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Deleted user 7 August 2007 12:28:14

Ta, but that's not really an evolution of what I already do on individual images with an action that resizes and sharpens - it also means I have to run the image manually as each image opens and there's hundreds so I just want to run it once on a batch and leave it.

Here's what I did in the end - selected them all in Bridge and ran Image Processor from the Bridge menus - I discovered it lets you input a maximum width and height, and is clever enough to apply them correctly to landscape and portrait orientations respectively. Plus, I recorded a specific sharpening action for them once shrunk and added it into the process at the bottom of the Image Processor dialogue box. Done!

Spanky 7 Aug 2007 12:31:05 15,037 posts
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Meh well i like to watch it do it's thing, don't trust filthy adobe to do it's job right...

Bridge is too fockin slow!

Deleted user 7 August 2007 12:35:06

It's not a Bridge process though - you just use Bridge to Select All in a folder, then it's Photoshop that runs the process.

I ran it on a two-image-batch (1 of each) first and it worked perfectly, so I let it go and off it went. You can see it do it's thing - each one opens, shrinks, gets sharpened, saves to the new folder and closes. Big benefit - you don't have to keep clicking Okay to save, or pressing Play on the action or whatever.

What I sometimes find really screws up automated 'Image Size' related actions is if you run it on images which unbeknownst to you have somehow got different DPIs set - now all my resize actions start with a step that adjusts the resolution of the image to 300 first, as that's what I assume my high res originals are in when I'm working on them.

reflux 7 Aug 2007 14:11:37 1,804 posts
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Owen-B wrote:
Ta, but that's not really an evolution of what I already do on individual images with an action that resizes and sharpens

Don't have PS installed on this machine BUT there is a Fit Image (I think, Fit something atleast) that lets you input the max width/height for an image. Adobe have hidden it under File -> Automate -> Fit Image and you can insert it in to your Actions just like any other command.
I have mine set to width: 900px height:800px and thus it handles landscape and portrait formats automatically when batching.

Deleted user 22 June 2008 21:56:08

Short of installing CS4 (which doesn't exist yet - problem), is there a way of having multiple images open in Photoshop switchable via tabs as opposed to clicking on them to bring them to the foreground or using the Windows menu?

Deleted user 22 June 2008 22:07:01

Thought not. Genuinely surprised that a) I've never thought of it as an alternative to the frankly fiddly and annoying system as it stands and b) it's taken Adobe this long too.

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mercer 22 Jun 2008 22:12:06 152 posts
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If you're using a mac, you can use Expose and active screen corners. Every time you want an overview of all your open files, just move your mouse to xxxx corner (I use top right). I started doing this a few months back, it's genius.

Deleted user 22 June 2008 22:14:36

Dirtbox wrote:
Control tab.

Oooh, really? Niiiiice.

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Deleted user 22 June 2008 22:24:22

CrispyXUK wrote:
works for tabbed browsers to

/hugs dirtbox

Except Firefox 3.

EDIT: Woops my mistake, I was Alt-Tabbing.

That's a really nice tip!

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mercer 22 Jun 2008 22:41:50 152 posts
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Mine has alt and a mystery symbol that makes me think of a pan with water in it. Someone enlighten me?

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Deleted user 24 July 2008 12:02:17

Similar question, actually - I want to lighten an area of a texture layer in an image, but as the point of working with layers is to be able to make changes later I want the lightening effect on this particular texture to be editable later if I change my mind. Editing the texture directly using dodge would be 'destructive' to the texture.

So, how do I do that? Is there a way of making a curves or levels adjustment layer affect only a particular layer and therefore still be editable later?

ayrtonsenna 24 Jul 2008 12:11:22 1,566 posts
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Duplicate the layer and rename it to indicate you want to keep it?

Deleted user 24 July 2008 12:28:47

Yeah I see what you mean - after a bit of thought! But that's a bit messy and not ideal.

Here's how my layers look:

Texture
B&W Adjustment
Curve Adjustment
Background Copy
Background

So, what I want to do, for example, is lighten a section of the Texture layer with, for example, a curve. However, I don't want that curve to affect anything else - just the Texture layer. At the same time, I want the ability to edit that curve later if it isn't quite right. How do I make an adjustment layer that will affect just the Texture layer and no others?

henro_ben 24 Jul 2008 12:44:13 2,393 posts
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MrED209 wrote:
How do I make an adjustment layer that will affect just the Texture layer and no others?

RTFM

Or alternatively: group with previous layer.

Deleted user 24 July 2008 12:45:38

Group - thanks.

EDIT: Actually, no, that doesn't work. If I put the Texture layer and my new Curve into a group together, turning off the Texture layer then flicking the Curve on and off shows that the Curve is affecting everything underneath it just like a regular Adjustment layer. Did I misunderstand or is not actually the solution?

GrandTheftApu 24 Jul 2008 12:48:12 6,117 posts
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Create an adjustment layer then select the mask icon for the layer, you can create a mask so that the adjustment only affects that layer.

Deleted user 24 July 2008 12:50:11

GrandTheftApu wrote:
Create an adjustment layer then select the mask icon for the layer, you can create a mask so that the adjustment only affects that layer.

That's not how a mask works though. It will still affect everything under that layer where the mask shows through. No?

henro_ben 24 Jul 2008 12:54:16 2,393 posts
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MrED209 wrote:
Group - thanks.

EDIT: Actually, no, that doesn't work. If I put the Texture layer and my new Curve into a group together, turning off the Texture layer then flicking the Curve on and off shows that the Curve is affecting everything underneath it just like a regular Adjustment layer. Did I misunderstand or is not actually the solution?

Ah, maybe I misunderstood what you want to do then...

Adjustment layers will always affect whatever's underneath them, as far as I know, unless you mask them - but that will only confine the effects to a certain area etc.

GrandTheftApu 24 Jul 2008 12:55:56 6,117 posts
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Seems you need to right click on the adjustment layer and select create clipping mask as well.

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