play” button(triangle shape) and wait for the action to complete.
Once the action is complete, you can click the visibility “eyeball” next to the newly created layer group and see the effect before and after the action is applied.
As a bonus, Gogivo actions include a step-by-step PDF help file with easy-to-follow instructions.
4 Steps To Use Actions In Photoshop Elements
1, Open your image
2, Install action files
3, Brush Subject area
4, Play action
1 ) Open Your Image
a, Open your image in Photoshop Elements
b, Set image mode to RGB color Image > Mode > RGB color
c, Recommended image size is 3000px. Image > Resize > Image size
2) INSTALL Action Files
Follow the below steps to add actions, brushes and pattern files to Photoshop Elements:
a, Inside Photoshop Elements, go to the File > Open…
Inside the Open window, navigate to the Photoshop action folder
b, Select the following files, Action (.atn file), Brush (.abr file), and Pattern (.pat file)(Depending on the action set that you’ve downloaded there could be 1 to 3 files to install.)
c, Click Open to load files in Photoshop Elements.
3) BRUSH Subject Area
a, Create a new layer and brush subject area with any color
b, Select brush tool, make sure Mode is Normal, and opacity set to 100%
4) PLAY ACTION
a, Open Action panel by going to Window > Actions.
Now select your action and click Play
Done. Tweak layers to customize your artwork
When you restart your computer brushes and patterns files installed this way tend to disappear. So please re-install Photoshop actions, brushes, and pattern files if you restart your computer.
