how to use photoshop action in AE CS3

Kevin Camp
November 5, 2008 at 4:48 pm

i don’t know of any way to get a photoshop action into ae…

with ae you can create scripts that can perform similar functions to photoshop actions, but you will need to actually write the scripts in java rather than record the steps as in a photoshop action…

if the action is a series of effects on a single layer you can create an animation preset that will apply those effects and settings to any selected layers, and that doesn’t involve any programming. jsut apply the effect and any settings adjustments to a layer, select the effects and any settings that were modified (including any keyframed properties), then choose animation>save as preset. then you can recall that preset with all the settings and keyframes when needed.

Kevin Camp
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Carl Larsen
November 5, 2008 at 8:25 pm

Conversely, you could render out your sequence from AE as an image sequence, batch process your frames using the photoshop action, then re-import the processed image sequence back into AE to finish out the shot.
Rex Monga
May 13, 2009 at 5:44 am

guys i solved this prob : using flim strip

i rendered filmstrip in after effect then i import that clip into a
photoshop and applyed action then saved it in same format

thenx for ur valuable ideas

regards

rex monga

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