Customaniacs Label Preview / Action file
 

Photoshop label preview action file, originally created by chewbacca98, edited size and background colour for Customaniacs.

With your label open just run the action to create a preview with the correct dimensions and background colour for Customaniacs - just remember to save it with a new filename ;).

Thanks very much for this one-will come in most handy.

Thanks Dangle! Just started using this one as well...very nice! Now all you need to do is write a script that combines all of the previews together into one big preview!! I know, I'm lazy! :)

Thanks for this.. Will come in very useful.

Oh I wish ! Unfortunately I'm not bright enough to work out how to do that :spaz

Thanks for thisone Dangle !

Any way to make the background of this transparent instead of black?

Black? The background colour is 40,40,40 - the same grey as the site.

Not quite sure what you are after as you can't save a jpg with a transparent background. If you want just the disc layer you need to undo the last two actions that are run from the 'History' - flatten and resize. Then you will have the disc layer without the background. You will need to resize it smaller again though.

Many thanks for the update Dangle

Was there an "update"??

Hey there, were can i find an action for 3 or more labels? Thanks. I did search the site, but didn´t find it.

Multiple label previews have to be done individually and then combined together. You can use the same action file here but after running it go to the 'history' and undo the last two steps - flatten and resize - then you have the disc layer without the background which you can combine with others.

Thanks. I will do that. Best regards.

Thanks so much, definitely needed this one.

How exactly do you import/use this "Action" into CS3?

Place the Customaniacs Label Preview.atn file into your preferred CS3 actions directory, mine is : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Actions\ but for some this may be within their 'profile' directory.

Then you need to import the action file into CS3 either via the 'Load Actions' option in the Actions drop-down menu or you can just drag and drop it from the actions folder where we placed it directly to your Actions toolbar in CS3.

Good luck!

many thanks

Thanxs, I'll give it a try!

Thanks a lot.

thanks a lot

thanks for this m8

cheers m8 come in very handy as i'm gonna do labels to go with some of my covers :)

Thanks Dangle

Will this only work with CS3? I have PS 6.0 and the preview didn't come out right.

Sorry, can't vouch for Photoshop 6 - I've used it with both CS2 & CS3 with no problems. If you can work out what went wrong with the preview i.e. which step(s) failed then you may be able to edit the action file. What does the finished preview look like?

my first action ! thank you

Great, thanks.

just bumping this thread so ppl find it :)

Thanks, I was looking for it yesterday and had trouble finding it myself!

Thanks Dangle. It works great on my Abode PhotoShop 7. Now I need to figure out how to change the background colors on the preview so I can use it on different sites.

Thanks again bro.

Hi grinch,

All you need to do is check the 'Toggle Dialog On/Off' box next to the 'Fill' command 5th from the bottom of the list of actions (see pic below). When you run the action it will stop at that step and you can choose whichever colour you want - when you have entered the fill colour it will continue with the rest of the commands.

For regular use make a duplicate copy of the action file and rename it to whatever you like. Then select the Fill command 5th from bottom, record a new Fill command with the new background colour and then delete the old Fill command. You will then have an action file for your chosen background colour.

Good luck, let me know if you have any problems :thu

thanks for this

cheers for this

For Photoshop 6, Replace the last "Set Forground Color" with a new one using RGB 40/40/40. Then replace the following "Fill Using <unknown>" with a "Fill Using foreground color". Everything else looked good to me.

Thanks I'm ready to upload my first labels but getting the preview to look like discs is giving me grief. This should help.

Good Lookin...! :)

Many thanks for this. It should make life a little less confusing.

Thank's, this will come in handy.

Thank you.

Thanks, will come in handy.