Autoactions are an amazing way to build a library of tools that you use frequently. But once you've built your library there are a few useful ways to access them.

Autoactions Hotkeys

One way is to set up a hot key for them, using the Clip Studio Menu->Shortcut settings, you can select, from the drop down list the available auto actions, and then assign them a keyboard combination.

 

For example, you might have an autoaction that takes all of the currently selected layers and inserts them into a single folder (Layer->Create Folder and Insert Layer) then renames the folder as "Pencils" and sets the folder to Draft Layer, and you can add a hotkey of ALT+G (or some other combination) and now, when you select some layers, press ALT+G and suddenly those layers become a folder of pencil layers!

 

Placing an Action in the Command Bar

Another great way of accessing auto actions is to add them to the command bar. Select Clip Studio Paint->Command Bar Settings and from the drop down menu select "Autoaction" and find the autoaction you want and simply click "ADD" this will add a icon representing the auto action. You can add as many as you want, to keep it simple, I keep a few commonly used actions on the command bar - including actions that scan lineart (by scanning artwork, doing clean up and then renaming the layer as 'Inks') and scan pencils (nearly the same! but it renames it 'pencils' and sets it to a draft layer). I also keep a 'Set layer to Non-Repro Blue' autoaction that simply sets the layer's layer colour to a light cyan colour that prints well on my printer and disappears when I scan it.

Actions in Edit

Another great spot to add a useful autoaction is in the "Selection Launcher" - first select something (doesn't have to be anything important, this is just the quickest way to open the selection launcher menu) along the selection launcher, find the "Selection Launcher Settings" (the icon looks like a square selection with a bar below it with a small cog)

 

Just like the command bar settings, you can now find and add any autoactions you like to the selection bar. Be smart! Make sure to only add stuff that really needs a selection - so, for example, I have an autoaction that takes the selection from a 3d object, does a specific LT conversion (using settings I'd previously set when recording the action) and renames the layer. I only ever use that autoaction when I've selected an area, so it means I never need to remember where or what the autoaction was called originally, since it's only ever listed on the launcher bar!