Merge Images
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Note: The Actions Quick Reference provides a complete list of actions that you can print for easy reference.
What is the Merge Images Action?
The Merge Images Action combines two images into a single image. Use the Merge Images Action multiple times to create a filmstrip of images saved as a single image file.
Creating a Merge Images Action
Select Images Actions
to expand the Action list. Select the Merge Images
Action from the Actions list to display the Action Builder.
Select the Rules
to specify how the Image should be previewed
once executed. The Error 
settings for this action may be configured to fine
tune the how the Action will run.
Note: For more information about the timing and error settings, go to Action Builder.
Choose to either work with the Open
Image or an Image File
. This will be the base image to which the
second image will be added.
Note: Read the Image Editor article to learn more about working with images, including image types and their Rules..
Enter the file path of the image
to add 
. Select
the side on which the second image
will be added 
. Specify
the amount of white space, in
pixels 
to place between the two images.
Optionally add Notes
to the Action to document any special instructions
or functionality. When the Run Switch
is set to Run, the action
will be executed after clicking OK.
Note: The run switch is set to Run by default. To create or modify this action without executing it, click the slider to change the option to Don't Run. For more information, go to Action Builder.
Click the OK
button 
to save the Action.
Merge Images Action Examples
Example: The Merge Images Action adding a second image to the bottomof the original image.
