How can I make the frames and mats wider or narrower? How can I control the appearance of my frame? How can I get a preview of what frame or mat an action will produce? How can I change my frame after I've created it? How can I remove a frame or mat and try another? Can I turn off the instructions in the actions? Can I use these actions on large (high-resolution) photos? Can I use these actions on web-sized photos? What do you mean by a "web-sized" image? I recently loaded an update. When I run an action, why do I see an error message saying that one of the other actions is not currently available? Why do I see this error: "The command "duplicate" is not currently available?" Why do I see this error: "The command "set" is not currently available?" Will these actions work with Photoshop CS? Will these actions work with Photoshop Elements? The action is behaving strangely, and none of these questions and answers help. What now? How can I make the frames and mats wider or narrower?The action will stop to let you specify the size of the frames and mats.Photoshop CS If you have Photoshop CS, you can use the default method of setting relative size, which measures the frame or mat itself. You can change that width and height to anything you want. You'll probably want to keep the height and width the same, but there may be cases where you want asymmetrical frames. Earlier Version of Photoshop If you have an earlier version of Photoshop that doesn't support "relative" size, you'll need to input the final height and width of the framed or matted image, rather than the frame or mat itself. You can see the original height and width at the top, and you can decide how much to increase it. You'll probably want to increase the height and width by the same amount, but there may be cases where you want asymmetrical frames. Back to Top How can I control the appearance of my frame?The action will stop, showing a dialog similar to this:
Notice that on the left, "Bevel and Emboss" is checked and highlighted. At top right are the default settings for Bevel and Emboss. If you're happy with how your frame looks, you can just click "OK." The setting you'll most likely want to change is "Size," but you can experiment with the other settings, too. In addition, you can select other options on the left and change their settings, giving you complete control over the appearance of your frame. To see the changes as you make them, be sure that "Preview" is checked. Back to Top How can I get a preview of what frame or mat an action will produce?We don't have unique examples of every separate action, but you can see sample images showing most frames and mats, either separately or in combination on our frame action webpage.Back to Top How can I change my frame after I've created it?Since the frame is created in a separate layer, you can edit the layer styles to change the appearance. To edit the layer styles, double-click the words "Bevel and Emboss" in the Layers palette:
The Layer Styles dialog will appear, and you can change the settings. You can also crop the frame if it's too large. Back to Top How can I remove a frame or mat and try another?Before a frame or mat action is run, a snapshot is added to the History window. To return to a previous state, you can go to your History window and click one of those snapshots.You can also highlight the Frame layer in the Layers Palette and delete it. If you've run more than one action of the same type (two frame actions, for example) on an image, the history snapshots will take you back to the state before the last one. If you need to go back farther, your best bet may be to select "Revert" from the Photoshop File menu. This will reload the image from disk, undoing all the changes you made since you opened it. This is one reason why it's always a good idea to save your file before adding frames :) Back to Top Can I turn off the instructions in the actions?The actions show instructional dialogs before they stop for your input. Once you are familiar with how the actions work, you may prefer to turn off the instructions to make the actions run faster. To do that:
Back to Top Can I use these actions on large (high-resolution) photos?Yes. Use the actions in the set "LuminousFramesBig."Back to Top Can I use these actions on web-sized photos?Yes. Use the actions in the set "LuminousFramesWeb."Back to Top What do you mean by a "web-sized" image?We use the term "web-sized" to refer to images of the size usually posted in online galleries or photography forums: usually, about 600 to 1200 pixels on the long side.Back to Top I recently loaded an update. When I run an action, why do I see an error message saying that one of the other actions is not currently available?If you have more than one version of the same frame action set visible in the Photoshop actions window, Photoshop can get confused when it tries to find an action. Deleting the older version of the action set from the Actions window should solve the problem.Back to Top Why do I see this error: "The command 'duplicate' is not currently available?"Your image mode is probably not compatible with the actions. Examples of incompatible modes are indexed color and multi-channel. Convert your image to one of the other modes, such as RGB, CMYK, Lab, or Grayscale before running the actions.Also, if you are using Photoshop 6 or 7, make sure your image is in 8-bit mode. 16-bit mode is fine for Photoshop CS. Back to Top Why do I see this error: "The command 'set' is not currently available?"Your image mode is probably not compatible with the actions. Examples of incompatible modes are indexed color and multi-channel. Convert your image to one of the other modes, such as RGB, CMYK, Lab, or Grayscale before running the actions.Also, if you are using Photoshop 6 or 7, make sure your image is in 8-bit mode. 16-bit mode is fine for Photoshop CS. Back to Top Will these actions work with Photoshop CS?Yes, these actions work with Photoshop CS, as well as Photoshop 6 and 7.Back to Top Will these actions work with Photoshop Elements?These actions will not work with Photoshop Elements. However, we do have actions especially designed for Photoshop Elements.Back to Top The action is behaving strangely, and none of these questions and answers help. What now?Some suggestions:
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