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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: mdijb on February 08, 2016, 12:27:59 pm

Title: name of Action in photoshop not remembered
Post by: mdijb on February 08, 2016, 12:27:59 pm

I created an Action In photoshop and then changed it's name later, but photoshp will not remember the change and reverts to the original name.  How can I get get the new name to stick?

MDIJB

Title: Re: name of Action in photoshop not remembered
Post by: TonyW on February 08, 2016, 12:42:40 pm

I thought that name change fairly simple e g double click and change.  Does this help
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/playing-actions.html

Title: Re: name of Action in photoshop not remembered
Post by: digitaldog on February 08, 2016, 01:04:38 pm

Maybe a dumb question but, did you save the Action? You have to click on the top level (looks like a folder), the option click "Save Action".

Title: Re: name of Action in photoshop not remembered
Post by: mdijb on February 08, 2016, 06:51:57 pm

Do I have to save the action again with the new name?  Cannot simply double click and give new name?

MDIJB

Title: Re: name of Action in photoshop not remembered
Post by: digitaldog on February 08, 2016, 07:08:10 pm

Quote from: mdijb on February 08, 2016, 06:51:57 pm

Do I have to save the action again with the new name?  Cannot simply double click and give new name?

It should, but why not save em, see if the name sticks.

Title: Re: name of Action in photoshop not remembered
Post by: Redcrown on February 08, 2016, 11:39:31 pm

Here's what we know: Rename of actions does not "stick".

Here's what we don't know:
1. Photoshop version?
2. Operating system (Mac or PC)?
3. When does the action reverts to old name - immediately?, after close and re-launch?, randomly?
4. How the rename is done - looks like the standard double-click in the Actions pallet, but not sure.
5. What are the before and after action names? Any strange characters being used?

So, a wild guess:

In Windows CC versions, Photoshop writes the entire actions set to a file called "Actions Pallette.psp" in the Adobe folder tree somewhere under "C:Users\AppData\Roaming".

It was somewhere else in older Photoshop versions (can't remember where). Don't know where it is on Mac. But more important, it writes/updates this file ONLY when Photoshop exits. If something goes wrong during the termination of Photoshop, the file will not get updated. Any changes to actions made during the session will appear to revert when Photoshop is re-launched.

So for the OP, find this file. Check it's time stamp. Open Photoshop, rename an action, close Photoshop. Re-check the file time stamp. Did it change? Did the action name revert anyway?

Title: Re: name of Action in photoshop not remembered
Post by: Redcrown on February 18, 2016, 01:36:35 pm

The OP has apparently left the building. But in a different post he reported that an upgrade to CC 2015 on his MAC caused "serious problems" and he had to revert to CC 2014.

http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=107999.msg890337#msg890337

We can only assume that this action renaming issue was one of his serious problems.