I recently posted this easy, but necessary tutorial on my personal blog, but I thought I'd post it here as well.
I use actions quite a bit, because they are such a time saver. Do you find yourself using the same action on the same batch of photos? I know I do. I will open up like 10 images from the same session and want to do the same thing to all of them.
But even with actions, it can take quite a bit of time especially if you're working with 3,4,5+ images at once. You have to adjust the elements in the action to taste, flatten the image, resize the image... etc.
There is a MUCH quicker way to edit multiple photos at one time. If there is anyone out there that edits as many photos as I do, you will want to know how to do this.
*Note: This works in Photoshop. I don't believe it works in Elements {or so I understand. if anyone with elements out there can try this and let me know if it works, i would appreciate it so much!}
Here is how you Batch Edit ::
Open up the photos you want to batch edit in Photoshop...
Go to File> Automate> Batch...
Your Batch window will pop up, from here, choose the Set that contains the action you'd like to run...
- and then choose the Action you'd like to run on all of the open photos.
Click OK...
Photoshop will do the rest! It's that easy!!
I love this, it is so grate, I found it about 2 weeks ago, it deffently makes it ALOT faster to edit photos.
ReplyDeleteI will be trying this as soon as I start using CS5 - this is one of the reasons I wanted to upgrade. I've got a lot to learn between CS5 and 7D!
ReplyDeleteSO SO helpful. This tip was wonderful when I first read it on your blog. :D Thanks Mandy!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the tip but what do you do if the action has like a "continue" option that needs to be clicked on? Is there a solution for that? Thanks again.
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