Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Photoshop batch processes

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Photoshop batch processes

James McNangle

2007-05-30, 6:15 am

I have been working on a Web-based photo album, and as part of this I wanted to
resize a number of images to three different sizes -- a large version for 1280
by 1024 screens, a medium version for 1024 by 768 screens and a small version
for thumbprints. The images are always in the same directory, and the three
smaller images are put into adjacent directories using the same name.

I have twice set up a Photoshop batch process to do this, and each time it has
run immediately after I set it up, but I could never get it to run again. When
I look in it I can see all the directories clearly specified, but when I try to
run out again, it always asks me for the source and destination directories, and
cannot seem to handle the three different output directories.

Even worse when I set it running it loads each image and then comes up with a
diagnostic screen for each one. It seems to be impossible to stop it, other
than with ctrl-alt-del, until it has gone through all the photos.

Is there some way of persuading it to use the information which it has already
recorded in the batch process?

James McNangle

John Boy

2007-05-30, 6:16 pm

Rob

2007-05-30, 6:16 pm

James McNangle wrote:
> I have been working on a Web-based photo album, and as part of this I wanted to
> resize a number of images to three different sizes -- a large version for 1280
> by 1024 screens, a medium version for 1024 by 768 screens and a small version
> for thumbprints. The images are always in the same directory, and the three
> smaller images are put into adjacent directories using the same name.
>
> I have twice set up a Photoshop batch process to do this, and each time it has
> run immediately after I set it up, but I could never get it to run again. When
> I look in it I can see all the directories clearly specified, but when I try to
> run out again, it always asks me for the source and destination directories, and
> cannot seem to handle the three different output directories.
>
> Even worse when I set it running it loads each image and then comes up with a
> diagnostic screen for each one. It seems to be impossible to stop it, other
> than with ctrl-alt-del, until it has gone through all the photos.
>
> Is there some way of persuading it to use the information which it has already
> recorded in the batch process?
>
> James McNangle

I you were to select the folder of your original images, then within the
script, allocate where the images are to be placed.

No need to select the output folder.

KatWoman

2007-06-01, 10:14 pm

"Rob" <mesa@mine.com> wrote in message
news:465dc7ec$1_9@news.peopletelecom.com.au...
> James McNangle wrote:
>
>
> I you were to select the folder of your original images, then within the
> script, allocate where the images are to be placed.
>
> No need to select the output folder.

to avoid the dialog box
use "save for web" instead of setting jpg quality manually
or unclick the paper icon next to that step in the action palette