Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Seven:
Now we're going to turn that action
into what's called a droplet. Here's what a
droplet does: If you leave Photoshop and
find a photo on your computer, and you
drag-and-drop the photo right onto this
droplet, the droplet automatically launches
Photoshop, opens that photo, and applies
that Soften Finishing Effect action to the
photo you dropped on there. Then it saves
and closes the photo automatically, be-
cause you recorded those two steps as
part of the action. Pretty sweet. So, to
make a droplet, go under Photoshop's
File menu, under Automate, and choose
Create Droplet
(as shown here).
Step Eight:
This brings up the Create Droplet dialog
(shown here). At the top of the dialog ,
click the Choose button, choose your
desktop as the destination for saving
your droplet, and then name your drop-
let “Soften.” Now, in the Play section of
this dialog, make sure to choose
Soften
Finishing Effect
(that's what we named
our action earlier) from the Action pop-
up menu (as shown here). That's it—
you can ignore the rest of the dialog,
and just click OK.
