I am going to start the year explaining Actions, the reason for that is that a lot of people don't know how to use it and also how it can improve the productivity.
So, Actions records every step inside Photoshop, as soon as you click "Record" it will record everything you do.
Let's get an example...You have a nice picture that you want to upload to your website or a blog and has to be resized, if that's your case, crating an action it will make your life a lot easier, I'll explain.
First go to Window and select Actions
Now you can see the Actions panel
.....As you can see Adobe were kind enough to give as some presets.
However we want to create our new action, to do so just click on the icon create new action on the action panel and a window opens so you can name your action for future reference.
In my case I name it resize because it's what we want to do.
And just click "Record"!
It's now recording, so let's resize our image going to Image->Image Size and resize to the size we want.
Now we can save as(personal option) in the Desktop or a folder and click STOP in the actions panel.
So next time you need to resize an image to the size that was especified just click Play in the Actions Panel and Photoshop will do all the work for you in a second(depending on your machine).
Please watch my video where I show how to create this action and another with a nice tip on sharpen a photo.
Kind Regards to all
Miguel
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