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DrunkenMxnkey
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April 4, 2018
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Batch Processing Question

  • April 4, 2018
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This is a bit of a tricky one for me to figure out as it keeps failing but I hope one of you lovely people can help.

For instance, say if I had 10 images that 1000x1000 and I want to make an action which does the following :

1. Create a document of a 5.25 x8 inches
2. Paste one of the images into that document.
3. Make some transformations to that image and move the image in a desired location.
4. Save that document.
5. Repeat for other 9 images.

Is this possible?

This would be so helpful to know.

Kind Regards,
Drunken Mxnkey ! !

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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April 5, 2018

Why can’t you simply have the action make the opened image the correct canvas size - so no need for a copy paste.

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DrunkenMxnkeyAuthor
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April 5, 2018

I don't want the image to fill the entire canvas and I want the image to be centered in each new document

Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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April 5, 2018

An action can do all that! However a human may still need to make a call on the image position/sizing/masking.

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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April 4, 2018

Look up template PSD. Scripting Photoshop is more powerful than Actions

Photo Collage Toolkit

Photoshop scripting is powerful and I believe this package demonstrates this here is a video showing a 5 image collage PSD template  being populated with images

The package includes four simple rules to follow when making Photo Collage Template PSD files so they will be compatible with my Photoshop scripts.

  1. Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
  2. Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
  3. Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
  4. Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.

There are fifteen scripts in this package they provide the following functions:

  1. HelpPhotoCollageToolkit.jsx - Online Help
  2. TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
  3. CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
  4. LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
  5. InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
  6. ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
  7. ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
  8. PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
  9. BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
  10. BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
  11. PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
  12. BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.  Images Rotates for best fit.
  13. BatchPicturePackageNoRotate.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.
  14. PopulatePicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template Fill with the same single image and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
  15. PCTpreferences.jsx - Edit This File to Customize Collage Populating scripts default setting and add your own Layer styles.

Documentation and Examples

JJMack
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    DrunkenMxnkeyAuthor
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    April 5, 2018

    Thank you @JJmack I'll check it out

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