PhotoShop Elements from the App Store cannot run actions??

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PhotoShop Elements from the App Store cannot run actions??

I am so upset that I spent $80 to download PhotoShop Elements 9 from the App Store and then found out that it cannot run actions and presets!!!! For some reason, the version of PSE that you get from the app store is not capable of this, which is the main reason I NEED and USE PhotoShop! Please tell me I am wrong and if so, how to fix it!!! I have them installed in the files correctly but they don't show up in PS. Thank you for any help you can provide, thanks!

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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 4:55 PM

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Dah•veed

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Sep 29, 2011 6:12 PM in response to KatieNK

http://everydayelementsonline.com/2011/01/installing-actions-photoshop-elements/

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Sep 29, 2011 6:16 PM in response to Dah•veed

Thanks! Have you installed actions into PSE which was downloaded from the app store?

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Dah•veed

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Sep 29, 2011 7:00 PM in response to KatieNK

No, I know nothing about PSE 9, I just Goggled the topic and found this.

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Mar 31, 2012 11:50 AM in response to KatieNK

Did you ever figure out how to download actions to Photoshop Elements 9? I have 10 and can't seem to do it either and I am really mad too!

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Sep 30, 2012 3:58 PM in response to stevensclan3

I am having the same issue. Has anyone figured it out?

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Sep 30, 2012 4:11 PM in response to KatieNK

I have finally figured out that running actions on PS downloaded from the app store is NOT possible. It will NOT work! Check out this blog:

http://www.texaschicksblogsandpics.com/mac-users-beware-dont-buy-elements-from-t he-mac-app-store/

I feel very cheated by Apple and I am a very unhappy customer. I will never again buy an app more than a few bucks. I contacted Apple about it they would not issue me a refund, even though I only bought PS for the sole purpose of running actions!!!!

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Sep 30, 2012 4:23 PM in response to KatieNK

I just loaded my actions using the PSE 10 from the App Store.

Close PSE.

Access the System library location from Finder, Click menue, "Go" then select "Go to Folder...". Type in "~/Library" and click Go.

The systems Library will open up and then you take this path:

Application Support > Adobe > Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor > Presets > Actions (The Actions folder is where you move your actions file to)

Then go to the Photo Creations Folder > Locales > en_US and delete the MediaDatabase.db3 file (move it to the trash)

The next time you launch PSE your Actions DB will be rebuilt with the new actions installed.

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Dah•veed

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Sep 30, 2012 4:23 PM in response to KatieNK

I feel very cheated by Apple and I am a very unhappy customer. I will never again buy an app more than a few bucks. I contacted Apple about it they would not issue me a refund, even though I only bought PS for the sole purpose of running actions!!!!

You placing the blame in the wrong place. PS Elements isn't an Apple product.It's an Adobe product. If someone is to blame for your unhappiness it is primarily you and then Adobe. You, because you failed to research what the product from Adobe would and wouldn't do and Adobe because the version of PS Elements that they sell in the MAS isn't the same as the version that Adobe sells dirctly from its website.

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