Automator Actions for Mac OS X 10.7/10.8/10.9 Lion, Mountain Lion

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Automator Actions for Mac OS X 10.7/10.8/10.9 Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks

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Table of Contents About Us

.........................................................................................................9 Our Services

.................................................................................................................9 Why We Do It

...............................................................................................................9 Our Experience

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Learning Automator

......................................................................................11 Software Requirements

.................................................................................12 Installing an Action Pack

..............................................................................13 Action Versions

.............................................................................................14 Determining the Version of an Action Pack

.............................................................14 Determining the Version of an Individual Action

....................................................14 Action Version History

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AI Action Pack

..............................................................................................16 Close Illustrator Documents

......................................................................................17 Delete Empty Text Frames from Illustrator Documents

..........................................19 Filter Illustrator Documents by Color Mode

............................................................21 Get All Opened Illustrator Documents

.....................................................................23 Get Front Illustrator Document

................................................................................24 Get Names of Illustrator Documents

........................................................................25 Get Paths of Illustrator Documents

..........................................................................26 Make New Ellipse in Illustrator Documents

............................................................27 Make New Line in Illustrator Documents

................................................................29 Make New Rectangle in Illustrator Documents

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New Illustrator Document

.........................................................................................33 Open Documents in Illustrator

.................................................................................35 Place Images in Illustrator Documents

....................................................................37 Place Text in Illustrator Documents

.........................................................................38 Print Illustrator Documents

......................................................................................40 Save Illustrator Documents

.......................................................................................41 Save Illustrator Documents as EPS

..........................................................................43 Save Illustrator Documents as PDF

.........................................................................45 Set Ruler Origin of Documents

.................................................................................47 Trigger Illustrator Action

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File and Folder Action Pack

........................................................................50 Add Finder Item Names to Spotlight Comments

......................................................51 Batch Create Folders from List of Names

................................................................52 Batch Create Sequential Folders

..............................................................................53 Create Internet Location File

....................................................................................55 Empty Trash

...............................................................................................................57 Filter Finder Items By Size

........................................................................................58 Get Information for Finder Items

.............................................................................60 Get Names of Finder Items

.......................................................................................61 Get Originals of Aliases

.............................................................................................62 Get Parent Folders of Finder Items

..........................................................................63 Get Spotlight Comments of Finder Items

.................................................................65 Hide Extension of Finder Items

................................................................................66 Lock Finder Items

......................................................................................................67 New Subfolder

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Quit Application

.........................................................................................................69 Set Creator Type of Files

...........................................................................................70 Set File Type of Files

.................................................................................................71 Set Modification Date of Finder Items

.....................................................................72 Show Extension of Finder Items

...............................................................................74 Unlock Finder Items

..................................................................................................75 Wait for Finder Items

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FMP (FileMaker Pro) Action Pack

..............................................................78 Close FileMaker Databases

.......................................................................................79 Extract Field Data From Found Set

.........................................................................80 Find All Records in FileMaker Database

.................................................................83 Find Records in FileMaker Database

.......................................................................84 Get FileMaker Database Field Names

......................................................................86 Get FileMaker Database Layout Names

...................................................................88 Get FileMaker Database Names

...............................................................................90 Get FileMaker Database Script Names

....................................................................92 Get FileMaker Database Table Names

.....................................................................94 Hide FileMaker Database

..........................................................................................96 Insert Picture Reference in Container Field of FileMaker Database

.....................98 Make New Record in FileMaker Database

............................................................100 Open FileMaker Database

.......................................................................................101 Run FileMaker Script

..............................................................................................103 Set Field Values in FileMaker Database

.................................................................104 Show FileMaker Database

......................................................................................106 Show Layout in FileMaker Database

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Sort Records of FileMaker Database

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ID (InDesign) Action Pack

.........................................................................110 Add Pages to InDesign Documents

.........................................................................111 Close InDesign Documents

.....................................................................................113 Export InDesign Documents to PDF

......................................................................115 Find and Change Text in InDesign Documents

.....................................................117 Get All Opened InDesign Documents

.....................................................................119 Get Front InDesign Document

................................................................................120 Get Linked Images from InDesign Documents

......................................................121 Get Names of InDesign Documents

........................................................................123 Get Paths of InDesign Documents

..........................................................................124 Get Text from InDesign Documents

.......................................................................125 Merge InDesign Documents

....................................................................................127 New InDesign Document

.........................................................................................129 Open Documents in InDesign

.................................................................................131 Package InDesign Documents

................................................................................132 Place Images in InDesign Document

......................................................................134 Place Text in InDesign Document

...........................................................................136 Print InDesign Documents

......................................................................................138 Save InDesign Documents

......................................................................................139 Save InDesign Documents as Single Page Documents

..........................................141 Update Modified Links in InDesign Documents

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PS (Photoshop) Action Pack

.......................................................................144 Add IPTC Captions to Photoshop Documents

.......................................................145 Apply Gaussian Blur to Photoshop Documents

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Apply Invert to Selection in Photoshop Documents

...............................................150 Apply Pinch to Photoshop Documents

....................................................................152 Apply Sharpen Edges to Photoshop Documents

....................................................154 Apply Sharpen More to Photoshop Documents

.....................................................156 Apply Sharpen to Photoshop Documents

...............................................................158 Apply Smart Blur to Photoshop Documents

...........................................................160 Apply Twirl to Photoshop Documents

.....................................................................162 Apply Unsharp Mask to Photoshop Documents

.....................................................164 Apply Watermark to Photoshop Documents

...........................................................166 Assign Color Profile to Photoshop Documents

......................................................168 Bring Photoshop Document to the Front

...............................................................170 Change Mode of Photoshop Documents

................................................................172 Close Photoshop Documents

...................................................................................174 Copy to Clipboard in Photoshop Documents

..........................................................176 Extract IPTC Captions from Photoshop Documents

.............................................178 Flatten Photoshop Documents

................................................................................180 Flip Photoshop Documents

.....................................................................................181 Get All Opened Photoshop Documents

...................................................................183 Get Front Photoshop Document

.............................................................................184 Get Names of Photoshop Documents

......................................................................185 Get Paths of Photoshop Documents

........................................................................186 New Photoshop Document

......................................................................................187 Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop

...............................................................189 Open Images in Photoshop

......................................................................................195 Paste Clipboard in Photoshop Documents

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Resize Photoshop Documents

..................................................................................199 Rotate Photoshop Documents

.................................................................................201 Save Photoshop Documents

....................................................................................203 Save Photoshop Documents as JPEG

.....................................................................205 Save Photoshop Documents for Web

......................................................................207 Select All in Photoshop Documents

........................................................................209 Trigger Photoshop Action

........................................................................................211 Trim Photoshop Documents

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TextEdit Action Pack

...................................................................................215 Add Prefix to Text

.....................................................................................................216 Add Suffix to Text

.....................................................................................................219 Add Suffix to Text Paragraphs

................................................................................221 Balance Paragraphs

................................................................................................222 Change Case of Text

................................................................................................223 Close TextEdit Documents

.......................................................................................224 Combine Text Strings

...............................................................................................225 Decode URL Encoded Strings

.................................................................................226 Extract URLs from Text

...........................................................................................228 Find and Replace in Text

.........................................................................................230 Get Characters of Text

.............................................................................................232 Get Length of Text

....................................................................................................234 Get Opened TextEdit Documents

............................................................................236 Get Paragraphs of Text

............................................................................................237 Get Words of Text

.....................................................................................................239 Read Text File

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Remove Duplicate Paragraphs from Text

...............................................................241 Remove Empty Paragraphs

.....................................................................................242 Remove Leading Characters from Text

...................................................................243 Remove Markup from Text

......................................................................................244 Remove Prefix from Text Paragraphs

.....................................................................246 Remove Suffix from Text Paragraphs

.....................................................................247 Remove Trailing Characters from Text

...................................................................248 Save TextEdit Documents

........................................................................................250 Sort Text Paragraphs

...............................................................................................251 Split Text

...................................................................................................................252 Trim Text

..................................................................................................................254 URL Encode Strings

................................................................................................255 Write Text to File

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Support

........................................................................................................258 Reporting Bugs

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Troubleshooting

..........................................................................................259 Learning More About Automator

............................................................................259 Need More User-to-User Help?

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Version History

...........................................................................................260 AI Action Pack History

............................................................................................260 Finder Action Pack History

.....................................................................................265 FMP (FileMaker Pro) Action Pack History

............................................................270 ID (InDesign) Action Pack History

.........................................................................275 PS (Photoshop) Action Pack History

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TextEdit Action Pack History

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License and Terms

......................................................................................307 License

......................................................................................................................307 Solution Delivery

......................................................................................................307 Live Testing

..............................................................................................................307 Third Party Software and Hardware

.......................................................................307 Disclaimer

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About Us Our Services We specialize in providing workflow consulting services to Mac-based businesses. Our areas of expertise include: • • • • • •

Workflow Analysis and Planning Productivity Improvements and Recommendations AppleScript Development and Integration Automator Development and Integration Documentation Training and Presentations

For additional client testimonials, success stories, and other general information about Automated Workflows, LLC, please visit www.automatedworkflows.com. Why We Do It We want our clients to be efficient, productive, profitable, and successful. We help make these things possible. Our Experience We have had the opportunity to work with many companies in the past, including: Abercrombie & Fitch Adobe Systems, Inc. Apple Inc. Avatar Data Publishing Solutions Beezwax Datatools BowTie, Inc. CNN Digital Casting Studios DMiNTERACTIVE Draper Associates

G&R Publishing Garden State Laboratories Irvin Simon Photographers Johns Hopkins University Press Journal Sentinel, Inc. Media Supply Mills Fleet Farm Microsoft Corporation NASA

PC World Piermed, Inc. Prestwick House Signature Vacations The Merchandiser The New Yorker Magazine Newspapers Time Magazine U.S. Marine Corp Vanguard

"Automated Workflows did not just meet my expectations, they exceeded them! The project was finished ahead of schedule and under budget. The script works flawlessly and has saved my staff considerable time and effort." - Doug Pierce, Piermed, Inc.

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“Thanks a million for your help. I can see from the script that you have lots of experience at this stuff... You have saved us a lot of time... I am beginning to realize/appreciate how much time this will save me." - David B. Wolff, NASA “We've been nothing but extremely satisfied with everything about your process. Your skill as a systems integrator is truly a gift... Thank you very much for bringing this in on schedule and under budget." - Ken Howard, Irvin Simon Photographers

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Learning Automator

Automator for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide By Ben Waldie Automator for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach intermediate Macintosh users how to automate repetitive, timeconsuming tasks with the Automator application that is included with Mac OS X. Automator comes with many useful automated routines (called actions) preinstalled, for lots of popular applications, that do things like remove empty playlists from iTunes or add attachments to Mac Mail. The real power of Automator lies in mixing and matching these actions to have them do exactly the job you want. They're put together in a string of actions known as a workflow. Author Ben Waldie introduces readers to how Automator works, and then helps them assemble and use Automator workflows. Both beginning users who want a thorough introduction to Automator and more advanced users looking for a convenient reference will find what they need here in straightforward language, clear steps, and practical tips. www.automatedworkflows.com/books/automator_vqs10.6.html

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Software Requirements Automated Workflows, LLC’s Automator actions for Snow Leopard and Lion require that the following software be installed: All Actions Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 AI (Illustrator) Actions Adobe Illustrator CS4, CS5, or CS5.5, CS6, CC FMP (FileMaker) Actions FileMaker Pro 7.x - 12.x ID (InDesign) Actions Adobe InDesign CS4, CS5, or CS5.5, CS6, CC PS (Photoshop) Actions Adobe Photoshop CS4, CS5, or CS5.5, CS6, CC NOTE: Our Automator actions are built with AppleScript. Since the AppleScript terminology in an application can change from version to version, a code update may be required if you upgrade your software in the future. Prior to performing an upgrade, we recommend conducting a parallel test with your solution to determine whether changes will be required. If changes are required, please consult our website at www.automatedworkflows.com for information about obtaining a potential updated version.

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Installing an Action Pack Our Automator action packs are self-contained. That is, all actions are embedded within the action pack application itself. To install a set of our Automator actions, perform the following steps: •

Download the desired Automator action pack from the Mac App Store.

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If the main action pack application does not launch automatically after it has been downloaded to your computer, then launch it. This is necessary in order to “register” its actions with Automator.

NOTE: The main action pack application must be relaunched any time an updated version of the action pack is downloaded, in order to register it with Automator. For action packs that include a large number of actions, the launch process may take a few moments to complete. •

Once the process is complete, a window will be displayed, showing a list of included actions, along with their version numbers. In addition, if this is a new installation, you will be prompted to register the action pack by entering a serial number.

Example of Main Action Pack Window

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You may now quit the action pack application, and may begin using the actions within Automator.

NOTE: If Automator is already running, then you will need to quit Automator and re-launch it in order for the actions to appear.

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Action Versions Determining the Version of an Action Pack Our action pack applications have a version number, which is incremented whenever actions within that action pack are updated. You can display the splash screen at any time by selecting About Action Pack from the action pack menu in the menu bar.

An Action Pack Version Appears on the Splash Screen

Determining the Version of an Individual Action Action versions can be viewed in the main action pack window, or within an individual action’s description area in Automator.

Viewing Action Version Numbers in the Main Action Pack Window

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Viewing an Action’s Version Number in Automator

Action Version History This document includes a version history section, which is updated whenever an action changes. This section includes a complete history of all action version numbers and changes.

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AI Action Pack This action pack contains the following actions, which are described throughout this section: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Close Illustrator Documents Delete Empty Text Frames from Illustrator Documents Filter Illustrator Documents by Color Mode Get All Opened Illustrator Documents Get Front Illustrator Document Get Names of Illustrator Documents Get Paths of Illustrator Documents Make New Ellipse in Illustrator Documents Make New Line in Illustrator Documents Make New Rectangle in Illustrator Documents New Illustrator Document Open Documents in Illustrator Place Images in Illustrator Documents Place Text in Illustrator Documents Print Illustrator Documents Save Illustrator Documents Save Illustrator Documents as EPS Save Illustrator Documents as PDF Set Ruler Origin of Documents Trigger Illustrator Action

NOTE: A version history of changes to the actions above can be found at the end of this document.

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Close Illustrator Documents Close Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action closes opened Illustrator images.

Categories

Documents

Alert

Note

When performing a save and close, save options are unavailable, and all documents are saved in Illustrator format. Documents that have not been previously saved cannot be saved and closed.

Modifiable Settings

The option to save and close the documents.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

The saved Illustrator files.

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Close Illustrator Documents Example Usage

Close all opened documents without saving.

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Delete Empty Text Frames from Illustrator Documents Delete Empty Text Frames from Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action deletes empty text frames from the Illustrator documents passed as input.

Categories

Documents

Alert

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Delete Empty Text Frames from Illustrator Documents Example Usage

Delete all empty text frames in the front document.

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Filter Illustrator Documents by Color Mode Filter Illustrator Documents by Color Mode Action Screenshot

Description

This action filters the input Illustrator documents for documents matching the specified color mode, either CMYK or RGB.

Categories

Documents

Alert

Note

When performing a save and close, save options are unavailable, and all documents are saved in Illustrator format. Documents that have not been previously saved cannot be saved and closed.

Modifiable Settings

The color mode for which to filter, and the option to save and close documents that don't match the specified criteria.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Get All Opened Illustrator Documents Get All Opened Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves a list of opened Illustrator documents, and passes them as output to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Documents

Note Modifiable Settings Requirements

If Illustrator documents are received as input, then this action appends the remaining opened Illustrator document to the documents received as input. N/A One or more opened Illustrator documents.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Example Usage

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Get Front Illustrator Document Get Front Illustrator Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action locates the front opened Illustrator document, and passes it as output to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Documents

Note

Modifiable Settings Requirements

If Illustrator documents are received as input, then this action appends the front opened Illustrator document to the documents received as input. If the input contains the front document, then the front document is appended a second time. You may optionally configure this action to ignore its input, to prevent this from occurring. N/A An opened Illustrator document.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Example Usage

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Get Names of Illustrator Documents Get Names of Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves the names of the Illustrator documents received as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action attempts to retrieve the name of the frontmost opened Illustrator document. Once retrieved, the names are passed as output to the next action in the workflow (any action that accepts text as input) for further processing.

Categories

Documents

Alert

N/A

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types Example Usage

Text - The names of the Illustrator documents.

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Get Paths of Illustrator Documents Get Paths of Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves the file paths of the Illustrator documents received as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action attempts to retrieve the file path of the frontmost opened Illustrator document. Once retrieved, the file paths is passed as output to the next action in the workflow (any action that accepts files/folders as input) for further processing.

Categories

Documents

Alert

N/A

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types Example Usage

Files - The file paths of the Illustrator documents.

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Make New Ellipse in Illustrator Documents Make New Ellipse in Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action creates an ellipse at the specified position in the Illustrator documents passed as input. If no Illustrator documents are passed as input, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Illustrator document.

Categories

Documents

Note

Top and bottom position may need to be negative values, depending on where the zero point is on the document.

Modifiable Settings

Ellipse name, left position, right position, top position, bottom position, fill color, stroke color, and stroke weight.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Make New Line in Illustrator Documents Make New Line in Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action creates a line at the specified position in the Illustrator documents passed as input. If no Illustrator documents are passed as input, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Illustrator document.

Categories

Documents

Note

Down positions may need to be negative values, depending on where the zero point is on the document.

Modifiable Settings

Line name, left position, right position, top position, bottom position, stroke color, and stroke weight.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Make New Rectangle in Illustrator Documents Make New Rectangle in Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action creates a rectangle at the specified position in the Illustrator documents passed as input. If no Illustrator documents are passed as input, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Illustrator document.

Categories

Documents

Note

Top and bottom position may need to be negative values, depending on where the zero point is on the document.

Modifiable Settings

Rectangle name, left position, right position, top position, bottom position, fill color, stroke color, and stroke weight.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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New Illustrator Document New Illustrator Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action creates a new document in Illustrator.

Categories

Documents

Alert

N/A

Modifiable Settings

Document size and color mode.

Input Types

N/A

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Open Documents in Illustrator Open Documents in Illustrator Action Screenshot

Description

This action opens documents in Illustrator.

Categories

Documents

Requirements

Files of type Adobe Illustrator (.ai), AutoCAD Drawing (.dwg), AutoCAD Interchange File (.dxf), BMP (.bmp), Corel Draw (.cdr), Enhanced Metafile (.emf), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), PDF (.pdf), SVG (.svg), SVG Compressed (.svgz), Targa (.tga), Text (.txt), DWG (.dwg), or Windows Metafile (.wmf).

Modifiable Settings

The ability to suppress warning dialogs, the ability to preserve spot colors in the gradient mesh for legacy documents, and the ability to update text in legacy documents.

Input Types

Files - Illustrator document files

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Place Images in Illustrator Documents Place Images in Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action places the image files received as input into the frontmost opened Illustrator document, or into all opened Illustrator documents.

Categories

Documents

Requirements

Files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf).

Modifiable Settings

Whether the images should be placed into the frontmost opened Illustrator document, or all opened Illustrator documents.

Input Types

Image files

Output Types Example Usage

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Place Text in Illustrator Documents Place Text in Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action places text received as input into specified text boxes in the frontmost opened Illustrator document, or into all opened Illustrator documents.

Categories

Documents

Note

When targeting a text frame by name, please ensure that you have manually entered a unique name for the text frame. You can enter a name for a text frame by navigating to, and double clicking on the text frame in Illustrator's 'Layers' palette. If targeting multiple text frames, those text frames should have the same prefix, but unique numeric suffixes, i.e. MyTextFrame1, MyTextFrame2, MyTextFrame3, etc. If a specified text frame cannot be found in a document, then the text is placed in a new text frame. If a specified paragraph style sheet cannot be found, then no style sheet is applied.

Modifiable Settings

Target Illustrator document, text placement options.

Input Types

A list of text strings

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

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Print Illustrator Documents Print Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action prints the Illustrator documents passed as input to the default printer, using a specified print preset. If no documents are passed as input, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Illustrator document.

Categories

Documents

Alert

N/A

Modifiable Settings

A print preset

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Example Usage

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Save Illustrator Documents Save Illustrator Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action saves Illustrator documents to an output folder in Adobe Illustrator format, using a specified name. If necessary, a unique suffix is automatically appended to the saved document name so that existing files with the same name are not overwritten.

Categories

Documents

Alert

N/A

Modifiable Settings

Save file name, output folder, and whether the document should be closed after the save.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Saved document paths or opened Illustrator documents.

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Save Illustrator Documents as EPS Save Illustrator Documents as EPS Action Screenshot

Description

This action saves Illustrator documents to an output folder in EPS format, using a specified name. If necessary, a unique suffix is automatically appended to the saved document name so that existing files with the same name are not overwritten.

Categories

Documents

Alert

N/A

Modifiable Settings

Save file name, output folder, whether the document should be closed after the save, whether to overwrite existing files, preview format, whether to embed fonts, whether to include linked files, whether to include document thumbnails, whether to include CMYK PostScript in RGB files, compatible gradient and gradient mesh printing, and Adobe PostScript level.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Saved EPS file paths or opened Illustrator documents.

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Save Illustrator Documents as PDF Save Illustrator Documents as PDF Action Screenshot

Description

This action saves Illustrator documents to an output folder in PDF format, using a specified name. If necessary, a unique suffix is automatically appended to the saved document name so that existing files with the same name are not overwritten.

Categories

Documents

Alert

N/A

Modifiable Settings

Adobe PDF preset, save file name, output folder, and whether the document should be closed after the save.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Saved PDF file paths or opened Illustrator documents.

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Set Ruler Origin of Documents Set Ruler Origin of Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action sets the ruler origin (the left, bottom corner) of the Illustrator documents passed as input to a specified position. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action attempts to reset the ruler origin of the frontmost opened Illustrator document.

Categories

Documents

N/A

Despite the units visible in Illustrator, the ruler origin values must be specified in points.

Modifiable Settings

The across and down position of the ruler.

Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Example Usage

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Trigger Illustrator Action Trigger Illustrator Action Action Screenshot

Description

This action triggers a specified Illustrator action.

Categories

Documents

Alert

Note

Some Illustrator actions may take some time to run, and Illustrator may release control to the Automator action prior to the action completing, potentially causing unanticipated results. If this occurs, increase the amount of time the action delays within the Automator action's settings.

Modifiable Settings

Name of the Illustrator action, name of the set to which the action belongs, amount of time to delay after triggering action.

Requirements

The action can not be triggered if it is selected in Illustrator's 'Actions' palette. Please ensure that the action is de-selected in Illustrator's 'Actions' palette prior to running this Automator action. In addition, the action name and set are case sensitive, and must EXACTLY match their names as they appear in Illustrator. If the reference to the document is changed by the action, such as saving the document as a different name, then the modified document is not included in out output of the action.

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Trigger Illustrator Action Input Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Output Types

Opened Illustrator documents.

Example Usage

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File and Folder Action Pack This action pack contains the following actions, which are described throughout this section: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Add Finder Item Names to Spotlight Comments Batch Create Folders from List of Names Batch Create Sequential Folders Create Internet Location File Empty Trash Filter Finder Items By Size Get Information for Finder Items Get Names of Finder Items Get Originals of Aliases Get Parent Folders of Finder Items Get Spotlight Comments of Finder Items Hide Extension of Finder Items Lock Finder Items New Subfolder Quit Application Set Creator Type of Files Set File Type of Files Set Modification Date of Finder Items Show Extension of Finder Items Unlock Finder Items Wait for Finder Items

NOTE: A version history of changes to the actions above can be found at the end of this document.

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Add Finder Item Names to Spotlight Comments Add Finder Item Names to Spotlight Comments Action Screenshot

Description

This action will add the names of the files/folders passed as input to the Spotlight comments of those files/folders.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

The option to append the name to, or replace existing comments.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Example Usage

Append the names of the selected items in the Finder to the items’ existing Spotlight comments:

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Batch Create Folders from List of Names Add Finder Item Names to Spotlight Comments Action Screenshot

Description

This action will create new folders in a specified output folder, named using the list of names received as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

The output folder, i.e. where you want the folders to be created.

Input Types

Text (a list of folder names)

Output Types Example Usage

Files/Folders (the newly created folders) Create a set of folders on the Desktop:

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Batch Create Sequential Folders Batch Create Sequential Folders Action Screenshot

Description

This action will create a specified number of folders, named sequentially, within a specified output folder. The action also allows for the creation of sequentially named subfolders.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

A prefix for the newly created folders (optional), a suffix type (numeric or alphabetic), whether to include leading zeros for numeric suffixes, whether to make uppercase for alphabetic suffixes, number of folders to build, number of subfolders to build (optional), output folder, and whether to ignore duplicates.

Input Types

N/A

Output Types Alert

Files/Folders (Paths to the main folders created. NOTE: Subfolders created are not included in the result.) Emptying the Trash will permanently remove Finder items from your machine. This action may fail if there are items in the Trash that are opened or locked.

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Batch Create Sequential Folders Example Usage

Create and reveal a set of unique numerically suffixed job folders on the Desktop, each of which contains 2 sub-job folders:

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Create Internet Location File Create Internet Location File Action Screenshot

Description

This action will create Internet location files using any URLs received as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder, Internet, Safari

Modifiable Settings

A name for the saved Internet location file, with the option to using the URL as the name, and the output folder.

Input Types

URLs (Valid URLs must be received as input.)

Output Types Note

Files/Folders An Internet location file is a file that, when clicked, will open a URL.

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Create Internet Location File Example Usage

Create an Internet location file on the Desktop for the Automated Workflows Tips page, where you can find tons of Automator articles, tutorials, and videos:

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Empty Trash Empty Trash Action Screenshot

Description

This action will empty the Trash.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

Whether to warn before emptying the Trash.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Alert

Example Usage

Emptying the Trash will permanently remove Finder items from your machine. This action may fail if there are items in the Trash that are opened or locked. Empty the trash with a warning:

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Filter Finder Items By Size Filter Finder Items By Size Action Screenshot

Description

This action will scan through the Finder items passed as input. Any items matching the specified size will be passed as output to the next action in the workflow for further processing.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

The desired size for which to filter, along with evaluation criteria (less than, less than or equal to, equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to, not equal to).

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Note

This action will round KB to 0 decimal places, MB to 1 decimal place, GB to 2 decimal places.

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Filter Finder Items By Size Example Usage

Move items in a specified folder that are smaller than 1MB to a new folder on the Desktop:

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Get Information for Finder Items Get Information for Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the specified information for the files received as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

The type of information to retrieve.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types Example Usage

Text List the file paths of the selected Finder items in a new TextEdit document:

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Get Names of Finder Items Get Names of Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the names of any Finder items received as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

You may optionally choose to include the extension, if present, in the output Finder Item names.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types Example Usage

Text List the names of the selected Finder items, without their extensions, in a new TextEdit document:

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Get Originals of Aliases Get Originals of Aliases Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the names of any Finder items received as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Example Usage

Get selected alias files in the Finder, locate their originals, and copy them to a folder on the Desktop:

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Get Parent Folders of Finder Items Get Parent Folders of Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the parent folders of any files/folders passed as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types Note

Files/Folders (The parent folders of the files/folders passed as input.) If an item is a disk, and has no parent folder, then no parent folder will be returned for the disk.

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Get Parent Folders of Finder Items Example Usage

Open the parent folder of the selected Finder items in column view:

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Get Spotlight Comments of Finder Items Get Spotlight Comments of Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the Spotlight comments of the files and folders received as input, and pass them as text to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types Example Usage

Text Add the Spotlight comments for the selected Finder items to a new TextEdit document:

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Hide Extension of Finder Items Hide Extension of Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will hide the extensions of any Finder items passed as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Example Usage

Hide the extensions of the selected Finder items:

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Lock Finder Items Lock Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will lock Finder items passed as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Note

Example Usage

Locking Finder items is different than restricting the permissions of Finder items. Locking a file prevents the file from being changed or deleted. Locking a folder prevents the folder from being deleted. Locking a folder does not lock items within the folder. Each folder item must be locked individually. Lock the selected Finder items:

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New Subfolder New Subfolder Action Screenshot

Description

This action will create a subfolder inside of the passed folder path.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

The name of the subfolder, the type of date prefix, if desired, and whether to create the folder with a unique numeric suffix, if an existing subfolder with the same name is already present.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Example Usage

Create a dated subfolder in a specified folder:

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Quit Application Quit Application Action Screenshot

Description

This action will attempt to quit the specified application.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

The desired application to quit

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Alert

Example Usage

This action will attempt to quit the specified application without saving any unsaved data. If unsaved data exists, then the application may display a dialog prompting you to save. Quit the Address Book

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Set Creator Type of Files Set Creator Type of Files Action Screenshot

Description

This action will change the creator type of files passed as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

A 4 character creator type.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Alert Example Usage

This action will modify the creator types of files. This can sometimes prevent files from being recognized by certain applications and processes. Set the creator type of a specified file to 8BIM, a creator type for Photoshop:

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Set File Type of Files Set File Type of Files Action Screenshot

Description

This action will change the file type of files passed as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

A 4 character file type.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Alert Example Usage

This action will modify the file types of files. This can sometimes prevent files from being recognized by certain applications and processes. Set the file type of a specified file to the file type of a PDF:

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Set Modification Date of Finder Items Set Modification Date of Finder Item Action Screenshot

Description

This action will set the modification date of the files/folders passed as input to a specified date.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

Modification date.

Note

If the specified modification date is older than the Finder item’s creation date, then the Finder item’s creation date will also be changed to the specified modification date.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Alert

This action will change the modification date of items in the Finder. This cannot be undone.

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Set Modification Date of Finder Item Example Usage

Copy a specified file to the Desktop (for backup purposes) and change its modification date to a specified date:

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Show Extension of Finder Items Show Extension of Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will unhide the extensions of any Finder items passed as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Example Usage

Show the extension of the selected files:

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Unlock Finder Items Unlock Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will unlock Finder items passed as input.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

Note

Example Usage

Unlocking Finder items is different than reducing the permissions of Finder items. Unlocking a locked file allows the file to be changed or deleted. Unlocking a folder allows the folder to be deleted. Unlocking a folder does not unlock items within the folder. Each folder item must be unlocked individually. Unlock the selected Finder items:

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Wait for Finder Items Wait for Finder Items Action Screenshot

Description

This action will wait for any passed Finder items to finish writing, before allowing the workflow to continue. This is done by monitoring the size of each Finder item until its' size remains constant.

Categories

Files & Folders, Finder

Modifiable Settings

You may specify the maximum amount of time the action should wait for an item before timing out. You may also specify the amount of time the action will wait before re-checking a Finder item's size.

Input Types

Files/Folders

Output Types

Files/Folders

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Wait for Finder Items Example Usage

Wait for all items in a specified folder to finish writing:

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FMP (FileMaker Pro) Action Pack This action pack contains the following actions, which are described throughout this section: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Close FileMaker Databases Extract Field Data From Found Set Find All Records in FileMaker Database Find Records in FileMaker Database Get FileMaker Database Field Names Get FileMaker Database Layout Names Get FileMaker Database Names Get FileMaker Database Script Names Get FileMaker Database Table Names Hide FileMaker Database Insert Picture Reference in Container Field of FileMaker Database Make New Record in FileMaker Database Open FileMaker Database Run FileMaker Script Set Field Values in FileMaker Database Show FileMaker Database Show Layout in FileMaker Database Sort Records of FileMaker Database

NOTE: A version history of changes to the actions above can be found at the end of this document.

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Close FileMaker Databases Close FileMaker Databases Action Screenshot

Description

This action will close a specified FileMaker Pro database, the frontmost FileMaker Pro database, or all opened FileMaker Pro databases.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database to close.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Example Usage

Close all opened databases:

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Extract Field Data From Found Set Extract Field Data From Found Set Action Screenshot

Description

This action will extract data from a specified field in the current record, or in all found records of a FileMaker Pro database.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database name, layout name, field name, and whether to extract from all records or the current record.

Requirements

An opened database in FileMaker Pro, with the specified field visible on the layout.

Input Types Output Types

Anything The extracted field data.

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Extract Field Data From Found Set Example Usage

Extract values matching "Monkey" from the "Animal" field in the found set of records. Then, add them to a TextEdit document.

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Find All Records in FileMaker Database Find All Records in FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

This action will find all records in a specified FileMaker Pro database.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database name, layout name.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Example Usage

Find all records in a specified database:

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Find Records in FileMaker Database Find Records in FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

This action will search for records matching a specified field value in a FileMaker Pro database.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database name, layout name, field name, field value, omit value.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

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Find Records in FileMaker Database Example Usage

Find records matching specified criteria in a specified database.

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Get FileMaker Database Field Names Get FileMaker Database Field Names Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves a list of fields in a FileMaker database table or layout, and passes them as text to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Utilities

Note

If text is passed to this action, it will be appended to the retrieved field names. To prevent this, set the action to ignore input.

Modifiable Settings

Database, table, and layout name. Option to retrieve fields from the table or layout.

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get FileMaker Database Field Names Example Usage

Extract field names from a database, and add them to a TextEdit document.

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Get FileMaker Database Layout Names Get FileMaker Database Layout Names Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves a list of layouts in a FileMaker database, and passes them as text to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Utilities

Note

If text is passed to this action, it will be appended to the retrieved layout names. To prevent this, set the action to ignore input.

Modifiable Settings

Database name

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get FileMaker Database Layout Names Example Usage

Extract layout names from a database, and add them to a TextEdit document.

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Get FileMaker Database Names Get FileMaker Database Names Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves a list of opened FileMaker Pro databases, and passes them as text to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Utilities

Note

If text is passed to this action, it will be appended to the retrieved database names. To prevent this, set the action to ignore input.

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get FileMaker Database Names Example Usage

Extract names of opened databases, and add them to a TextEdit document.

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Get FileMaker Database Script Names Get FileMaker Database Script Names Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves a list of scripts in a FileMaker database, and passes them as text to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Utilities

Note

If text is passed to this action, it will be appended to the retrieved script names. To prevent this, set the action to ignore input.

Modifiable Settings

Database name

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get FileMaker Database Script Names Example Usage

Extract script names from a database, and add them to a TextEdit document.

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Get FileMaker Database Table Names Get FileMaker Database Table Names Action Screenshot

Description

This action retreives a list of tables in a FileMaker database, and passes them as text to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Utilities

Note

If text is passed to this action, it will be appended to the retreived table names. To prevent this, set the action to ignore input.

Modifiable Settings

Database name

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get FileMaker Database Table Names Example Usage

Extract table names from a database, and add them to a TextEdit document.

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Hide FileMaker Database Hide FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

This action hides the specified databases.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database(s) to hide.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

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Hide FileMaker Database Example Usage

Hide all opened databases.

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Insert Picture Reference in Container Field of FileMaker Database Insert Picture Reference in Container Field of FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Warning

Description

This action inserts picture files into container fields as references. The actual files are not embedded into the database by this action.

Categories

Utilities

Requirements

Files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf).

Modifiable Settings

Database name, layout name, field name, and whether to set the value of the field in the current record only, all found records, or new records.

Input Types

Files & Folders

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Insert Picture Reference in Container Field of FileMaker Database Output Types Example Usage

Files & Folders Insert an image into a database container field:

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Make New Record in FileMaker Database Make New Record in FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

This action will create a new record in a FileMaker database.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database name, layout name, and whether to show the newly created record.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Example Usage

Make a new record in a database.

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Open FileMaker Database Open FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

This action will open the database files received as input, or a remote database from a FileMaker Server.

Categories

Utilities

Alert

A password entered into this action is not stored securely when saved within a workflow.

Note

The username and password fields may be left empty if your database does not require a username and password, or if you would like the user to be prompted to enter a username and password when the action runs.

Modifiable Settings

Whether to open database files or a remote database, username and password

Input Types

Files & Folders

Output Types

Files & Folders

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Open FileMaker Database Example Usage

Open a specified FileMaker database:

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Run FileMaker Script Run FileMaker Script Action Screenshot

Description

This action will run a specified FileMaker script in a FileMaker Pro database.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database name, FileMaker script name.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Example Usage

Run a script in a database.

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Set Field Values in FileMaker Database Set Field Values in FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Warning

Description

This action will set the value of a specified field in a FileMaker Pro database to the text received as input.

Categories

Utilities

Alert

This action will set the value of a field in a FileMaker database. This cannot be undone. It is recommended that you conduct thorough testing before using this action with live data.

Modifiable Settings

Database name, layout name, field name, and whether to set the value of the field in the current record only, all found records, or new records.

Input Types

Text

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Set Field Values in FileMaker Database Output Types Example Usage

Text Set field values in new records:

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Show FileMaker Database Show FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

This action shows the specified databases.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database(s) to show.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Example Usage

Show all opened databases.

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Show Layout in FileMaker Database Show Layout in FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

This action shows a specified layout in a specified database.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database and layout name.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

Example Usage

Show a layout in a database.

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Sort Records of FileMaker Database Sort Records of FileMaker Database Action Screenshot

Description

Due to limitations in FileMaker's scripting support, a second field's sort order is only supported in FileMaker 9 and higher. For older versions of FileMaker, if a second sort field is specified, then the sort order of the first field will be used for the second field.

Categories

Utilities

Modifiable Settings

Database name, layout name, field name, sort order.

Input Types

Anything

Output Types

Anything

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Sort Records of FileMaker Database Example Usage

Sort records in a database.

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ID (InDesign) Action Pack This action pack contains the following actions, which are described throughout this section: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Add Pages to InDesign Documents Close InDesign Documents Export InDesign Documents to PDF Find and Change Text in InDesign Documents Get All Opened InDesign Documents Get Front InDesign Document Get Linked Images from InDesign Documents Get Names of InDesign Documents Get Paths of InDesign Documents Get Text from InDesign Documents Merge InDesign Documents New InDesign Document Open Documents in InDesign Package InDesign Documents Place Images in InDesign Document Place Text in InDesign Document Print InDesign Documents Save InDesign Documents Save InDesign Documents as Single Page Documents Update Modified Links in InDesign Documents

NOTE: A version history of changes to the actions above can be found at the end of this document.

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Add Pages to InDesign Documents Add Pages to InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will add pages to InDesign documents.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Number of pages to add, and whether to add blank pages, or a specific master page.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

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Add Pages to InDesign Documents Example Usage

Add a page to the front document and save the document:

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Close InDesign Documents Close InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will close opened InDesign documents.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

The option to save and close the documents.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Note

Alert

When performing a save and close, save options are unavailable. Documents that have not been previously saved cannot be saved and closed.

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Close InDesign Documents Example Usage

Close and save the front InDesign document, and reveal its file in the Finder:

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Export InDesign Documents to PDF Export InDesign Documents to PDF Action Screenshot

Description

This action will export InDesign documents in PDF format into a specified output folder. It may optionally be configured to export single-page PDF files.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

PDF export preset, output folder, whether to export individual pages, whether save and close after exporting, and whether overwrite existing PDF files with the same names.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Files/Folders - The exported PDF files.

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Export InDesign Documents to PDF Example Usage

Add a bullet before each paragraph:

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Find and Change Text in InDesign Documents Find and Change Text in InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will perform a find/change in the InDesign documents received as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then this action will attempt to process the frontmost opened InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Find/change text, whether to search the entire document or a specified text frame, find/change options.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Note

Text frame labels are case sensitive. PLEASE NOTE: The options to include hidden layers, master pages, and footnotes are only supported in InDesign CS3 and higher.

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Find and Change Text in InDesign Documents Example Usage

Find and replace some text in the front document, and then save the document:

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Get All Opened InDesign Documents Get All Opened InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve a list of opened InDesign documents, and pass them as output to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Requires Note

Example Usage

One or more opened InDesign documents. If InDesign documents are received as input, then this action will append the remaining opened InDesign document to the documents passed as input. Save and close all opened documents:

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Get Front InDesign Document Get Front InDesign Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action will locate the front opened InDesign document, and pass it as output to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Requires Note

Example Usage

An opened InDesign document. If InDesign documents are received as input, then this action will append the front opened InDesign document to the documents passed as input. If the input contains the front document, then the front document will not be appended a second time. You may optionally configure this action to ignore its input, to prevent this from occurring. Save the front document:

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Get Linked Images from InDesign Documents Get Linked Images from InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve a list of linked images from the InDesign documents passed as input, and output them to the next action in the workflow. If no InDesign documents are received as input, or if input is ignored, then this action will attempt to process the frontmost opened InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Whether to get linked images from all pages, or from a specific page.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types Note

Image files. Images passed as output from this action can be processed by an action that accepts files/folders as input. This action will not return missing images, but it will return modified images. It will not return duplicate instances of the same image, if detected.

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Get Linked Images from InDesign Documents Example Usage

Retrieve linked images from a document and import them into iPhoto:

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Get Names of InDesign Documents Get Names of InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the names of the InDesign documents passed as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action will attempt to retrieve the name of the frontmost opened InDesign document. Once retrieved, the names will be passed as output to the next action in the workflow (any action that accepts text as input) for further processing.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types Example Usage

Text - The names of the InDesign documents. Retrieve the names of any opened InDesign documents, and append them to a document in TextEdit:

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Get Paths of InDesign Documents Get Paths of InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the file paths of the InDesign documents passed as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action will attempt to retrieve the file path of the frontmost opened InDesign document. Once retrieved, the file paths will be passed as output to the next action in the workflow (any action that accepts files/folders as input) for further processing.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types Example Usage

The file paths of the InDesign documents. Get the paths of any opened documents, and back them up in a zip archive:

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Get Text from InDesign Documents Get Text from InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve text from the InDesign documents passed as input, and output it to the next action in the workflow. If no InDesign documents are received as input, or if input is ignored, then this action will attempt to process the frontmost opened InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Whether to get text from the document (as a whole), the document (one page at a time), or a specific page, and whether to get text from all text frames, a single text frame with a specific script label applied, or multiple text frames with a specific script label prefix applied.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types Note

Text Text passed as output from this action can be processed by an action that accepts text as input. Script labels may be applied to text frames using InDesign's 'Script Label' palette. Script labels are case sensitive. Be sure to match the label or label prefix exactly when specifying them.

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Get Text from InDesign Documents Example Usage

Get text from a specified text frame in the front document, and place it into a new TextEdit document:

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Merge InDesign Documents Merge InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will merge the InDesign documents received as input. Documents may be merged into the first document received as input, or into a new InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Whether to merge into the first input document, or a new document, and whether the result of the action should be the input documents and the merged document, or just the merged document.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

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Merge InDesign Documents Example Usage

Merge the opened InDesign documents into a new document, and then save it to the Desktop:

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New InDesign Document New InDesign Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action will create a new document in InDesign.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Document size and facing pages

Input Types

N/A

Output Types

The newly created InDesign document.

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New InDesign Document Example Usage

Create a new document and save it to the desktop:

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Open Documents in InDesign Open Documents in InDesign Action Screenshot

Description

This action will open documents in InDesign.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

The option to suppress warnings, such as notifications about missing fonts, when opening documents.

Input Types

InDesign document files

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents

Note

Adobe InDesign can be used to open QuarkXPress 4 documents. Therefore, this action will accept QuarkXPress 4 documents as input, as well as InDesign documents.

Example Usage

Prompt the user to select some InDesign documents, and then open them:

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Package InDesign Documents Package InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will package the InDesign documents received as input, and output them into the specified location. If no InDesign documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then this action will attempt to process the frontmost opened InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Location for packaged document, and options for packaging.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Packaged document folders

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Package InDesign Documents Example Usage

Package the front document and reveal it in the Finder:

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Place Images in InDesign Document Place Images in InDesign Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action will place images into specified page items in an InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Target InDesign document, image placement options.

Input Types

Image paths.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Note

This action will import the following types of images - BMP, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD, and TIFF.

Requires

The specified InDesign document must contain pre-existing graphic frames with script labels applied. Script labels may be applied to graphic frames using InDesign’s ‘Script Label’ palette.

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Place Images in InDesign Document Example Usage

Ask the user to choose some images, and then place them into labeled frames within the active document:

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Place Text in InDesign Document Place Text in InDesign Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action will place text into specified text boxes in an InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Target InDesign document, text placement options.

Input Types

Text

Output Types Requires

Opened InDesign documents. The specified InDesign document must contain pre-existing text frames with script labels applied. Script labels may be applied to text frames using InDesign’s ‘Script Label’ palette.

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Place Text in InDesign Document Example Usage

Place paragraphs of text into labeled text frames in the front document:

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Print InDesign Documents Print InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will print the InDesign documents passed as input, using a specified print preset. If no documents are passed as input, or if input is ignored, then this action will attempt to process the frontmost opened InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

A print preset

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Example Usage

Print the front document:

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Save InDesign Documents Save InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will save InDesign documents to an output folder using a specified name. If necessary, a unique suffix will be automatically appended to the saved document name so that existing files with the same name are not overwritten.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Save file name, output folder, and whether the document should be closed after the save.

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Saved document paths or opened InDesign documents.

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Save InDesign Documents Example Usage

Save the front document to the desktop and then reveal it in the Finder:

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Save InDesign Documents as Single Page Documents Save InDesign Documents as Single Page Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action will save each page of the InDesign document files receivied as input into a specified output folder as input as a single-page InDesign document. If no InDesign document files are received as input, or if input is ignored, then this action will attempt to process the frontmost opened InDesign document.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

Save file name, output folder, and whether to overwrite existing files with the same name.

Input Types

The InDesign document files you want to separate into single-page documents.

Output Types

The separated single-page InDesign document files.

Alert

PLEASE NOTE: This action will open the InDesign files received as input, extract their pages, and then close them. During the extraction process, any page items connected to master pages must be detached. The action will close the original document without saving, so these detachments should not be retained in the original document files. However, if an error occurs, and the process is halted, please be aware that some page items in the opened document may be detacthed from their master pages. Therefore, you should revert the document to its original state, or close it without saving, to prevent these detachments from being retained.

Note

Saved single-page documents will include a suffix, indicating their page number, i.e. fileName_01.indd, fileName_02.indd, fileName_03.indd, etc. PLEASE NOTE: Automatic page numbering and text frames linked across multiple pages may not translate properly into single-page documents.

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Save InDesign Documents as Single Page Document Example Usage

Add a bullet before each paragraph:

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Update Modified Links in InDesign Documents Update Modified Links in InDesign Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will update modified links in InDesign documents.

Categories

Documents

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Output Types

Opened InDesign documents.

Example Usage

Update links in all opened documents, and then save them:

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PS (Photoshop) Action Pack This action pack contains the following actions, which are described throughout this section: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Add IPTC Captions to Photoshop Documents Apply Gaussian Blur to Photoshop Documents Apply Invert to Selection in Photoshop Documents Apply Pinch to Photoshop Documents Apply Sharpen Edges to Photoshop Documents Apply Sharpen More to Photoshop Documents Apply Sharpen to Photoshop Documents Apply Smart Blur to Photoshop Documents Apply Twirl to Photoshop Documents Apply Unsharp Mask to Photoshop Documents Apply Watermark to Photoshop Documents Assign Color Profile to Photoshop Documents Bring Photoshop Document to the Front Change Mode of Photoshop Documents Close Photoshop Documents Copy to Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Extract IPTC Captions from Photoshop Documents Flatten Photoshop Documents Flip Photoshop Documents Get All Opened Photoshop Documents Get Front Photoshop Document Get Names of Photoshop Documents Get Paths of Photoshop Documents New Photoshop Document Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop Open Images in Photoshop Paste Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Resize Photoshop Documents Rotate Photoshop Documents Save Photoshop Documents Save Photoshop Documents as JPEG Save Photoshop Documents for Web Select All in Photoshop Documents Trigger Photoshop Action Trim Photoshop Documents

NOTE: A version history of changes to the actions above can be found at the end of this document.

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Add IPTC Captions to Photoshop Documents Add IPTC Captions to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action adds specified IPTC captions to Photoshop documents

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

Document Title, Author, Author Title, Description, Keywords, Category, Supplemental Categories, Copyright Status, Copyright Notice, Copyright URL, City, State/Province, Country, and whether documents should be closed after processing.

Note

Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings.

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Requirements

Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. Keyword and supplemental categories should be separated by commas.

Input Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents.

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Add IPTC Captions to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and add copyright information.

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Apply Gaussian Blur to Photoshop Documents Apply Gaussian Blur to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies the 'Gaussian Blur' filter to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

Radius

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Gaussian Blur to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply a Gaussian Blur.

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Apply Invert to Selection in Photoshop Documents Apply Invert to Selection in Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies an invert adjustment to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Invert to Selection in Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop, select all, and invert the selection

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Apply Pinch to Photoshop Documents Apply Pinch to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies the 'Pinch' filter to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

Amount

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Pinch to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply a pinch filter.

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Apply Sharpen Edges to Photoshop Documents Apply Sharpen Edges to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies the 'Sharpen Edges' filter to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Sharpen Edges to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply the Sharpen Edges filter.

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Apply Sharpen More to Photoshop Documents Apply Sharpen More to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies the 'Sharpen More' filter to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Sharpen More to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply the Sharpen More filter.

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Apply Sharpen to Photoshop Documents Apply Sharpen to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies the 'Sharpen' filter to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Sharpen to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply the Sharpen filter.

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Apply Smart Blur to Photoshop Documents Apply Smart Blur to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies the 'Smart Blur' filter to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

Radius, threshold, quality, and mode.

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Smart Blur to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply the Smart Blur filter.

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Apply Twirl to Photoshop Documents Apply Twirl to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action applies the 'Twirl' filter to the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

Angle

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Twirl to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply a Twirl filter.

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Apply Unsharp Mask to Photoshop Documents Apply Unsharp Mask to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description Note

Categories

This action applies an Unsharp Mask to the current layer in Photoshop documents. Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings. Photos

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Modifiable Settings

Amount, radius, threshold, and whether documents should be closed after processing.

Input Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Unsharp Mask to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply the Unsharp Mask filter.

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Apply Watermark to Photoshop Documents Apply Watermark to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description Note

Categories Requirements

This action applies a specified watermark to Photoshop documents. Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings. Photos Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. A valid image file must also be specified for the watermark.

Alert

Modifiable Settings

Watermark file and whether documents should be closed after processing.

Input Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents

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Apply Watermark to Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop and apply another image as a watermark.

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Assign Color Profile to Photoshop Documents Assign Color Profile to Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description Note

Categories Requirements

This action assigns a specified color profile to Photoshop documents. Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings. Photos Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop.

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Modifiable Settings

Color profile type, color profile name, and whether documents should be closed after processing.

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Assign Color Profile to Photoshop Documents Input Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents

Example Usage

Assign a color profile to the front opened Photoshop document.

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Bring Photoshop Document to the Front Bring Photoshop Document to the Front Action Screenshot

Description

This action brings the Photoshop documents received as input to the front.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop Documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop Documents

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Bring Photoshop Document to the Front Example Usage

Ask for a photo. Open it in Photoshop. Create a new document. Bring the originally opened document back to the front.

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Change Mode of Photoshop Documents Change Mode of Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

Note

Categories

This action changes the mode of the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document. The documents being processed must support a change to the specified mode. For example, a CMYK document cannot be converted to bitmap. In addition, some mode changes may present dialogs in Photoshop, such as for flattening layers. Photos

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Modifiable Settings

Mode, Bits per Channel

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Change Mode of Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Change the mode of the front opened Photoshop document to 16 bit CMYK.

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Close Photoshop Documents Close Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action closes opened Photoshop images.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Requirements

Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings.

Modifiable Settings

Save and close

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

The saved image files

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Close Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Close all opened Photoshop documents.

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Copy to Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Copy to Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action copies the selection in Photoshop to the clipboard.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Copy to Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Copy selected content in the front opened Photoshop document and paste it a new document.

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Extract IPTC Captions from Photoshop Documents Extract IPTC Captions from Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description Note

This action extracts IPTC captions from Photoshop documents. Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

Author, Author Title, Category, City, Copyright Notice, Copyright Status, Copyright URL, Country, Creation Date, Credit, Description, Description Writer, Document Title, EXIF Data, Headline, Instructions, Keywords, Source, State/Province, Supplemental Categories, Transmission Reference, Urgency

Requirements

Input Types Output Types

Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. Image files or opened Photoshop documents A list of extracted captions

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Extract IPTC Captions from Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Extract IPTC captions from the front opened Photoshop document and add them to a new TextEdit document.

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Flatten Photoshop Documents Flatten Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action flattens the Photoshop documents received as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Example Usage

Flatten the front opened Photoshop document.

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Flip Photoshop Documents Flip Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action flips Photoshop documents horizontally, vertically, or both.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Note

Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings.

Modifiable Settings

Flip horizontal, vertical, or both, and whether documents should be closed after processing.

Requirements

Input Types

Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. Image files or opened Photoshop documents

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Flip Photoshop Documents Output Types Example Usage

Image files or opened Photoshop documents Flip the front opened Photoshop document vertically.

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Get All Opened Photoshop Documents Get All Opened Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves a list of opened Photoshop documents, and passes them as output to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Photos

Note

Requirements

If Photoshop documents are received as input, then this action will append the remaining opened Photoshop document to the documents passed as input. One or more opened Photoshop documents.

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Example Usage

Close all opened Photoshop documents.

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Get Front Photoshop Document Get Front Photoshop Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action locates the front opened Photoshop document, and passes it as output to the next action in the workflow.

Categories

Photos

Note

Requirements

If Photoshop documents are received as input, this action appends the front opened Photoshop document to the documents received as input. If the input contains the front document, then the front document is not be appended a second time. You may optionally configure this action to ignore its input, to prevent this from occurring. An opened Photoshop document.

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Example Usage

Close the front Photoshop document.

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Get Names of Photoshop Documents Get Names of Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves the names of the Photoshop documents passed as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action attempts to retrieve the name of the frontmost opened Photoshop document. Once retrieved, the names are passed as output to the next action in the workflow (any action that accepts text as input) for further processing.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types Example Usage

Text (the names of the Photoshop documents) Retrieve the name of the front opened Photoshop document and add it to a new TextEdit document.

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Get Paths of Photoshop Documents Get Paths of Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action retrieves the file paths of the Photoshop documents received as input. If no documents are received as input, or input is ignored, then the action attempts to retrieve the file path of the frontmost opened Photoshop document. Once retrieved, the file paths are passed as output to the next action in the workflow (any action that accepts files/folders as input) for further processing.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types Example Usage

Files (the paths of the Photoshop documents) Reveal the front opened Photoshop document with the Finder.

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New Photoshop Document New Photoshop Document Action Screenshot

Description

This action creates a new document in Photoshop.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

Document name, width, height, color mode, and background.

Input Types

N/A

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

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New Photoshop Document Example Usage

Create a new Photoshop document and save it to the Desktop.

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Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop Action Screenshots

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Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop

Description

This action opens Camera Raw images in Photoshop.

Categories

Photos

Note

RAW open options can only be specified for Photoshop CS3 and higher. If CS2 is being used, then RAW images are opened using Photoshop's default open settings.

Modifiable Settings

The ability to use camera, image, or custom Camera raw settings.

Input Types

Camera Raw image files.

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

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Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop Example Usage

Ask the user to select a Camera Raw image. Then, open it in Photoshop.

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Open Images in Photoshop Open Images in Photoshop Action Screenshot

Description

This action opens images in Photoshop.

Categories

Photos

Requirements

Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop.

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Image files

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Open Images in Photoshop Example Usage

Ask the user to choose some images. Then, open them in Photoshop.

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Paste Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Paste Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action pastes the clipboard contents into the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents

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Paste Clipboard in Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Copy selected content in the front opened Photoshop document and paste it a new document.

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Resize Photoshop Documents Resize Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action resizes Photoshop documents.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Note

Modifiable Settings Requirements

Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings. Height, width, unit type, resolution, resample method, and whether documents should be closed after processing. Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. A valid image file must also be specified for the watermark.

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Resize Photoshop Documents Input Types Output Types Example Usage

Image files or opened Photoshop documents. If input is ignored, the frontmost Photoshop document is resized. Image files or opened Photoshop documents. Resize the front opened Photoshop document by 50%.

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Rotate Photoshop Documents Rotate Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action rotates Photoshop documents.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Note

Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings.

Modifiable Settings

Rotation amount, direction, and whether documents should be closed after processing.

Requirements

Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. A valid image file must also be specified for the watermark.

Input Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents.

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Rotate Photoshop Documents Output Types Example Usage

Image files or opened Photoshop documents. Rotate the front opened Photoshop document 180 degrees counterclockwise.

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Save Photoshop Documents Save Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action saves Photoshop documents to an output folder in their original format using a specified name. If necessary, a unique suffix is automatically appended to the saved document name so that existing files with the same name are not overwritten.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

Save file name, output folder, and whether the document should be closed after the save.

Input Types

Opened Photoshop Documents.

Output Types

Image paths or Opened Photoshop Documents.

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Save Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Create a new document and save it to the Desktop.

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Save Photoshop Documents as JPEG Save Photoshop Documents as JPEG Action Screenshot

Description

This action saves the Photoshop documents received as input in JPEG format, using the specified settings. If no documents are received as input, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Note

This action saves a copy of each Photoshop document. If you choose to close the document after saving, the original document is closed without saving.

Modifiable Settings

Output folder, output file name, matte, image quality, format options, embed color profile, whether to overwrite existing files, and whether to close the documents after saving.

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types

The saved JPEG files.

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Save Photoshop Documents as JPEG Example Usage

Save the front opened Photoshop document to the Desktop as a JPEG.

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Save Photoshop Documents for Web Save Photoshop Documents for Web Action Screenshot

Description

This action saves the Photoshop documents received as input for the web, using a specified save for web preset. If no documents are received as input, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Note

Due to a scripting limitation in Photoshop, if the preset 'GIF Restricted' is chosen, 256 colors are included in the saved file, rather than automatic colors. This may reduce the saved file size slightly. This action saves a copy of each Photoshop document. If you choose to close the document after saving, the original document is closed without saving.

Modifiable Settings

Output folder, output file name, whether to overwrite existing files, and save for web preset.

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types

The saved image files.

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Save Photoshop Documents for Web Example Usage

Save the front opened Photoshop document to the Desktop as a web PNG file.

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Select All in Photoshop Documents Select All in Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action selects all in the Photoshop documents received as input. If no input is received, or if input is ignored, then this action attempts to process the frontmost opened Photoshop document.

Categories

Photos

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types

Opened Photoshop documents.

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Select All in Photoshop Documents Example Usage

Select all in the front Photoshop document, copy it, and paste it into a new document.

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Trigger Photoshop Action Trigger Photoshop Action Action Screenshot

Description

This action triggers a specified Photoshop action.

Categories

Photos

Alert

Note

Modifiable Settings Requirements

Input Types

Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings. Name of the Photoshop action, name of the set to which the action belongs, and whether documents should be closed after processing. Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf). A valid image file must also be specified for the watermark. In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. The action name and set are case sensitive, and must EXACTLY match their names as they appear in Photoshop. Image files or opened Photoshop documents.

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Trigger Photoshop Action Output Types Example Usage

Image files or opened Photoshop documents. Trigger the Molten Lead default Photoshop action on the front opened Photoshop document.

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Trim Photoshop Documents Trim Photoshop Documents Action Screenshot

Description Requirements

Categories

This action trims Photoshop documents. Image files of type BMP (.bmp), EPS (.eps), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), Photoshop (.psd), PICT (.pct or .pict), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), or PDF (.pdf). In order to use the save and close features with JPEG images, those images must have been previously saved with Photoshop. In order to trim basing on transparent pixels, then the document must contain transparent pixels. Photos

Alert

Modifiable Settings

Trim options and whether documents should be closed after processing.

Input Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents.

Output Types

Image files or opened Photoshop documents.

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Trim Photoshop Documents Note

Example Usage

Compression options are not available when performing a save and close. When saving and closing a PDF, you may be prompted by Photoshop to manually specify settings. Trim the front opened Photoshop document.

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TextEdit Action Pack This action pack contains the following actions, which are described throughout this section: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Add Prefix to Text Add Prefix to Text Paragraphs Add Suffix to Text Add Suffix to Text Paragraphs Balance Paragraphs Change Case of Text Close TextEdit Documents Combine Text Strings Decode URL Encoded Strings Extract URLs from Text Find and Replace in Text Get Characters of Text Get Length of Text Get Opened TextEdit Documents Get Paragraphs of Text Get Words of Text Read Text File Remove Duplicate Paragraphs from Text Remove Empty Paragraphs Remove Leading Characters from Text Remove Markup from Text Remove Prefix from Text Paragraphs Remove Suffix from Text Paragraphs Remove Trailing Characters from Text Save TextEdit Documents Sort Text Paragraphs Split Text Trim Text URL Encode Strings Write Text to File

NOTE: A version history of changes to the actions above can be found at the end of this document.

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Add Prefix to Text Add Prefix to Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will add a specified prefix to the text passed in as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

A prefix

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Add Prefix to Text Example Usage

Wrap text in quotes:

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Add Prefix to Text Paragraphs Add Prefix to Text Paragraphs Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for adding a specified prefix to each paragraph of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The prefix to add to each paragraph Whether or not to add the prefix to empty paragraphs

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Add a bullet before each paragraph:

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Add Suffix to Text Add Suffix to Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will add a specified suffix to the text passed in as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

A suffix

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Add Suffix to Text Example Usage

Wrap text in quotes:

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Add Suffix to Text Paragraphs Add Suffix to Text Paragraphs Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for adding a specified suffix to each paragraph of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The suffix to add to each paragraph Whether or not to add the suffix to empty paragraphs

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Add a bullet after each paragraph:

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Balance Paragraphs Balance Paragraphs Action Screenshot

Description

This action will add a specified character to the beginning and/or end of each paragraph of the text received as input until all paragraphs are equal in length.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Specified character, and whether to add to the beginning or end of paragraphs.

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Add leading zeros to numbers:

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Change Case of Text Change Case of Text Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for changing the case of the text passed as input to uppercase, lowercase, sentence case, or title case.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The desired case

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Convert paragraph to uppercase:

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Close TextEdit Documents Close TextEdit Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will close the TextEdit documents received as input. If no documents are received as input, or if input is ignored, then this action will attempt to close the front opened TextEdit document.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Whether to save unsaved documents

Input Types

TextEdit Documents

Output Types

Files/Folders

Warnings

Example Usage

Batch close opened TextEdit documents:

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Combine Text Strings Combine Text Strings Action Screenshot

Description

This action will combine the text strings received as input into a single text string, optionally using a specified delimiter.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The option to include a specified delimiter between the joined strings.

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Create tab-delimited list of folder items:

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Decode URL Encoded Strings Decode URL Encoded Strings Action Screenshot

Description

This action will decode the URLs received as input.

Categories

Text Internet

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Input

http://www.somesite.com/my%20file.pdf Would decode to: http://www.somesite.com/my file.pdf

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Decode URL Encoded Strings Example Usage

Convert %20 encodings to spaces in URLs:

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Extract URLs from Text Extract URLs from Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will extract URLs from the text received as input.

Categories

Text Internet

Modifiable Settings

Custom URL search prefixes

Input Types

Text

Output Types Note

URLs This action will search for URLs beginning with the following prefixes: http, www, mailto, and ftp. Custom search prefixes may be specified, if desired.

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Extract URLs from Text Example Usage

Extract URLs from text and open them:

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Find and Replace in Text Find and Replace in Text Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for performing a find and replace in the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The find text The replacement text

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Note

To find/replace a return character, enter the text /r To find/replace a tab character, enter the text /t To find/replace the string /t, enter the text //t To find/replace the string /r, enter the text //r

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Find and Replace in Text Example Usage

Find and replace in text:

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Get Characters of Text Get Characters of Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will extract the individual characters of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get Characters of Text Example Usage

Convert characters to paragraphs:

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Get Length of Text Get Length of Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve the length of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The option to get the length of the input text in characters, words, or paragraphs.

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get Length of Text Example Usage

Display character count of text:

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Get Opened TextEdit Documents Get Opened TextEdit Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will retrieve a list of any opened TextEdit documents.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

N/A

Output Types Example Usage

TextEdit Documents Close opened TextEdit documents without saving:

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Get Paragraphs of Text Get Paragraphs of Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will extract the individual paragraphs of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Get Paragraphs of Text Example Usage

Merge paragraphs:

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Get Words of Text Get Words of Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will extract the individual words of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

N./A

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Convert words to comma-delimited text:

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Read Text File Read Text File Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for reading the contents of text files passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Encoding type. Options include Plain Text, Unicode (UTF-8), and Unicode (UTF-16).

Input Types

Text Files

Output Types Example Usage

Text Speak text of a specified file:

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Remove Duplicate Paragraphs from Text Remove Duplicate Paragraphs from Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will remove any duplicate paragraphs from the text received as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Option to ignore empty paragraphs

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Remove duplicate paragraphs:

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Remove Empty Paragraphs Remove Empty Paragraphs Action Screenshot

Description

This action will remove empty paragraphs from the text received as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Remove empty paragraphs:

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Remove Leading Characters from Text Remove Leading Characters from Tex Action Screenshot

Description

This action will remove all instances of the specified character from the beginning of the paragraphs of the text received as input. For example, remove all leading spaces, dashes, asterisks, etc.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Character to remove

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Remove tabs from beginning of paragraphs:

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Remove Markup from Text Remove Markup from Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will remove tagged markup from the text received as input, passing only the extracted text as output.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The starting and ending markup tag characters, whether to remove leading tabs and spaces from paragraphs, and whether to remove empty paragraphs.

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Note

If the input text includes extensive markup, this action may take a little while to remove the markup.

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Remove Markup from Text Example Usage

Remove HTML markup from text:

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Remove Prefix from Text Paragraphs Remove Prefix from Text Paragraphs Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for removing a prefix from each paragraph of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The prefix to remove from each paragraph

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Remove bullets from beginning of paragraphs:

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Remove Suffix from Text Paragraphs Remove Suffix from Text Paragraphs Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for removing a suffix from each paragraph of the text passed as input.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The suffix to remove from each paragraph

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Remove periods from ends of paragraphs:

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Remove Trailing Characters from Text Remove Trailing Characters from Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will remove all instances of the specified character from the end of the paragraphs of the text received as input. For example, remove all trailing spaces, dashes, asterisks, etc.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Character to remove

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Remove Trailing Characters from Text Example Usage

Remove dashes and spaces from end of paragraphs:

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Save TextEdit Documents Save TextEdit Documents Action Screenshot

Description

This action will save TextEdit documents to an output folder, using a specified name. If necessary, a unique suffix will be automatically appended to the saved document name so that existing files with the same name are not overwritten.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Save file name, output folder, and whether the document should be closed after the save.

Input Types

Opened TextEdit documents

Output Types Example Usage

Opened TextEdit documents or Files/Folders Save opened TextEdit documents to the Desktop:

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Sort Text Paragraphs Sort Text Paragraphs Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for alphabetically sorting the paragraphs of the text passed as input. Text may be sorted in either ascending or descending order.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

Sort order

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Sort paragraphs of text ascending:

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Split Text Split Text Action Screenshot

Description

This action will split the text strings received as input into a multiple text strings, using a specified delimiter.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The delimiter to use when splitting the text.

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

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Split Text Example Usage

Convert comma-delimited text to tab-delimited text:

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Trim Text Trim Text Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for trimming the text passed as input to a specified number of characters.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The number of characters to which the text should be trimmed

Input Types

Text

Output Types

Text

Example Usage

Trim text to specified length:

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URL Encode Strings URL Encode Strings Action Screenshot

Description

This action will URL encode the strings received as input.

Categories

Text Internet

Modifiable Settings

N/A

Input Types

Text URLs

Output Types Example Usage

Text Convert spaces to %20 encodings:

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Write Text to File Write Text to File Action Screenshot

Description

This Automator action is responsible for writing text to a specified file.

Categories

Text

Modifiable Settings

The desired case

Input Types

Text

Output Types Warning

Files/Folders (paths of the files to which the text is written) If the 'overwrite' option is chosen in this action's settings, existing files may be overwritten. This cannot be undone. Please take care if selecting this option.

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Write Text to File Example Usage

Write text content to file on Desktop:

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Version History AI Action Pack History Main Action Pack – View Action Versions Below for Details of Changes 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 10.17.08 – Version 1.01 01.28.09 – Version 1.02 08.27.09 – Version 1.03 09.06.09 – Version 1.04 12.01.09 – Version 1.05 05.18.10 – Version 1.06 10.24.11 – Version 1.0.7 2012-06-05 – Version 1.0.8 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Close Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Delete Empty Text Frames from Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Filter Illustrator Documents by Color Mode 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.17.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed a typo in the action’s interface • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get All Opened Illustrator Documents

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09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Front Illustrator Document 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Names of Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Paths of Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Make New Ellipse in Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Make New Line in Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility •

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Make New Rectangle in Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • New Illustrator Document 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.17.08 – Version 1.01 Updated to bring Illustrator to the front when creating a new document, to work around • an issue with Illustrator CS4 if Illustrator is hidden 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Open Documents in Illustrator 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 09.06.09 – Version 1.01 Fixed an incompatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard • 12.01.09 – Version 1.02 Added additional error logging, due to reports of issues in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow • Leopard 05.18.10 – Version 1.03 Added support for opening .dwg files. • 10.24.11 – Version 1.0.4 Added support for opening .ait files. • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Place Images in Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Place Text in Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 01.28.09 – Version 1.01 Fixed an issue with the demo functionality of this action • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Print Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Save Illustrator Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Save Illustrator Documents as EPS 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Save Illustrator Documents as PDF 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility •

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Set Ruler Origin of Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Trigger Illustrator Action 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-06-05 – Version 1.0.1 Increased timeout to 30 minutes • 2013-12-10 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility •

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Finder Action Pack History Main Action Pack – View Action Versions Below for Details of Changes 09.24.08 – Version 3.0 08.27.09 – Version 3.01 11.07.11 – Version 4.0.0 02.24.12 - Version 4.0.1 Add Finder Item Names to Spotlight Comments 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Batch Create Folders from List of Names 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Batch Create Sequential Folders 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Create Internet Location File 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Empty Trash 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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11.07.11 - Version 3.0.0 Mac App Store release • Filter Finder Items By Size 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • 02.24.12 - Version 2.0.1 Fixed a bug when action was run in a workflow • Get Information for Finder Items 11.07.11 - Version 1.0.0 Initial release • Get Names of Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Get Originals of Aliases 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Get Parent Folders of Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Get Spotlight Comments of Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0

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11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Hide Extension of Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • Lock Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • New Subfolder 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.26.07 – Version 1.01 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 04.30.08 – Version 1.02 Made some improvements to file handling •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated subfolder name field to support the use of variables in Leopard • 11.07.11 - Version 3.0.0 Mac App Store release • Quit Application 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 04.30.08 – Version 1.01 Made some improvements to file handling •

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11.07.11 - Version 3.0.0 Mac App Store release • Set Creator Type of Files 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Set File Type of Files 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Set Modification Date of Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Show Extension of Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • Unlock Finder Items 09.06.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.07.11 - Version 2.0.0 Mac App Store release • 02.24.12 - Version 2.0.1 Fixed a bug when action was run in a workflow •

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Wait for Finder Items 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.26.07 – Version 1.01 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.02 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 04.30.08 – Version 1.03 Made some improvements to file handling • 07.08.08 – Version 1.04 Updated to assume that items remaining at a size of 0 for longer than the specified • number of seconds are finished writing

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated to fix a problem when processing an empty folder • 11.07.11 - Version 3.0.0 Mac App Store release •

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FMP (FileMaker Pro) Action Pack History Main Action Pack – View Action Versions Below for Details of Changes 09.06.08 – Version 3.0 10.01.08 – Version 3.01 04.28.09 – Version 3.02 08.27.09 – Version 3.03 2012-11-02 - Version 4.0.0 Close FileMaker Databases 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release 03.30.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed an issue when attempting to close the front or all databases, when no database name has been specified 2012-11-02 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database name • Extract Field Data From Found Set 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release 06.11.06 – Version 1.1 Compiled as Universal Binary Updated for use with FileMaker Pro version 8 10.02.06 – Version 1.11 Updated to remove FileMaker app version check to display this action in Automator 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to handle file specifications Updated database, layout, and field name fields to support the use of variables Updated for new action pack 10.01.08 – Version 2.01 Improved support for networked databases 04.28.09 – Version 2.02

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Updated to fix an issue when retrieving record values when only one record is present in the found set 2012-11-02 Version - 2.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Added ability to choose database, layout, and field name • Find All Records in FileMaker Database 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.01.08 – Version 1.01 Improved support for networked databases • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database and layout name • Find Records in FileMaker Database 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database, layout, and field names • Get FileMaker Database Field Names 2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • Get FileMaker Database Layout Names 2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • Get FileMaker Database Names 2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • Get FileMaker Database Script Names

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2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • Get FileMaker Database Table Names 2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • Hide FileMaker Database 2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • Insert Picture Reference in Container Field of FileMaker Database 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database, layout, and field name • Make New Record in FileMaker Database 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database and layout name • Open FileMaker Database 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 08.27.09 – Version 1.01 Fixed a compatibility issue in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database name •

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Updated to open remote FileMaker 12 databases

Run FileMaker Script 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database and script name • Set Field Values in FileMaker Database 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result • Added ability to choose database, layout, and field name • 2012-11-06 Version - 2.0.1 Fixed an issue processing text input from certain actions • Show FileMaker Database 2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • Show Layout in FileMaker Database 2012-11-02 Version - 1.0.0 Initial release • 2012-11-06 - Version 1.0.1 Fixed an issue that prevented database name from being recognized • Sort Records of FileMaker Database 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-11-02 Version - 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to return input as result •

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ID (InDesign) Action Pack History Main Action Pack – View Action Versions Below for Details of Changes 09.24.08 – Version 3.0 10.17.08 – Version 3.01 03.06.09 – Version 3.02 08.27.09 – Version 3.03 12.01.09 – Version 3.04 11.11.10 – Version 3.05 01.30.11 – Version 3.06 02.12.11 – Version 3.07 2012-03-05 – Version 4.0.0 Add Pages to InDesign Documents 06.13.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 12.21.07 – Version 1.11 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated master page field to support the use of variables • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Close InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Export InDesign Documents to PDF 06.13.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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07.10.06 – Version 1.01 Updated to fix an issue with retaining the chosen output directory • 09.05.06 – Version 1.02 Updated to not auto-apply a unique numeric suffix when exporting using the original • InDesign document name, unless existing files are present and are not to be overwritten. 11.09.06 – Version 1.03 Updated to fix a timeout issue when exporting PDF files • 04.02.07 – Version 1.04 Updated to increase timeout when exporting from 10 minutes to 20 minutes • Updated to work around InDesign problem when exporting PDF files with names of • more than 31 characters in length 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 12.21.07 – Version 1.11 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated to allow exporting into same directory as document • Fixed an issue when attempting to save a previously unsaved document • Updated file name field to support the use of variables • Updated to allow exporting individual pages in PDF format •

12.01.08 – Version 2.02 Updated to fix an issue detecting newly generated PDF files in Snow Leopard • Added additional error logging, due to reports of issues in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow • Leopard 11.11.10 – Version 2.03 Updated to fix an issue that caused PDF export preset popup to not reflresh when the • action is configured to display when run 01.30.11 – Version 2.04 Updated to fix an issue when exporting single-page PDFs from a document whose page • numbers don’t begin with 1. 2012-03-05 – Version 2.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Find and Change Text in InDesign Documents

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09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Get All Opened InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Front InDesign Document 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Linked Images from InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Names of InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Paths of InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility •

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Get Text from InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Merge InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.17.08 – Version 1.01 Updated merge process to fix an issue with pages being merged in reverse order • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • New InDesign Document 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Open Documents in InDesign 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • Updated to handle .indd, .indt, and .indb extensions • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility •

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Added the ability to accept QuarkXPress 4 documents as input, to be opened in InDesign

04.30.08 – Version 1.13 Made some improvements to file handling •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated to allow Quark documents to be passed as input • Updated to allow user to specify whether open dialogs should be displayed • 2012-03-05 – Version 3.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Package InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.17.08 – Version 1.01 Added support for Adobe InDesign CS4 • 03.06.09 – Version 1.02 Increased timeout when packaging documents from 2 minutes to 15 minutes • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Place Images in InDesign Document 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 2.0 Compiled as Universal Binary • Updated to allow the user to import into the current document, or a specified file • Updated to allow the user to import into an individual frame, or multiple frames • Updated to allow the user to process the entire document as a whole, each page • individually, or a specific page number 10.02.06 – Version 2.01 Fixed a bug when using action with InDesign CS • 11.28.06 – Version 2.02 Fixed a bug when placing images on a specific page number •

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04.02.07 – Version 2.03 Fixed a bug when placing images in frames on individual pages • 04.19.07 – Version 2.1 Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 2.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 2.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 04.30.08 – Version 2.13 Made some improvements to file handling •

09.24.08 – Version 3.0 Updated to new action pack template • Update to fix a problem when opening documents on the desktop • Improved detection of frame labels • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Updated label and label prefix fields to support the use of variables • 02.12.11 – Version 3.01 Updated to fix a compatibility issue with InDesign CS5 • 2012-03-05 – Version 3.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Place Text in InDesign Document 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 2.0 Compiled as Universal Binary • Updated to allow the user to import into the current document, or a specified file • Updated to allow the user to import into an individual frame, or multiple frames • Updated to allow the user to process the entire document as a whole, each page • individually, or a specific page number 10.02.06 – Version 2.01 Fixed a bug when using action with InDesign CS • 11.28.06 – Version 2.02 Fixed a bug when placing text on a specific page number •

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04.02.07 – Version 2.03 Fixed a bug when placing text in frames on individual pages • 04.19.07 – Version 2.1 Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 12.21.07 – Version 2.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 04.30.08 – Version 2.13 Made some improvements to file handling •

09.24.08 – Version 3.0 Updated to new action pack template • Update to fix a problem when opening documents on the desktop • Improved detection of frame labels • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Updated label and label prefix fields to support the use of variables • 02.12.11 – Version 3.01 Updated to fix a compatibility issue with InDesign CS5 • 2012-03-05 – Version 3.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 2012-03-05 – Version 3.1.1 Updated for fix a problem when attempting to place text into a saved document file • Print InDesign Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Save InDesign Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • Updated to include an option for overwriting existing files •

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04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 12.21.07 – Version 1.11 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated to allow using the original item name when saving • Updated to allow saving into the same directory as the document • Updated save name field to support the use of variables • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Save InDesign Documents as Single Page Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Update Modified Links in InDesign Documents 06.13.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 12.21.07 – Version 1.11 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 04.30.08 – Version 1.12 Made some improvements to file handling • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • 2012-03-05 – Version 2.1.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility •

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PS (Photoshop) Action Pack History Main Action Pack – View Action Versions Below for Details of Changes • • • • •

09.24.08 – Version 3.0 01.08.09 – Version 3.01 08.27.09 – Version 3.02 03.14.10 – Version 3.03 2013-11-22 - Version 4.0.0

Add IPTC Captions to Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.1 Compiled as Universal Binary • Updated to include a description field • 04.19.07 – Version 1.2 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.21 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.22 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • Updated document title, author title, keywords, category, copyright notice, copyright • URL, city, state/province, and country fields to support the use of variables 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Gaussian Blur to Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0

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2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Invert to Selection in Photoshop Documents 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Initial release • Apply Pinch to Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Sharpen Edges to Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Sharpen More to Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Sharpen to Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Smart Blur to Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Twirl to Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Unsharp Mask to Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Apply Watermark to Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 03.17.08 – Version 1.13 Continued improving Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • Made some improvements to file handling • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • Make more robust, allow user to specify location for watermark • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Assign Color Profile to Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11

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Updated for compatibility with Leopard

12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • Disabled the ability to show selected items when run. Still supports showing entire • interface. 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Bring Photoshop Document to the Front 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Initial release • Change Mode of Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Close Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 12.21.07 – Version 1.11 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility •

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09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Copy to Clipboard in Photoshop Documents 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Initial release • Extract IPTC Captions from Photoshop Documents 06.11.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • Updated to fix a problem when retrieving the author title caption • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Flatten Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility •

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Flip Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get All Opened Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Front Photoshop Document 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Names of Photoshop Documents

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09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Get Paths of Photoshop Documents 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • New Photoshop Document 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated document name field to support the use of variables • 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Open Camera Raw Images in Photoshop 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 03.14.10 – Version 1.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Open Images in Photoshop

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04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 04.30.08 – Version 1.13 Made some improvements to file handling • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Paste Clipboard in Photoshop Documents 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Initial release • Resize Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.1 Compiled as Universal Binary • Updated to allow input to be ignored • Updated to allow changing resolution only • Updated to allow for proportional resizing • 06.11.06 – Version 1.11 Fixed a bug when not resizing by percentage •

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08.11.06 – Version 1.12 Fixed a bug when not resizing proportionally • 04.02.07 – Version 1.2 Fixed a number of issues when resizing using units other than pixels, to work around a • Photoshop scripting bug 04.19.07 – Version 1.3 Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.31 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.32 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • Improved action interface behavior • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Rotate Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12

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Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Save Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 12.21.07 – Version 1.11 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Revised interface design for consistency with other save actions • Updated save name field to support the use of variables • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Save Photoshop Documents as JPEG 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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03.14.10 – Version 1.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Save Photoshop Documents for Web 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 01.08.09 – Version 1.01 Updated to handle images with names longer than 31 characters • Updated to handle images with names containing a leading space character • 03.14.10 – Version 1.02 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Select All in Photoshop Documents 2013-11-22 - Version 2.0.0 Initial release • Trigger Photoshop Action 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • Updated to allow input to be ignored • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Made minor interface adjustments • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.12 Updated for compatibility with Leopard •

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Updated to new action pack template Improved detection of acceptable image file types Added basic support for opening PDF files Updated action and set fields to support the use of variables

03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility • Trim Photoshop Documents 04.29.05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 06.11.06 – Version 1.01 Compiled as Universal Binary • 04.19.07 – Version 1.1 Updated to allow input to be ignored • Updated for InDesign CS3 compatibility • 10.26.07 – Version 1.11 Updated for compatibility with Leopard • 12.21.07 – Version 1.12 Improved Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Improved detection of acceptable image file types • Added basic support for opening PDF files • 03.14.10 – Version 2.01 Updated to resolve an issue when running the action in a Service workflow in Snow • Leopard 2013-11-22 - Version 3.0.0 Updated for Mavericks and Mac App Store compatibility •

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TextEdit Action Pack History Main Action Pack – (View individual action versions below for action-specific update details) 09.24.08 – Version 3.0 11.18.08 – Version 3.01 08.27.09 – Version 3.02 07.11.11 - Version 4.0.0 Mac App Store release • 09.06.11 - Version 4.0.1 Redirected example workflows URL • Updated actions receiving text as input to also accept rich text • 10.13.11 - Version 4.0.2 Implemented sandboxing in main application • 2012-03-05 - Version 4.0.3 Added “Add Prefix to Text” action • Added “Add Suffix to Text” action • 2012-03-05 - Version 4.0.4 Updated “Find and Replace in Text” action • Updated “Remove Duplicate Paragraphs” action • 2012-06-08 - Version 4.0.5 Updated "Read Text File" action • Add Prefix to Text 2012-03-05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • Add Prefix to Text Paragraphs 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Add Suffix to Text 2012-03-05 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • Add Suffix to Text Paragraphs 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Balance Paragraphs 07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 09.06.11 - Version 1.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Change Case of Text 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Close TextEdit Documents

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07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • Combine Text Strings 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Decode URL Encoded Strings 07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 09.06.11 - Version 1.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Extract URLs from Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Find and Replace in Text 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 10.02.06 – Version 1.01 Updated to allow for finding/replacing return and tab characters • 10.17.06 – Version 1.02 Updated to fix a problem with finding and replacing larger text strings • 08.01.07 – Version 1.03

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Updated to fix allow find/replace strings /t and /r to be escaped, so that they don’t translate to tabs and returns, i.e. //t, //r



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11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • 2012-04-25 - Version 3.0.2 Updated to find/change certain unicode characters • Get Characters of Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.18.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Get Opened TextEdit Documents 07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • Get Words of Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.18.08 – Version 1.01

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Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file extension

07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Get Length of Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.18.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Get Paragraphs of Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.18.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Read Text File 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template •

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11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 2012-06-08 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to include a popup menu to specify the encoding type of file to be read. • Options include Plain Text, Unicode (UTF-8), and Unicode (UTF-16). Remove Duplicate Paragraphs from Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.18.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • 2012-04-25 - Version 3.0.2 Added an option to ignore empty paragraphs • Remove Empty Paragraphs 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.18.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Remove Leading Characters from Text

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07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • Remove Markup from Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 11.18.08 – Version 1.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Made significant performance improvements • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Remove Prefix from Text Paragraphs 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • 11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Remove Suffix from Text Paragraphs 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Remove Trailing Characters from Text 07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 09.06.11 - Version 1.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Save TextEdit Documents 07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • Sort Text Paragraphs 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • 11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Split Text 09.24.08 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

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11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Trim Text 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release •

09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • 11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility • Updated to allow trimming by and to a specified number of characters • 09.06.11 - Version 3.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • URL Encode Strings 07.11.11 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 09.06.11 - Version 1.0.1 Updated to accept Rich Text as input • Write Text to File 06.14.06 – Version 1.0 Initial Release • 12.18.06 – Version 1.01 Updated to allow the specification of any output folder, rather than only specific output • folders

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09.24.08 – Version 2.0 Updated to new action pack template • Updated file name field to support the use of variables • Updated to allow text to be appended to the end of an existing file, rather than simply • overwriting it 11.18.08 – Version 2.01 Fixed a problem that occurred when action pack application was set to display its file • extension 07.11.11 – Version 3.0 Updated for Lion and Mac App Store compatibility •

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