Topic: Resizing Digi Pics

[Ed.]

just record an action in photoshop and batch process an entire folder. it's very easy, i do it all the time.

no idea how to do that.  is it easy to do?  i looked up batch processing and "resizing multiple pics" in the help, but found nothing.  maybe i wasn't looking hard enuf.  i'll have to look up the "record" feature maybe?

man, i have a list of things to do tonight when i get home, i'll have to add that to the list.

[dmonterisi]

very easy...what version of photoshop are you using?

[Ed.]

either 6 or 7, whatever one came out right before the last one where they stopped doing numbers.

[dmonterisi]

that's 7.  i'm in CS, but I assume you can do this in version 7.  couple of questions first: what are the image dimensions and resolution of your original images and what do you want to make them?  i use 720 x 480 at 120dpi for web pictures.

[ethan]

I said it before get GIMP2.2 ! It 0wnz!

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

[Ed.]

2288x1712 pixels
horizontal/vertical res = 72dpi
bit depth 24

i usually resize to the same size as you do, never paid attention to dpi's before.

[dmonterisi]

the bit depth number seems off, since CS only works with 8 or 16 bit images.  maybe it's referring to a different value.  anyway, it shouldn't change things:

ok, here's what you should try:

open up one image in pshop.  on the right side, you should have an actions palette.  click on the new action icon or the delta in the top right and select new action.  name it resize or whatever you want and make sure it is contained within the default set.  then go about resizing this image the same way you would any other.  at the end click save as and save it as a new image just like you would normally.  once it is saved, click on the stop recording button.  your action will now be saved.

now, open up the photoshop browser (file > browse).
find the folder that has all the images you want to resize and open the folder.
select all the images.
click automate > batch

the batch window will open, choose the action you created from the drop down list (make sure default set is chosen).
make sure the "override action 'save as' command" is selected (this allows you to choose the folder they are saved in)
select a folder for the images to be saved in and click ok.

this is how I do it in CS, i think you should be able to do this in ver 7.

[Ed.]

awesome!  thank you very much +t

[Ed.]

hey it works, +t in another 12

[rabhan]

man you guys are working too hard.....USE THIS:

http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/

 

[RRobar]

Damon beat me to it. But yes, in Photoshop using actions is KEY for stuff you have to do alot. Just makes life real easy.

[hyperplane]

photoshop actions rule.

on a related note, you can create a droplet for photoshop. then all you have to do is open the folder with your digital pics, highlight them (CTRL+A) and drag and drop them on the droplet. photoshop will automatically open up and perform all the resizing uber fast. very good stuff!!!

[Ed.]

wow, i need to learn more about photoshop it looks like.  is that droplet thing something new, or has it always been around.  i found a couple of books on photoshop at work, but they're from photoshop 6 and i have 7.

[MattD]

I'm pretty sure you can create droplets in both 6 and 7. I use CS now, but was on 6 for the longest time.

[Brian Skalinder]

man you guys are working too hard...

Ditto.  Ifranview is tiny, fast, easy, and has a full feature set (including batch processing and resampling instead of resizing).  I don't need no steenking Photoshop...