chapter 16 annotating and automating an image. chapter lessons add annotations to an image create an...
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Chapter 16
Annotating and Automating an Image
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Chapter Lessons
• Add annotations to an image• Create an action• Modify an action• Use a default action and create a droplet
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Communicating
• Communicate with the person viewing an image by:– Creating written notes • A comment that appears in the image
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Using Automation
• Use the Actions feature to automate commonly performed tasks:– Record all the steps required for an action– Play the action
• An action is a series of tasks that are recorded and saved for future use
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Ensuring Consistency
• Create actions for frequently used tasks to:– Use them in other Photoshop images– Ensure consistency between related images
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Add Annotations to an Image Creating Written Notes
• Use the Notes tool to create notes– Similar to yellow sticky notes
• Click the Notes tool on the Tools panel• Click where the note should appear in the
image• Type the contents of the note
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Working with Notes
• Each note has an icon displayed on the image– This icon does not print
• Open the note by double-clicking the icon
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Viewing a Note
Note text
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Personalizing a Note
• Change the color of the note’s title bar– Click the Notes color box on the options bar
• Change the author of the note– Select the contents of the Name of author for
annotations text box, then enter a new name and press [Enter] (Win) or [return] (Mac)
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Create an Action
• Most Photoshop actions that can be performed using a button or menu command can be recorded as an action
• Each action can contain:– One or more steps– A stop that allows completion of a command that
can’t be recorded
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Saving and Storing Actions
• Actions are stored in sets• Each set is saved as an .atn file typically
named by the category or actions they contain– Example: A multiple type-related action could be
stored in a set named Type Actions
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Accessing Actions
• Access actions from the Actions panel– Grouped with the History panel
• View actions in List mode or in Button mode on the Actions panel
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Modes
• List Mode– Default setting– Displays the details within each action
• Button Mode– Displays each action without details
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Operating Actions
• Use media-player buttons to operate an action• Buttons include:– Play– Record– Stop– Move Forward– Move Backward
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Creating Actions
• When recording takes place, the red Recording button appears on the Actions panel
• Use the Playback Options dialog box to modify how actions are played back
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Playback Options Dialog Box
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Action Playback Options
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Creating an Action
• Take a snapshot of the image• Click the Actions panel tab• Click the Create new action button on the Actions
panel• Type the name of the action in the Name text box• Assign a color to the action– The action is displayed in this color in Button mode
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Actions panel
Create new action button
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New Action Dialog box
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Recording an Action
• Perform the steps required for the action• Click the Stop playing/recording button on the
Actions panel
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Playing an Action
• Click the action on the Actions panel• Click the History panel tab and click the snapshot
taken of the image before performing the action– The image is restored to its original state
• Click the Actions panel tab• Click the Play selection button on the Actions panel
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Modifying an Action
• Click the step that will come after or before the new steps to add
• Click the Begin recording button on the Actions panel
• Record the steps• Click the Stop playing/recording button on the
Actions panel
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Switching Modes
• Toggle between List mode and Button mode:– Click the Actions panel list arrow– Click Button Mode (or List Mode)
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Actions Panel ModesButton Mode
List Mode
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Modifications for Actions
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Understanding a Stop
• Command that interrupts playback to allow performance of another operation
• To insert a stop:– Click the step just above where the pause should take place– Click the Actions panel list arrow, then click Insert Stop– Enter a text message in the Record Stop dialog box– Select the Allow Continue check box
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Record Stop Dialog box
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Use a Default Action and Create a Droplet
• Add a default action to any action already created
• Default actions are actions included with Photoshop
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Default Actions
• Vignette• Frame Channel• Wood Frame• Cast Shadow• Water Reflection• Custom RGB to Grayscale• Molten Lead
• Make Clip Path (selection)
• Sepia Toning (layer)• Quadrant Colors• Save as Photoshop
PDF• Gradient Map• Mixer Brush Cloning
Paint Setup
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Using Default Actions
• Select the step in a new action that is above where the default action should occur
• Click the Begin recording button• Scroll through the Actions panel to find the required
default action• Click the action, then click the Play selection button
– All the steps in the default action are performed when the new action is played
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Default Action Sets• Commands• Frames• Image Effects• LAB – Black & White Technique• Production• Stars Trails• Text Effects• Textures• Video Actions
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Loading a Default Action Set
• Click the Actions panel list arrow• Click the name of the set to load
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Understanding a Droplet
• Stand-alone action in the form of an icon• Drag one or more Photoshop files onto the
droplet icon to perform the action on the file• Accessing droplets:– Store on the hard drive – Place on the desktop– Distribute to other users
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Droplet on the Desktop
Droplet
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Creating a Droplet
• Click File on the Menu bar• Point to Automate, then click Create Droplet• Click Choose • Enter the name of the droplet• Identify the location in which to save the
droplet, then click Save