Batch Actions

[riskypotato]

Is it possible to batch process actions in a Lightroom export, such as can be done in Bridge? Am somewhat new to LR, can't seem to find the information about this. Thanks for any help.

[GoldingD]

see:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/exporting-photos-basic-workflow.html

[riskypotato]

Thanks but this is too general. I have some custom actions that I've created in Photoshop. Do you know where they reside and how to get them into the Lightroom Export Actions folder? Thank you.

[cmgap]

Yes you can batch actions when exporting in Lightroom Classic. Here are some links to detailed information on exporting:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/export-files-disk-or-cd.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/exporting-photos-basic-workflow.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/exporting-photos-basic-workflow.html#multi-batch-expo...

[riskypotato]

Your first link led me to this:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/export-presets-settings-plug-ins.html#create_export_a...

Now, do you know where to find the custom actions that I have created in Photoshop over the years?

[Per Berntsen]

You cannot use Photoshop actions in Lightroom. Photoshop is a pixel editor, which permanently changes the pixels in the original.  Lightroom is a parametric editor, which means that edits are saved as text in the catalog, and applied to a new image on export. The original remains untouched.

But you can apply a set of Lightroom edits that you have saved as a preset to multiple files before you export.

Or, you can copy & paste edits from one image to several other images.

[Rob_Cullen]

If you create a Droplet in Photoshop, you can Export from Lightroom and call up the Droplet (with an action) that is named in the 'Post Processing' field of the Lr Export.

http://lightroomsolutions.com/grayscale-mode-and-droplets/

Do you know where they reside...?

My limited knowledge of Ps suggests that Actions are stored in a .PSP file (within the 'Settings' folder):

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop/using/preset-migration.html

[riskypotato]

Thanks, thia is helpful. Haven't dealt with droplets before, i don't even know what they are. I found the folder that is supposed to contain Photoshop actions and it is empty, then i read that actions need to be saved one by one, from the actions panel.