Besharah

I have about 2000 different pics I need to resize to 80 * 100. Is there a faster way of doing this rather than 1 by 1.

Thanks for the tips.

Gaussian

Welcome Besharah 8))


The best way to do this is by creating an action. An action is basically a recording of Photoshop steps.
It would take me quite some time to explain how to do it, so my suggestion is that you check the help for actions and also for the word droplets.

LeMort

Another way of doing this is to use the Bridge.

While in Bridge, mark all the pictures you want to process and choose Tools-->Photoshop-->Image processors.

You will then get a dialogbox to guide you through it.
(You need CS and above)

Mrten

Besharah

WHy so complicated?

LeMort

What do you mean by that?
These solutions here aren't complicated in my opinion

Mrten

Gaussian

Sorry, I can't answer why it's complicated for you.

Besharah

I can't find the bridge function.

Gaussian

Bridge is a program that only comes with Photoshop CS2/CS3.

LeMort

Hi again

I'm sorry to have let you believe that Bridge was a part of CS. (I thought it was)

My solution here does NOT fully satisfy your request, since it doesn't process all 2000 images at once.
Doing this on 2000 pics might be a tad tedious [bustagut]

Anyway, just to show you the basics of Actions, if you're not aware of this tool, i've made this short tutorial to guide you through
"how to make an Action and then apply it to several pictures"
http://www.mortenflaten.com/photosho...rials/actions/

When it comes down to resizing 2000 images, you should be able to find programs that can help you.
I know AcdSee can achieve this, probably most of the "image-organizer" programs out there


Mrten

Gaussian

Excellent tutorial Morton [righton]

Besharah, you probably wonder if you have to open the file and play the action manually 2,000 times.

Lucky for you Photoshop can help with either a

Batch (File/Automate/Batch...)

or

Droplet (File/Automate/Create Droplet...)


They both do the same, but with one difference; a batch always contains a static source, a droplet has a dynamic source.
What does that mean? It means that a batch only changes the files specified in the folder definied in the batch itself (in the example it's the folder DTest).
In a droplet however we don't define a source. When you define a droplet, it will create an executable file in the location specified. In my example it creates an executable on the desktop called quadrant_droplet.exe (top of screenshot).

After creating a droplet we can use it by dropping files on it. The resulting files will be saved in the location specified in the action (make sure you select in the droplet Override Action "Saves As" Commands).