Scripts/Image Processor

A bit more homework on my part would have helped here. I ran your script and then incorporated an action which sharpens, changes to sRGB and uses File/Automate/Fit Image and I can just press one button and it works a treat - perfect. I hadn't used File/automate/Fit Image before despite being a PS user for nearly 20 years so you learn something every day. Really appreciate your guidance thank you.

One thing I could do is to just use the script for file type conversion and resize separately- two steps but it works. I appreciate your help thanks.

By @NigelD1

That's the whole idea of the script having an option to play an action. Anything that the script isn't designed to do, one might be able to put into the action that is run on each image. So hopefully no need for multiple steps.

There are conditional actions and orientation is an option, so you can have two different Image Size or Fit Image targets for each orientation in the action.

@NigelD1 

I'm not even sure if File > Automate > Fit Image would work for you, it seems more about conditionally processing portrait vs. landscape orientation with different criteria.

For example, if I have a portrait orientation 5000 x 7000 px or landscape 7000 x 5000 px image and setup Fit Image to W: 1600 & H: 2400, both the portrait and landscape are resized to 1600 px wide. The landscape image is 1600 x 1143 px and the portrait is 1600 x 2240 px – the height of the portrait image isn't 2400 px as desired as the width was the overriding criteria.

One thing I could do is to just use the script for file type conversion and resize separately- two steps but it works. I appreciate your help thanks.

Thanks Stephen. I think I would probably need separate fields for width and height in order for me to enter appropriate figures to constrain the overall dimensions to 2400px x 1600px. Just having the long edge dimension means that I would get 2400px for the width of a portrait image whereas I'm looking for 1600px. See PM.

@NigelD1 – Thanks, I'll look into the fit feature as per your private message (the feature resizes the longest edge of each image to the specified value and proportionally resizes the shorter edge, there are no separate width and height fields).

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Thanks Stephen, as per my message to you, the script downloaded straight away and ran as it was programmed to do. That will save me a load of time - thanks again.

@NigelD1 

Thanks for the reply, feedback on the script is always appreciated, so please do post back and mark correct answers to update the topic.

Hi Stephen, I haven't had chance to do anything with it yet but will do. The urgency has been reduced because my contact is saying he will accept JPEGs. However, I'd still like to be able to convert. I may message you if I get into difficulties - thanks for your help.