Getting the most out of auto actions
Auto actions are recorded sets of processes within the software that you can repeat any time you need those specific functions in that specific order. They are extremely useful for saving time. Figure 2.3 shows examples of how auto actions can affect your image:
Figure 2.3 – Examples of auto actions
At the top of Figure 2.4, the auto-action added a soft red overlay on the image. On the bottom, the auto-action added a golden glitter pattern on top of the stars, which had been previously selected.
Let’s say you’d like to add a certain pink tone to all your images. You do so by using Color balance layer, adding a New Raster Layer instance in Soft Light mode with a specific color, and then using a Level Correction layer to make the image brighter. You could do this long process every single time.
Or, instead of having to perform these actions and select individual settings every time, you could...
