Creating a save action

- [Voiceover] Now that we're done with importing,…it's time to save out the fruit of our labor…as separate files.…This way you can send proof to your client…or even create final files to be sent to the printer.…We have 10 datasets,…so we can expect to end up with 10 separate files.…We could cycle through the datasets…and save each one manually,…but that would be pretty time-consuming…even for only 10 files.…If you had hundreds of datasets,…saving each one manually would waste a lot of time…and be extremely tedious.…To make this easier on ourselves,…we can use an Illustrator action to save to separate files,…which means, first, we'll create the action…and then run that action in a batch multiple times…until all the separate files are saved.…

To set up an action, we'll need the Actions panel.…If the Actions panel is invisible,…choose Window, Actions from the top menu to show it.…If you've never used Illustrator actions before,…you'll likely only have the default action set…showing in the panel.…To create a new set,…