Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-14 Thread Todd Barlow
Scripting is a much easier and faster way to process a large number of files - once you write the script. You can drive Photoshop using Javascript. The Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit comes with CS3 and CS4. It supports writing scripts as well as anything I've used. Take a look at this page

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-12 Thread Lisa deBettencourt
Thanks, everyone, for all the suggestions! I managed to quickly pull it off with Alok's suggestion of Canvas Resize and Actions in CS4. I figured out through brute force the values of the height/width needed to move the x,y position to 0,0 so I could crop appropriately the image area I needed.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-12 Thread Andrei Herasimchuk
On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Lisa deBettencourt wrote: Maybe someone at Adobe knows why Actions is recording all the correct info (x,y, height, width), but then only passing height and width when you run the action on another image? Depends on which tool you are using IIRC. If you are

[IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread Lisa deBettencourt
Hi folks - I have about 30 screen shots that I need to crop at exactly the same x,y location and with exactly the same dimensions. Actions in CS4 is failing (not passing x,y origin but passing dimensions - UGH). Any tips on how to do this another way? Thanks, Lisa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread Angel Marquez
Try File/Automate/Fit Image.. AND I think you can use the Adobe Bridge to nav to the files and select the ones you want to apply the automation to. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Lisa deBettencourt ldeb...@gmail.comwrote: Hi folks - I have about 30 screen shots that I need to crop at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread Alok Jain
Lisa, I have not used CS4, but one way I can think is use two step cropping using Canvas size. You can first trim the canvas from left and top (same as x,y coordinates) and then again change canvas size trimming right and bottom part of the image. Cheers AJ On Jan 9, 2009, at 3:43 PM,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread Lisa deBettencourt
Thanks, Angel. But Fit Image is an image resizer. I need to crop them. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Angel Marquez angel.marq...@gmail.comwrote: Try File/Automate/Fit Image.. AND I think you can use the Adobe Bridge to nav to the files and select the ones you want to apply the automation

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread Angel Marquez
I think their is a crop straighten in File/Automate/Crop and Straighten... oops On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Lisa deBettencourt ldeb...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks, Angel. But Fit Image is an image resizer. I need to crop them. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Angel Marquez

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread Lisa deBettencourt
Oooh crafty! I like it. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Alok Jain alok.aja...@gmail.com wrote: Lisa, I have not used CS4, but one way I can think is use two step cropping using Canvas size. You can first trim the canvas from left and top (same as x,y coordinates) and then again change

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread Angel Marquez
Before CS4 and I think even CS3 I would open all the source files in one window and then drag them as a folder into the target canvas size window, position the with the rule of thirdshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds , and export the layers as animations (from imageReady ick..), and then

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread mark schraad
Try GraphicConverter... the interface is rough but it will do a lot of automated graphics processing and I believe it is shareware . On Jan 9, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Lisa deBettencourt wrote: Hi folks - I have about 30 screen shots that I need to crop at exactly the same x,y location and with

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Photoshop tip needed - automated cropping multiple images

2009-01-09 Thread wibke goden
Hi Lisa, Fast Stone Photo Resizer 2.7 is a free tool you can download. It offers batch cropping under advanced options. I have never used it for cropping but it is an excellent tool for batch adjustments. Best of luck, Wibke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .