Opening ATN Files

The ATN file type is primarily associated with Adobe Photoshop.

ATN	File extension: ATN
	File type:	macro

What is an ATN file?

ATN files mostly belong to Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop Action Files (ATN) are files that store a recorded sequence of commands for Adobe Photoshop.
This file contains a set of steps that the software can play back to automate repetitive tasks such as resizing images, applying filters, and adjusting layers.
These files are not meant to be opened in regular text editors. Instead, they must be imported into Photoshop via the Actions panel, where you can view, run, or even tweak the recorded sequence.
If you have an ATN file, use the following steps in Photoshop:

Open the Actions panel

Use the menu in the panel to select "Import Actions"

Browse to and open your ATN file

FilExt.com tip: This allows the pre-recorded commands to be executed on your projects efficiently.

How to open an ATN file

You need a suitable software like Adobe Photoshop to open an ATN file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your ATN file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a ATN file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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Programs that open and convert ATN files:

Adobe Photoshop
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. ATN files are often referred to as Adobe Photoshop settings because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
Daqarta (Extended Audio Data) by Interstellar Research
Daqarta uses your Windows sound card to provide high performance waveform and FFT spectrum analysis, color spectrograms, signal averaging, signal generation, and advanced options for lab or personal use. You can open saved files, including standard WAV files collected elsewhere, to analyze waveform, spectrum, or spectrogram displays of file data. Even many unsupported formats can be opened via manual selection of format parameters. This file format is classified as Audio.
Photoshop (Action File) by Adobe Systems Incorporated
The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 00 00 00.

ATN format details:

The file format, which is the arrangement and type of data in a file, determines which program can open the file. Often, the file format can be deduced from the file extension or the initial bytes (called the signature). Frequently, however, one file extension is used by different programs for different file formats, and one file format for different file extensions. Knowledge is power - this also applies when dealing with unknown or faulty files. Our evaluation of the ATN files looks like this:

ATN is seldom used as a file extension and mainly uses a defined ATN format. The two most common formats are as follows:

85% of all ATN files belong to Photoshop Action. The content consists of illegible binary data, which can only be read and interpreted by the associated programs. The files are on average 30 KB in size and range from 310 bytes to 270 KB. The file type was created 20 years ago but is still used today. Several words can almost always be found in the files, e.g. Make and TEXT. These files are attributed to psdcovers, actions, action, photoshop, content, collection, brochure, vaccine, shazim, tocome, matte, shram, card and text.

The remaining 15% of all ATN files are different files with different signatures. If you want to find out which format your ATN file belongs to, just click on the button "Choose your .atn file to analyze".

Technical Data for ATN File Extension

File classification:

Settings

Identifier:

Hex: 00 00 00 (provided by TrID database)

Related files:

psd, psb, pdd, pat, abr, eps, ai, ant, sdoc, sqd, atl, exi, atm, rvm, pict, action, apn, db, frt, unknown, rel, pcm, exe, bak, dat, file, cmp, ct, pdp, pdf

Mime type:

application/x-photoshop

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile, AppName: Adobe Photoshop
EXEFile: Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile, AppName: Adobe Photoshop
EXEFile: Photoshp.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile, AppName: Adobe Photoshop CS
EXEFile: Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile, AppName: Adobe Photoshop Elements
EXEFile: photoshopelements.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile, AppName: PHOTOSTO
EXEFile: PHOTOSTO.EXE

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 5.0 LE\Photosle.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 5.5\Photoshp.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0.1 CE\Photoshp.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0\Photoshp.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 2\Photoshopelements.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 3.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\PhotoshopElements.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop Elements 2\Photoshopelements.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: d:\adobe photoshop 5\Photoshp.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: e:\Adobe\Photoshop 4.0 LE\photosle.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop 5.0\Photoshp.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\adobe\photoshop cs\photoshop.exe does not exist.

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop7\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop CS\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%r\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 4.0\PhotoshopelementsEditor.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\PhootoshopCS\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Photoshop.exe

ProgramID: Photoshop.ActionsFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop Elements\Photoshopelements.exe

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an atn macro is a special file format and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with ATN files

Associate the ATN file extension with the correct application.
Update your software that should actually open macros. Because only the current version supports the latest ATN file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the manufacturer website after an available Adobe Photoshop update.
To make sure that your ATN file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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