Run Photoshop Actions on Selected Open Documents Only

Sharpening, resizing, color steps, and export prep with actions get old fast when you play the same action in every tab. Ten or twenty open PSDs for a campaign make that loop slow and error-prone. What you usually want is one run on some open files, not an all-or-nothing sweep across every tab.

The Actions panel runs on the active document. Tools that process all open documents can help when everything should match, but long sessions often need an action on a subset while other files stay as they are. Without a clear multi-document selection, you end up repeating playback or risking the wrong files.

The missing piece is selection. A panel that lists every open PSD lets you mark only the files that should receive the same action. DocManager Pro shows all open documents in one place. Check the ones you need, then use the panel’s batch options to run a Photoshop action on that selection instead of playing the action manually in each tab.

DocManager Pro supports saving, closing, exporting, and running actions across multiple selected PSD files at once.

Product shots, campaigns, e-commerce, and studio deliverables repeat the same patterns: standard sharpen or output resize on a set, a profile or conversion step before handoff, or a custom action that flattens a stack or adds a watermark. One clear selection plus one action run keeps the session predictable and easier to adjust before you commit.

Running Photoshop actions on multiple open documents does not have to mean the same clicks in every tab. Choose the files in one panel, then run the action once on that selection. For thumbnails, multi-document selection, and batch actions from a right-click workflow on Windows and Mac, see DocManager Pro.