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Photoshop noob, I need to resize photos stat and need help.

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Ronstang

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I have about 50 photos of a project that I need to get resized but I have no idea how to use Photoshop 6. The pictures are from 2 different cameras and 2 different resolutions. I would like to make them all the same resoluton (smaller than both) for the sake of consistency.

Is there a way to batch process these pictures? If not is there a tutorial I can read somewhere so I can get this project done. I usually don't mess with my photos since I like them in there native resolution for zooming in purposes so I don't really know what to do here. Any help would be appreciated.
 
If they are all going to be the same size, then you are in luck.

Open the actions window in PS if it isn't already. Open ALL of your photos. Create a new action and you will see what looks like VCR controls, a play button and a record button. Click the record button, then do what you want to do to the first image. You can include saving it and closing it if the file name will remain the same. (if you don't want to overwrite the originals, just make a copy of the folder and open them from there.) When you are done, close the first photo out, then stop recording.

Make the next photo the active window, click the play button on the actions window, and photoshop will resize it, then close it. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

AFAIK, you can't just select a folder in PS, tell it what to do and let it take care of it. I've never had the need to do that so I've never tried. If you find out an easier way though, lemme know 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Is it in Powertoys for XP? If so then I have it somewhere.
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That only resize to a ratio. When I tried to resize a buttload of jpegs to a thumbnail, it didnt resize to the custom res I entered. Instead it resized to the width (i think) and kept the original ratio.
 
read about how to create a droplet - on google search for it.

then pick all your pics and drop it on the droplet - photoshop takes care of the rest if you created the droplet correctly.
 
1.0 minus (new resolution divided by current resolution)


1-(100pixelswide/200pixelswide)=1-0.50= reduce size of photo 50%.
 
Why can't there just be a utility where you pick a target resolution and hit go? With all the power of todays computers why can't common tasks be simplified?
 
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why can't there just be a utility where you pick a target resolution and hit go? With all the power of todays computers why can't common tasks be simplified?
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There is. It's called batch edit or whatever it's called.
 
Originally posted by: SSP
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Is it in Powertoys for XP? If so then I have it somewhere.
Click to expand...

That only resize to a ratio. When I tried to resize a buttload of jpegs to a thumbnail, it didnt resize to the custom res I entered. Instead it resized to the width (i think) and kept the original ratio.
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why would u want to change the ratio?
 
Originally posted by: ness1469
If they are all going to be the same size, then you are in luck.

Open the actions window in PS if it isn't already. Open ALL of your photos. Create a new action and you will see what looks like VCR controls, a play button and a record button. Click the record button, then do what you want to do to the first image. You can include saving it and closing it if the file name will remain the same. (if you don't want to overwrite the originals, just make a copy of the folder and open them from there.) When you are done, close the first photo out, then stop recording.

Make the next photo the active window, click the play button on the actions window, and photoshop will resize it, then close it. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

AFAIK, you can't just select a folder in PS, tell it what to do and let it take care of it. I've never had the need to do that so I've never tried. If you find out an easier way though, lemme know 🙂
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this way works great. i used it to add a website address to the bottom of hunderds of pics. im glad i figured it out.

JB
 
Well, considering I don't know how to use PS 6 at all I guess I'm stuck. I don't feel like spending an entire evening just trying to learn a process. I wish there was just a tutorial that gave me step by step instrucitons.
 
its very easy. ill open up photoshop and see if can write a step by step. what resolution are you trying to make then too and what resolution are they currently at?

JB
 
I use the freeware Xnview for simple cropping, resizing and various other simple jobs. It's a breeze! Also does file type conversions.
 
I don't know their exact resolution but one group averages a little over 400k and the other group a little over 600k. If I know the steps to resizing properly I can play a little and get to a resolution I like. I guess if all the files were about 300k that would be a nice size.
 
Originally posted by: ness1469
If they are all going to be the same size, then you are in luck.

Open the actions window in PS if it isn't already. Open ALL of your photos. Create a new action and you will see what looks like VCR controls, a play button and a record button. Click the record button, then do what you want to do to the first image. You can include saving it and closing it if the file name will remain the same. (if you don't want to overwrite the originals, just make a copy of the folder and open them from there.) When you are done, close the first photo out, then stop recording.

Make the next photo the active window, click the play button on the actions window, and photoshop will resize it, then close it. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

AFAIK, you can't just select a folder in PS, tell it what to do and let it take care of it. I've never had the need to do that so I've never tried. If you find out an easier way though, lemme know 🙂
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Open one file and create the resize action and close the file, then go to File/Automate/Batch/configure the variables and hit OK.
 
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