How to select foreground color for stroke in a Photoshop action?

Question

I am making an action in Photoshop CC to create a narrow border around images. I chose a foreground color from the image using the eyedropper then recorded the action to

1. Add new layer called "Border"
2. Select all
3. Edit|Stroke, selected 2px inside. The color was the forground one I selected.
4. Deselect

After recording the action I changed the stroke step to show the dialog in case I want to change the size.

The action worked perfectly for the image I had open when I made it but doesn't for other images. Although I select the border color I want with the eyedropper before running the action, it always uses the color that was selected as foreground when I recorded the action.

Is it possible for the stroke tool in an action to select the current foreground color rather than teh one that was active when it was recorded?

Answer 1

Actions in Photoshop will not pick a color from an image by itself, and then use it for the task you want it to perform. I would suggest creating separate actions for each color of the border you need. For example:

1. Action White Border: 2px border, color #FFF
2. Action Black Border: 2px border, color #000
3. Action Some random color border: 2px border, color #1b1b1b

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I think searching for a script online will help rather than trying with actions,because actions will just repeat all what is recorded. But in script we can define some thing to repeat or create.