This tutorial will explain (to the best of my knowledge and experience) Photoshop Actions. Photoshop Actions are wonderful things that can help many people with many things. Read on to find out more! Please use the subnavigation right beneath this paragraph to navigate the tutorial. **Note: This tutorial might be updated depending on whether I've learned more about Photoshop Actions or not.

What & Where: Photoshop Actions - What are Photoshop Actions? What can Photoshop Actions be used for? Where is the Photoshop Actions window and how can I find it?
How: Photoshop Actions - How do you use Photoshop Actions?
Creating Photoshop Actions - Creating the actions that can make your life easier.

Please have some basic knowledge of Photoshop.

What are Photoshop Actions?

Photoshop Actions are pre-recorded actions that help make repetitive tasks in Photoshop easier. They can help you record an effect you wish to save for future use, or even record how to save your project. After recording actions, you can perform these actions with a simple click of a button (or two).

What can Photoshop Actions be used for?

Photoshop Actions can be used for many things. They can help you replicate an effect, such as duplicating the layer and setting it to overlay, and they can help you do menial tasks with only a touch of a button such as giving your work a border without you manually creating the border every time, or saving it as a .JPG with the quality set at 90.

Where is the Photoshop Actions window?

Usually, you can find the Actions button in your tools area (). Clicking on the button opens the Actions window.

If you can't find it this way, you can also open the Actions window by "Window » Actions" (or press Alt + F9).
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Using Photoshop Actions is very simple. All you have to do is select your document, and press the hotkey that the action uses (usually, the hotkey is listed right next to the action's name).

If the action does not have a hotkey, all you have to do is select the action you want to perform and click the play button (the triangle pointing right) that's located at the bottom of the actions window.
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To create a Photoshop Action, you must have a document open. Click on the document, go to your Actions window, and click the "New Action" button located at the bottom of the Actions window; follow the directions for naming and then press record, etc.
Then, do all the steps for your action. When you're done with the steps, click the stop button that's next to the record button.
Ta-da! Your action is complete! Now you can use your action over and over again by either pressing play or pressing the hotkey you assigned it when you named it.
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